Example sentences of "he have been [adv] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 2 | He 'd been up since six trying to fix his motorbike . |
| 3 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 4 | He had been up since five to meet the boat from which he was being exploited . |
| 5 | When I was eventually connected with my Commander-in-Chief I was to learn that this was the first night he had been abed in 13 consecutive nights of operations . |
| 6 | It was a place he rarely went , and now he had been twice in twenty-four hours ; last night with Benny , and tonight because he was so late and fussed getting back from his useless journey to Dublin . |
| 7 | ‘ He had been there for two nights , sinking deeper and deeper , ’ but the troops , obsessed by their own suffering , passed by without so much as casting a glance at the wretched beast . |
| 8 | Jackie said he 's been up for seven o'clock . |
| 9 | Even though he 's been up since six at his job in the City and is absolutely starving , the Hooray must wait until 10.30pm and then ‘ gair-airt-dinner ’ or ‘ gair-fair-n-Indi ’ . |
| 10 | The strain he 's been under with one thing and another . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's been back for two days . ’ |