Example sentences of "his [noun] have be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court found that all his experience had been in these areas ; he had always worked for the plaintiffs and therefore the clause rendered him unemployable over a very wide area for a significant time . |
| 2 | As fast as he undid them I did them up again , so that when he got to my waist and sighed he recoiled with indignation and astonishment to find that his labour had been in vain . |
| 3 | His career has been in international brand companies — Procter & Gamble , The Rank Organisation and Revlon International . |
| 4 | the burgeoning suspicion that his commitment has been in vain , must , as Anita Mason depicts , have been an appalling psychological torment . |
| 5 | He smiled to think how accurate his suspicions had been in that direction . |
| 6 | Dr Mardell said the last distribution of aid in Srebrenica before his arrival had been on 12 December and had provided four kilos of flour per family — enough for about one week . |