Example sentences of "that he [verb] been [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wore an open-neck shirt and trousers that needed pressing , but he 'd apologized for his ‘ unkempt ’ condition when he 'd first greeted them , explaining that he 'd been decorating at home and had pulled on the first things to hand in his haste to get to the waxworks . |
| 2 | James said he was told after the accident by the police that he had been recorded at 153 mph . |
| 3 | But if he had been in the water for some time , it was unlikely that he had been killed at the spot where his body had fetched up , and equally unlikely that the weapon which killed him was there to find . |
| 4 | ELBC radio ( Monrovia ) said that he had been seen at Man in Côte d'Ivoire , landing aboard a Cessna light aircraft with relatives , en route for Burkina . |
| 5 | When Tom told his grandmother he was moving out of her house and confessed — because since the accident he had also stopped lying , could not be bothered with prevarication — that he had been busking at stations , she told him she was horrified , she was disappointed in him . |
| 6 | I knew that he had been barracked at times , but I did not realize that he was so sensitive … |
| 7 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
| 8 | Marital work was accepted by these parents in an effort to solve the problem , and progress was made once the father finally admitted that he had been told at work that he was too domineering and was unable to delegate responsibility to his juniors . |
| 9 | In 1302–3 his son and heir John alleged that he had been murdered at the instigation of Walter Langton , bishop of Coventry [ q.v . ] . |
| 10 | It was true that he had been educated at a public school , but he managed to disguise this handicap very well . |
| 11 | She guessed that he had been standing at the window or listening for the sound of her key in the lock . |
| 12 | Joyce added that he had been informed at Galway , ‘ where I was stationed ’ , that he possessed the same rights and privileges as if ‘ of natural British birth ’ . |
| 13 | It transpired that he had been scouting at the Festival . |