Example sentences of "he [vb -s] been [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new Hermitage director has worked there for nearly two years as assistant academic director under acting-director Vitaliy Suslov , but he has been connected with the museum almost all his life ; his father , Academician Boris Piotrovskiy ( 1908–90 ) , was on the staff at the Hermitage for more than half a century , and was its director for twenty-six years before his death en poste . |
| 2 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
| 3 | He has been looking into the possibility of a career outside cricket as a pilot because of further problems with his back . |
| 4 | He has been stonewalling throughout the whole month since Lamb told the world , through the Daily Mirror , how the Pakistanis scuff and scrape and scoop at an old ball until it swings as though it was factory fresh . |
| 5 | With each passing second he is becoming more painfully conscious of quite how far he has been dragged from the track of normal professional propriety . |
| 6 | A decent man doing a difficult job with players who are light years away from being the world 's best , he has been treated for the last week like a cross between a child molester and a Nazi war criminal . |
| 7 | If the NRPB gets the contract to conduct the survey , Reissland wants to compare death rates among servicemen and scientists present during the tests with records of their individual exposure to radiation — as recorded by the film badges which , he has been assured by the MoD , all those present wore . |
| 8 | Although his jarred shoulder is improving , and he has been named in the side for Saturday , he is still only given a 50–50 chance of playing . |
| 9 | He has been seen by the police surgeon who certified him fit to be detained . |
| 10 | Since then he has been seen by the right-wing as Maggie 's prince-in-waiting , but his skill has been that he has remained very much in favour with the Major Government where his ability and amiability won him respect . |
| 11 | KENNETH Clarke appears to have dropped out of the smart betting for the succession to Mrs T , no doubt because he has been landed with the mucky end of the Cabinet stick . |
| 12 | He has been replaced in the squad for the Test , beginning in Melbourne on Boxing Day , by Shane Warne , while left-arm paceman Bruce Reid was not considered because of a shoulder injury . |
| 13 | He has been goaded by the obstacles to expansion and the punishing VAT rate of 18.6 per cent that is imposed on imports in his own country . |
| 14 | I spose he has been fading towards the end of matches , but then again — who has nt ? |
| 15 | ( d ) Warnings Section 2(4) ( a ) states : Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger of which he has been warned by the occupier , the warning is not to be treated without more as absolving the occupier from liability , unless in all the circumstances it was enough to enable the visitor to be reasonably safe . |
| 16 | The problem for the hon. Member for Dartford is that , once he has been defeated at the next election , he will be replaced as a candidate by the hon. Member for Stirling ( Mr. Forsyth ) . |
| 17 | He has been inducted in the Accounting Hall of Fame at Ohio State University . |
| 18 | In many cases success for one of our runners has meant a breakthrough in a problem with which he has been struggling in the classroom . |
| 19 | The first step in the proceedings taken by a defendant is now governed by Ords 12 and 13 and has two functions — to acknowledge that he has been served with the writ and to give the plaintiff notice that he intends to defend the proceedings . |
| 20 | A warrant may be issued for the arrest of any witness who fails to answer a witness summons provided the court is satisfied on oath that : ( i ) he is a material witness ; ( ii ) he has been served with the summons ; ( iii ) conduct money has been paid or tendered ; and ( iv ) there is no just cause for failure to attend ( MCA 1980 , s97(3) ) . |
| 21 | The reason for this is that ( in many cases ) the client becomes aware of the proposed legislation either because he has been served under the General Orders with a notice as being directly affected , or because he has seen it in the local newspaper or Gazette advertisement . |
| 22 | ‘ He has been hit by the recession like everyone else . ’ |
| 23 | The position of Frederick , the young heir , shows the political sensitivity , realism and acumen of the pope , for he says that when Frederick grows up , if he sees that he has been deprived of the empire by the Roman Church he will attack the Church . |
| 24 | If Frederick , when he comes of age , sees that he has been deprived of the empire by the Roman Church , he will become its implacable enemy . |
| 25 | Romany King who was second has a great chance for he has been trained for the race by Toby Balding and will have the assistance of Adrian Maguire the big race specialist . |
| 26 | True , Romany King has not been at his most convincing so far this season , but he has been trained with the National very much in mind . |
| 27 | He has been banished from the real world , we do n't allow him to even glimpse at it any more . |
| 28 | With less reason he has been equated with the one-time dux Asclipius , who led Guntram 's men against Chilperic 's guards in Paris in 582 . |
| 29 | The Magistrate will record the complaint in the words of the party — as he has been instructed by the outdoor proctor — and the case will then go on , subject to the same conditions as at present . ’ |
| 30 | Fluent in English and Spanish , he has been seconded by the Japan External Trade Organisation ( JETRO ) and recruited from the Sumitomo Corporation where his career spans over 30 years . |