Example sentences of "his [noun sg] he have be [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | All his life he had been afraid to ask about his back , and his terrible fear had made him ill . |
2 | for most of his life he has been stuck with a reputation for finding the Goons funny , but nothing since that era . |
3 | ‘ A mirror , ’ Reynard repeats , realising this is one of the few times in his life he 's been surprised . |
4 | All his childhood he had been frightened of his own shortcomings . |
5 | At his death he had been married for at least nine years to a wife called Margaret . |
6 | Shortly before his death he had been pleased to see his son , Major Alan Sykes , also later to be Chairman , appointed to the Board . |