Example sentences of "he have been [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It suddenly seemed to him to have been lull of long damp nights sleeping under the stars , desperate fights with trolls , city guards , countless bandits and evil priests and , on at least three occasions , actual demigods — and for what ? |
| 2 | He has been chairman for ten years of the Scottish Business School , which comprises the business studies departments of the Universities of Glasgow , Strathclyde , Edinburgh , Heriot Watt and Stirling . |
| 3 | The inspired stroke of telling Othello that he has been witness to one of Casio 's incriminatingly erotic dreams is here popped into Iago 's head because Casio does , at one point , actually hug him in his sleep . |
| 4 | ‘ Dare Say certainly deserved this change of luck as he 'd been second in three of his four races so far this term . ’ |
| 5 | He had been Head of Modern Languages since 1920 , and was due to retire in five months ' time . |
| 6 | He had been king for two and a half years , and he was aged by ten . |
| 7 | Spencer 's conduct at the new Debtors ' Prison in Whitecross Street , where in 1828 he had been keeper for six years , was the subject of a Memorial from James Neild 's Thatched House Society to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London . |
| 8 | A veteran politician , he had been Minister of Labour also during the " hot autumn " of 1969 [ see p. 23941 ] . |
| 9 | He had been runner-up on several occasions during his 20 years with Smith , but it was Sheelagh Boon 's six-year-old Smart Move who gave him his first win when taking the Senior Newcomers Championship . |
| 10 | He 's been second in good races at Royal Ascot and Doncaster and ran well again at York last time . |