Example sentences of "he [vb -s] be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Giant Pope whom he encounters is turned into Giant Mahometan . |
| 2 | But in all cases he has been stopped by diocesan authorities as the centres are outside his parish . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Vic Williams : a 28-year-old soldier in the British Army 's Royal Artillery , he has been sentenced to 14 months ' imprisonment for desertion and ‘ conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline |
| 5 | He has been sentenced to two years in prison and given a five-year driving ban . |
| 6 | He was jailed for two and a half years , to run consecutive to his present term , which means he has been sentenced to 21 years since 1973 . |
| 7 | He has been born into this world and gone straight to hell . |
| 8 | Questions relating to an offence may not be put to a person after he has been charged with that offence , or informed that he may be prosecuted for it , unless they are necessary for the purpose of preventing or minimising harm or loss to some other person or to the public or for clearing up an ambiguity in a previous answer or statement , or where it is in the interests of justice that the person should have put to him and have an opportunity to comment on information concerning the offence which has come to light since he was charged or informed that he might be prosecuted . |
| 9 | If a man has lost his employment and his wife , he has been charged with drunk driving and his blood tests show damaged liver function , one hardly needs to ask questions on his alcohol consumption and the answers are unlikely to be fully truthful in any case . |
| 10 | He has been questioned about alleged pornography found at the house he shares in Evesham with the school 's Headmaster , Richard Alston , who has also been suspended . |
| 11 | He has been seen by many vets , and a dermatologist , who have prescribed a range of treatments including antibiotics and anti-inflammatories . |
| 12 | Since then he has been featured in many newspaper articles . |
| 13 | But he has been influenced by Old Masters . |
| 14 | Indeed it is perhaps a pity that he did not take his own advice , after writing in the New Guide ‘ for the author of the present work might with greater ease , and probably with more advantage to himself , have worked up for the amusement of the eye a number of drawings and paintings during the time he has been engaged in this matter of mere utility ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But Mr Krueger 's unorthodox manner ( by Texas standards ) does not bode well : he has been defeated in two previous races for the Senate , and was rumoured to have been chosen to fill the empty seat only after three previous choices had been rejected by special interests . |
| 17 | For this was not the anger of the cripple , who can never be sure if he has been shaped by some vengeful god or made accidentally by a purposeless universe . |
| 18 | Jarrett , who has a personal best of 13.04 , has been summer training in Portugal and already this season he has been timed at 13.33 … if the NIAAF can arrange to bring Jackson along to Belfast , it will be another clash to savour . |
| 19 | Here , Pip has realised what a disaster he is and he has been hit by hard consequences as a result of his greediness . |
| 20 | Geraldine , who worked as accounts clerk at Yarmouth Marine Base left to accompany her RAF husband to Cyprus where he has been posted for three years . |
| 21 | He has been bailed on several sureties and appears in court tomorrow . ’ |
| 22 | He reports that he died in the early days of the reign of Bayezid II ( 886–918/1481–1512 ) , in the year 907/1501–2 according to one report , and concludes : " Because , according to the account in the he was an adornment of the chain of Seyhulislams , he has been recorded in this place . " |
| 23 | He has been banned for six months after being sent off in the Royal Liver League final replay against Donegal . |
| 24 | George Hann says that in the years he has known about the business he has been approached on many occasions by people who ‘ come over as being very convincing but who turned out not to be genuine . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He has been suspended on full pay . |
| 29 | He has been suspended until next Tuesday . |
| 30 | If he has been known at all to movie-goers thus far , it 's been as Spike Lee 's cinematographer : even when Lee 's brashness caused you to squirm in your seat , you still have something pretty marvellous to look at , and that 's Ernest Dickerson 's work . |