Example sentences of "he has [be] [verb] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 2 | With help from master decorator Renzo Mongiardino , who is known to have helped him in the past , Ortiz-Patiño should have little trouble showing off the rare editions , manuscripts and fine bindings first collected by his father ; his own Dutch and Spanish Old Master paintings ; English silver by Paul de Lamerie and the gold snuff boxes he has been collecting since 1956 . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | He has been sentenced to two years in prison and given a five-year driving ban . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He has been banned for six months after being sent off in the Royal Liver League final replay against Donegal . |
| 11 | He does not disguise his feelings ; he has been expelled from four schools for not conforming or working hard enough . |