Example sentences of "that he have been [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , in retrospect , she could see that marriage to him would have been a ghastly mistake , and that her reaction to discovering that he had been seeing other women while he had been engaged to her had had far more to do with wounded pride than with a wounded heart . |
| 2 | ‘ It came out in the court that he had been robbing old ladies … confidence trickster was the word . |
| 3 | On closer questioning it was found that he had been harbouring strong transsexual feelings for some while and that the injury resulted from an urge to initiate a sex change . |
| 4 | The master at this time , J.W. , was in trouble when it was reported that he had been boarding some of the officers and two of their relatives in his own apartments under a private arrangement . |
| 5 | I was aware that he had been focusing all his will on this resolve and that to let go now would be an appalling submission . |
| 6 | It transpired that he had been sleeping rough for weeks and that his last known address was a Salvation Army hostel 100 miles away . |
| 7 | Later , over coffee , Steven broached the subject that he had been waiting all day to discuss with Jennifer . |
| 8 | I also find that he 's been quoting some twelve hour figures and the only ones I have , you may have them er Mr chairman , are from the H and T C report in July of last year where they forecasted four thousand nine hundred on the A six five eight and achieve eight thousa for nineteen ninety six and achieved eight thousand one hundred now . |
| 9 | Senator Bob Packwood faces a Senate Ethics Committee over allegations that he has been fondling female aides for years . |