Example sentences of "he have be [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems that he has been using the free post to send out quantities — I do not know how many — of his so-called ’ Annual Report ’ . |
| 2 | MUCH AS he has been donning the hornrimmed glasses and adopting his Clark Kent persona of late , Curtly Ambrose has few equals when it comes to persuading a cricket ball to move faster than a speeding bullet or leap tall batsmen in a single bound . |
| 3 | He has been searching the dark realm , a moving shadow flowing through the looping Interiors ; dark , dimlit , floodlit . |
| 4 | Mr Beacham said he has been pressing the British Legion to put Stephen 's name on the role of honour . |
| 5 | Because he 'd been pursuing the same man for years . |
| 6 | Well , it had come about while he 'd been receiving the wet canvas treatment . |
| 7 | He 'd been fearing the worst but , no , the boy undressed him , and there it was standing up proudly , machinery in full working order once again , ready for action . |
| 8 | But Pete said that it was n't , because for much of the hour he 'd been doing the same . |
| 9 | At the direction of his lance master , he had been patrolling the ancient forest of Haling Heart , south of Scaraby , for three seasons and had found no quests with which to occupy himself , never mind accrue funds for the order . |
| 10 | His case was that he had been using the public lavatory for proper purposes when the the police burst into his cubicle and arrested him , and that he had had no contact of any kind with the co-defendant . |
| 11 | ‘ Hello , love , ’ said her father , coming in from the kitchen where he had been shelling the succulent fresh prawns that would form part of a cold seafood and salad lunch , before the hot turkey dinner this evening . |
| 12 | He had been sensing the red death for many days . |
| 13 | He had been following the narrow forest path downhill for some leagues , the trees soaring ever taller overhead , so that the sunlight came down in muted bars between the leaves . |
| 14 | From greeting her with a kiss at breakfast , throughout the morning , and up to ten minutes ago when , at the lunch table , he had covered her hand with his , gazed into her eyes and called her meu amor , he had been playing the adoring fiancé to perfection . |