Example sentences of "that he has been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The position of Frederick , the young heir , shows the political sensitivity , realism and acumen of the pope , for he says that when Frederick grows up , if he sees that he has been deprived of the empire by the Roman Church he will attack the Church . |
| 2 | If Frederick , when he comes of age , sees that he has been deprived of the empire by the Roman Church , he will become its implacable enemy . |
| 3 | Merson does n't hide the fact that he has been struggling with his weight . |
| 4 | Pity the way that he has been touched by faith within our local community . |
| 5 | Show Geoff some charity I WOULD like to draw to the attention of all regular shoppers and visitors to Liverpool , who have heard the lovely voice of Geoff Caddick who does lots of charity work for the Newborn Baby Appeal , to the fact that he has been harassed by certain local business people who wish to move him on . |
| 6 | The first step in the proceedings taken by a defendant is now governed by Ords 12 and 13 and has two functions — to acknowledge that he has been served with the writ and to give the plaintiff notice that he intends to defend the proceedings . |
| 7 | The latest production to have commenced shooting in Dublin is ‘ Into The West ’ , the story of a re-housed gypsy who refuses to be parted from his horse — despite the fact that he has been moved to a high rise block . |
| 8 | In more severe cases , the performer awakes , as if from a deep sleep , to realise that he has been cheated of his just desserts . |
| 9 | The trouble with the right hon. Gentleman is that he has been searching for a way to do nothing about this problem . |
| 10 | The fact is that he has been saved from a disaster primarily caused by his ill-judged decision , based on terrible advice , to join the mechanism . |
| 11 | Mr Gummer has used the guest house for every Tory conference since his student days and he told friends that he has been rewarded for his continued custom with the best room in the house . |
| 12 | When you tell Oreste that he has been blessed with a brother I beg you to remind him that he is his mother 's first-born and as such has pride of place in her heart . |
| 13 | It seems to have been working — up to a point at least — and even members of the opposition Popular Front agree that he has been accepted by many Moldavians . |
| 14 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 15 | We are sorry that Mr Blake is ill , and sorry , too , that he has been misled into thinking that experiments on mice can tell anyone anything about a human being . |
| 16 | As the hon. Gentleman will know , the recent adjournment is to allow the provisional liquidator to formalise details of the compensation package that he has been negotiating with the Government of Abu Dhabi . |
| 17 | There will then be all sorts of rumours buzzing through servants ' halls up and down the country to the effect that he has been approached by this or that personage or that several of the highest houses are competing for his services with wildly high wages . |
| 18 | The agony of Othello 's realization that he has been duped into killing Desdemona is one of the two or three most intense sequences in Shakespeare . |
| 19 | He has been so busy in the last two or three months that he has been forced to temporarily stop promoting his products . |
| 20 | It was certainly a more honest confession than George Bush ever managed , and by saying that he has been forced into this decision by an expanding deficit which has gone ‘ beyond even the worst official government estimates from last year ’ , he is also confronting Americans with some central truths about their economic situation . |
| 21 | I feel that he has been waiting for me to get home so he can demonstrate this talent . |
| 22 | It was also perfectly timed , for only last week Hendry was overtaken by Jimmy White at the head of the provisional world rankings — the first time since May 1990 that he has been removed from top spot . |
| 23 | It followed that no individual should boast of his role ‘ but be thankful that he has been permitted to be useful ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ As well I know , ’ he said , ‘ or I might be tempted to thrash that cur beside you until he is senseless for what I hear that he has been saying about London of me and mine . |
| 25 | ‘ No person who shows that he has been tried by any competent court for a criminal offence and either convicted or acquitted shall again be tried for that offence or for any other criminal offence of which he could have been convicted at the trial for that offence save upon the order of a superior court made in the course of appeal proceedings relating to the conviction or acquittal ; … |
| 26 | He is writing to his sister , narrating the extraordinary tale that he has been told by Frankenstein . |
| 27 | Middlesbrough whistler Jeff Winter has been given the good news that he has been promoted to the Football League middle for the start of next season a distinction held by only 90 referees in the whole of the country . |