Example sentences of "he [verb] been [art] [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been a hard man to work for , but he taught Billy everything he knew about that garden and how to take care of it . |
| 2 | But from the moment she 'd come downstairs he 'd been a different man . |
| 3 | Really sad case , that , because he 'd been a fine man . |
| 4 | If he 'd been an ordinary man , there would n't have been any problem . ’ |
| 5 | And , of course , she 'd seen him before ; he 'd been the third man on the commission that had interviewed her , the one who 'd sat next to the Cheka 's doctor and who 'd listened to her slurred responses without ever saying anything . |
| 6 | He had been a young man when she had met him back in 1898 . |
| 7 | He had been a young man , quite personable until someone slashed his throat . |
| 8 | Shaw spent most of his time on organization and records ; he was rarely involved directly in inquiries but he had been a first-class man on the ground . |
| 9 | He had been a violent man and her father had been a man even more violent , it was a pity they had ever met . |
| 10 | He had been a sick man , chiefly concerned to ensure the undisputed succession of his son and then end his days in peace . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She heard her own shaming urgency and winced self-consciously , but even if he had been an observant man , Florian was currently too preoccupied to have noticed it , still busily congratulating himself and probably fantasising about taking Hawaii by storm . |