Example sentences of "[vb infin] him [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would judge him to have been about thirty-seven or eight . |
| 2 | Since Holyfield took over and made grandad-bashing respectable on the heavyweight scene , those young lions who ought to have been clawing each other for the right to depose and expose him have been harmlessly shadow boxing around each other . |
| 3 | So it was a happy coincidence that the Rev Alan Mackenzie at the same Congress was able to announce that he had recently attended a meeting between Sir Keith Joseph , then Secretary of State for Social Services , and representatives of other national voluntary organisations concerned with the deaf and the hard of hearing , where the Minister 's intention of setting up a permanent committee to help and advise him had been discussed . |
| 4 | The Fat Controller looked more at home in this context than I could ever imagine him to have been at Cliff Top , or anywhere else for that matter . |
| 5 | Of Sharp , taking his lead from Wilberforce , Prince Hoare wrote ‘ there are few who will not find him to have been one [ a hero ] and who would not exult in possessing among the members of their family such a relative ’ . |