Example sentences of "that he have been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spoke very warmly of his parents , but I felt that he 'd been a lonely child . |
| 2 | He felt that he had been a long time away . |
| 3 | In a graveside address he said that he had been a political opponent of Allende , but that he was present to give his " testimony to the truth " . |
| 4 | Those who did live there all knew Father McGiff and they were able to inform the ignorant that he had been a close friend of the Rabbi ever since the Jews had arrived in the city . |
| 5 | Dickey had rebelled against his black clothes , until he was told that it would be naughty to mamma not to put them on , when he at once submitted ; and now , though he had heard Nanny say that mamma was in heaven , he had a vague notion that she would come home again tomorrow , and say that he had been a good boy and let him empty her workbox . ’ |
| 6 | Years later I discovered that he had been a talented musician , yet he never revealed this , not even to music-loving boys in his house . |
| 7 | He claimed that he had been a valued ally of the US government but that President Bush had pursued a vendetta against him because he , Noriega , had refused to participate in efforts to overthrow the left-wing Sandinista government in Nicaragua . |
| 8 | Pearce 's switch to British Aerospace was helped by the fact that he had been a non-executive director of the aerospace company for three years prior to the move . |
| 9 | He could not deny that he had been an unfaithful husband , although he was gentleman enough to keep the names of his various inamoratas to himself . |
| 10 | Hon W.L. MacKenzie King , Prime Minister of Canada , admitted shyly to Edna Jacques that he had been an ardent fan for over 20 years , and Mrs Nellie McClung , the Canadian novelist , said to her ‘ You have the gift , Edna dear , to ring bells in the hearts of the people ’ . |
| 11 | Rufus could not remember the man 's name , only that he had been the second visitor to Wyvis Hall , the gardener being the first . |
| 12 | He knew that he had been the only really close friend and confidant of Modigliani from 1907 to 1914 , until they were separated by the war . |
| 13 | Buckingham did not realise at first that he had been the only one to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt . |
| 14 | Sir John Fastolf , involved in a long drawn-out lawsuit in Paris between 1432 and 1435 , could remind the court that he had been the first to jump into the sea when Henry V had come ashore in France in 1415 , and that the king had rewarded him with the grant of the first house which he had seen in France . |
| 15 | He had taken some comfort from the fact that he had been the last man to board the cage , so at least he could watch Yorky and the others exit , before his turn came . |
| 16 | My right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition would have liked to be here this evening because I know well that he has been a tremendous support to my hon. and learned Friend and his family in many small and touching ways , which I know have been deeply appreciated . |
| 17 | The Leader of the Opposition claims that he has been a consistent supporter of the Common Market for years , but everyone knows that he was a consistent and bitter opponent of it for many years . |