Example sentences of "he have [adv] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Having worked his way up via his own live spoof chat show Vic 's Big Night Out , he has latterly been guesting on television 's One Hour With Jonathan Ross , a show whose format bears a strong resemblance to Reeves 's own showcase .
2 In fact , he has only been working as a professional for three years or so , and has had to learn his trade by trial and error .
3 Although he has only been rallying for one year he has already appeared on the BBC Top Gear championship series when viewers saw him win his grand touring class .
4 Jerry refuses with zest ; he has obviously been springing to his own defence for many a long year .
5 His expression was severe and disapproving as if he 'd just been sucking on a slice of lemon .
6 As he began another banquet in Japan , President Bush said he was fine , after his collapse yesterday , and that he 'd just been suffering from a flu bug .
7 So then he gave them Visa , which he 'd hardly been using at all , and twenty minutes later they gave him a car .
8 he 'd obviously been talking about , erm
9 He watched Gerald Kaufman buy a copy of the Evening Standard ; he had probably been lunching with the BBC .
10 He had also been talking for ages to Broadman , and Ymor had seen a piece of paper change hands .
11 One day a child came home from Sunday School declaring that he had just been hearing about how Moses crossed the Red Sea with tanks and Bailey bridges .
12 Now she saw that he had just been dealing with the easy , practical part first .
13 Over his face quivered shades of the sniggers he had just been enjoying with his mates .
14 He had a half-beard and he looked dirty , as if he had just been working with hammers and bricks and wood and chisels .
15 He brought with him his own group of masons , and a letter of introduction from Humphrey Lovell , the queen 's master mason , according to which he had previously been working for Sir Francis Knollys [ q.v. ] , probably at Caversham House , near Reading .
16 Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer .
17 So Trumbull started moving the camera in and out , and stopped the lens down to a tiny aperture for maximum depth of field ( he had already been experimenting with zoom lenses for the cockpit readouts in other sequences ) .
18 He had reportedly been pressing for the USA to distance itself from the peace negotiations and he was therefore opposed to a Washington venue ; he was also known to support a Middle Eastern venue to emphasize the regional , as opposed to the international , nature of the conflict .
19 Mr Fitton yesterday made clear that he had always been acting in an independent capacity in the offer for Eagle , and that it had no connection with Braithwaite .
20 And of course Gramps had never left his wife — because he had never been going to , because he had n't been the father ; but that was obviously the story Marie O'Donnell had put about — the story her family believed .
21 He had merely been playing with her .
22 He had certainly been failing in his duty towards Dimity .
23 I heard some uncertain footsteps and he lurched on , waving a jug of orange juice , which was not the drink he had obviously been consuming in huge quantities .
24 He had obviously been searching for appropriate words of censure during the silence .
25 He had obviously been brooding on this incident some years back , ’ said Mr Denny .
26 He had obviously been arguing with it — when Masklin walked up he glared at him and said , ‘ It wo n't do what I tell it ! ’
27 He 's only been working for Harry for a few weeks .
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