Example sentences of "he have [be] [v-ing] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the whole sequence , from the first musings to the final decision , he has been reacting spontaneously to what step by step he has been learning . |
| 2 | He 'd been sailing close to the wind for years and everything was just about to blow up in his face . ’ |
| 3 | Was it still remotely possible that , in spite of everything , he 'd been looking forward to having her here with him as his wife ? |
| 4 | What he 'd been leading up to all week ? |
| 5 | Then he 'd been walking back to The Randolph when he suddenly felt he just could n't face his excessively sympathetic countrymen , and he 'd called in a pub and drunk a couple of pints of lager . |
| 6 | He had been looking forward to showing it all to her . |
| 7 | One moment he had been looking forward to a happy and wealthy retirement and now , minutes later , he was a condemned criminal with only a few hours left to live . |
| 8 | He had had a good day at the office and his head had not troubled him ; they seemed pleased with his work ; he had been looking forward to telling her about it over supper , and now this . |
| 9 | He had been looking forward to ‘ getting away ’ as he put it , perhaps because it sounded more therapeutic than ‘ going on holiday ’ . |
| 10 | It was a birthday treat he had been looking forward to all week . |
| 11 | Gradually , during his visits there , he began to tell her how much he had been looking forward to it , and confided how he would remember their ‘ walking the policies , ( which is what Delia Sutherland called a businesslike like across her property ) and sitting up late at night drinking brandy , discussing plans . |
| 12 | He had been looking forward to playing . |
| 13 | Early on Monday evening Wickham tossed the papers he had been scanning on to the desk and stood up . |
| 14 | For the past two days he had been saying so to all who would listen . |
| 15 | He 's come here with a fixed idea , which he 's been looking forward to for half his life . |
| 16 | Yes , I 'm sure he 's a very very happy man tonight , he 's been looking forward to this game tremendously for the last couple of weeks . |
| 17 | The minute she set eyes on him , she seemed to take leave of her senses — and he 's been playing up to her the whole time . |