Example sentences of "he have been [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ He 'd been sent to a friend of mine to be sold , but he was a little bit difficult to place . |
| 3 | A farmer facing thirty four charges of animal cruelty could n't appear in court today because he 'd been admitted to a psychiatric hospital . |
| 4 | He spun the radio tuner at random , to leave no evidence for prying eyes that he had been listening to a foreign station . |
| 5 | This contrasted sharply with the parents ' belief that the child 's poor behaviour at home was a consequence of the latter perceiving himself to have been rejected by the family because he had been sent to a boarding school . |
| 6 | By 1985 he had been relegated to a place in the wings while his wife , now a media star , glowed . |
| 7 | But in his heart he knew that he had been speaking to a troubled spirit , a spirit that had something terrible to confess . |
| 8 | He had been moved to a higher class , seemed well adjusted and chatted a lot when she worked with him . |
| 9 | Then he had been treated to a display of her marksmanship , involving both moving and stationary targets . |
| 10 | He had been invited to a debate at the church with the town 's three other candidates but the invitation was later withdrawn . |
| 11 | A leading surgeon told the inquiry that Martin Robinson , 25 , could have been saved if he had been rushed to a neurosurgical hospital after complaining of severe headaches . |
| 12 | That had been put round his neck and he had been dragged to a pier . |
| 13 | He had been apprenticed to a shoemaker in his teens , but had been interrupted by the War . |
| 14 | A Hungarian source told the Guardian the pastor 's family believed he had been taken to a village in north-eastern Transylvania , near the Hungarian border . |
| 15 | Then he had been taken to a torture room , where he was told , ‘ it is in your interests to give up resistance and to co-operate . ’ |
| 16 | They said he had been taken to a nearby farmhouse where he was being given shelter for the time being , and that his name was Eric . |
| 17 | He had been talking to a tall girl with white-blonde hair , but suddenly he turned his head slightly and looked straight at Maria , and every muscle in her body clenched in furious , shocked resistance . |
| 18 | It was not easy , even for a German captain , to intervene at this stage , but once he had been subjected to a long discussion and much persuasion , he contacted the SS in Tabiano and managed to have us set free . |
| 19 | He had been attracted to a young lady who lived with her mother ; he called on them constantly , smiling all the time , but never saying what he was after ; with the inevitable result that the damsel got tired of her tortoise " , and gave her hand to a brisker suitor . |
| 20 | He had been confined to a wheelchair for some time and died in August , aged 41 . |
| 21 | She was a nurse who had never been kissed , and he had been married to a sensational young actress . |
| 22 | He 's been appointed to a splendid living in one of the Kensington parishes . |