Example sentences of "he [verb] been [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The historian , Minois , has delved systematically into the changing status of older people in history , and he has been able to link these changes to the dominant social ideas and circumstances of the time . |
| 2 | That he has been able to combine both ministries would be surprising were it not for the fact that he has worked as an active Socialist besides having a good track record in cultural affairs . |
| 3 | He has been able to involve many more clubs than the senior side . |
| 4 | Husameddin offers nothing in the way of specific evidence to support his statement either about Molla Yegan 's resignation or about Molla Fenari 's appointment , however , and is indeed at pains to say that in spite of much research he has been unable to find any signatures of Molla Fenari 's dating from this second kadilik . |
| 5 | He has been careful to hide most of its nine-storey bulk underground , which suits its other use , as the town library , and he says that the gallery courtyard , with generous cascading staircases linking all the public levels , has been inspired by the hill towns of the region , with their steps and terraces . |
| 6 | Gravellier felt nervous , so nervous he 'd been unable to eat any breakfast . |
| 7 | A year or so later I chanced to meet him and he acknowledged that this was just criticism , but that he had been obliged to insert these names so that his book would look like a truly up-to-date , intouch work of scholarship . |
| 8 | When he had first arrived at the then strange , adult world of Carewscourt , he had been delighted to find another boy of his own age living on the estate . |
| 9 | Eliot had a bad attack of bronchitis in June , which forced him to stay in bed for a week , but in July his sister , Marian , and a niece arrived from America and he went with them to Suffolk for ten days — the first holiday he had been able to take all year . |
| 10 | He had been able to charm more than a few elderly ladies in his time . |
| 11 | Notable performances here came from 10 year old Ben Bransby , who finished seventh in the men 's event , Emma Williams , who dominated the women 's event , and eight year old Adam Dewhurst , who would have placed higher than his tenth if he had been able to reach all the holds ! |
| 12 | He was glad , at any rate , that he had been able to arrange these weeks at ‘ La Felicità ’ , a summer which they would always remember . |
| 13 | If he had been able to understand that , he might at least have been able to formulate a coherent apology . |
| 14 | He told the abbot of Fécamp that he had heard that there was a letter of Pope Eugenius ( obviously a corruption of Hyginus ) which had settled the question , but he had been unable to get any information about this alleged source . |
| 15 | Harriet was also , he had been surprised to learn this time from Laura , the author of a saga entitled Briony Rides at the Horse of the Year Show . |