Example sentences of "[pron] that he have been " in BNC.

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1 ‘ A few days later he told me that he 'd been to Cintra 's with her .
2 When Pat told me that he 'd been pleased with what I 'd said on Day to Day I felt better ; I could n't have coped with his disapproval as well .
3 When Ken called by later , he told me that he 'd been commanded to show me the sights the following afternoon .
4 It was a slow and painful realization , as when he had told me that he had been deliberately tempting me to have sex with him all along … .
5 Huston , however , told me that he had been persuaded to accept the job of directing the film before the script had been completed .
6 Later he confessed to me that he had been feeling a certain unease in the region of the colon ; when I asked him why on earth he had n't told me , he answered , ‘ I 'd never discuss my plumbing with ladies ! ’
7 He told me that he had been asking for them , to no avail .
8 One particularly nasty German television journalist informed me that he had been waiting for a month and if anyone was getting near Ortega , it was him .
9 Well obviously the sad reality of the thing does n't come home to , to our countrymen and a man comes up last week and tells me that he 's been paid off by the Daily Record he 's been working for them for thirty five years and he asked what how much pension will he have and says that he 's getting four years pension .
10 He revealed : ‘ I have interviewed Taki again for an upcoming show , and he told me that he has been in Prince Andrew 's company on several occasions .
11 Where a solicitor realises himself that he has been negligent or his client makes a claim against him on that ground , the client must be told of the circumstances ( if he is not already aware of them ) and be advised to seek independent advice .
12 Did he tell you that he 'd been at flat I mean years before or near the date of this or what ?
13 If someone had told him that he 'd been angry a moment before , he would 've denied it .
14 Even Roquelaure 's omission to tell him that he 'd been involved in setting up the deal with Iran seemed less mysterious as the Métro train cruised beneath the Paris streets .
15 However , on his freedom he returned to Saltash to call on Keast , thank him for his friendship and hospitality and assure him that he had been cured .
16 The Treasury approved Manners ' proposal on 24th November , and five days later the Office of Works wrote to Scott , informing him that he had been appointed architect to the new Foreign Office .
17 Touch wood , he had been lucky and come through it all unscathed , but it would be no consolation to Byford to tell him that he had been un lucky , that it was the RIC and their Black and Tan recruits rather than British army patrols that were the main IRA targets .
18 In the following year his son-in-law ( Sir ) John Wolley [ q.v. ] told him that he had been recommended for the vice-presidency of Wales .
19 Yet it scorched him that he had been unable to give her that chance himself .
20 He had told Merymose nothing of his thoughts about Ipuky and Reni — sensing the policeman 's disappointment and mistrust when he told him that he had been able to find out no more than he had himself .
21 It did not disturb him that he had been under observation ; he was not accustomed to deprecate what he was , or to undervalue it .
22 I could have told him that he has been elected an honorary member of the Academy Club drinking school run by Oofy Prosser and Stephen Hargrave , in recognition of his services to literature .
23 To tell him that he has been always in my thoughts .
24 So Marko told her that he had been ordered to build a tower out of elephants ' tusks .
25 He did n't tell her that he had been so worried about her that it had been hard to concentrate on sharing the hurt with Marcus , on blocking out the punishment–hey put him through .
26 When Sarah told her that he had been offered and refused a foreman 's job , Anne was bitterly angry that he had said nothing about it when they met the previous evening , but now she was unable to resist saying , ‘ Yes , that would be great , ’ as coolly as possible .
27 David told her that he had been thinking of working hard to get Amaranth Wilikins selected as the Conservative candidate for Arden in place of Sir Ralph .
28 He 'd nothing to say to her ; he did n't even plan to tell her that he 'd been to see her .
29 It worried her that he 'd been secretly observing her .
30 He told us that he had been persecuted by his family , psychiatrists and a public mental hospital ; that he was in imminent danger of being detained against his will in hospital in Japan ; that escaping from Japan was the only way to secure his freedom ; and that he wanted shelter and legal assistance under international refugee law .
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