Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Fennell was worried because he thought nobody came to meet you , ’ he said , and she knew by his expression that the ancient tyrant had been upbraiding him on this account . |
| 2 | She had been watching him for half an hour staring out at the view , motionless . |
| 3 | Ludens was by now , in an ordinary sense , more used to being with Marcus , less afraid of ‘ saying the wrong thing ’ , and had resolved today to ask a crude question which had been troubling him for some time . |
| 4 | Tulagai was flushed and it was apparent that Jotan had been baiting him for some time . |
| 5 | I have been watching him for some weeks , and I accuse him publicly — before the whole school ! ’ |
| 6 | But I followed him , and I have been following him since that day . |