Example sentences of "he have be a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her last words to him had been a curse yet she had felt him at her side on the day she had marched to York with Richard Oastler . |
| 2 | I sympathise with my hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun ( Mr. McKelvey ) but surely he has been a Membeer long enough to know that the Government do not care . |
| 3 | He 'd been a tearaway before but now he was vicious . ’ |
| 4 | He was taken aback , and more confused than he 'd been a moment ago . |
| 5 | He had been a flop there too because , after a couple of years , he had left amidst rumours of misconduct . |
| 6 | He had been a reporter then and it was some time after their first meeting that he had begun his campaign to highlight the plight of the poor . |
| 7 | There was no doubt , however , that Mr Lee could have made the situation a little easier for himself , and his staff , if he had been a bit more open with the press . |
| 8 | ‘ Though he had been a bit more interested in driving recently . |
| 9 | He had been a pupil back in the days of Gurney and Hamilton , and in 1867 had won the Prizes in Greek , Latin , English , and Mathematics . |
| 10 | Martin Hines says he 's been a winner here twice and everyone will be looking to beat him . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's been a prisoner too long ’ |