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

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1 The complainant need not show he was aggrieved on the date mentioned in the summons , it is enough that he had been aggrieved earlier , otherwise as Darling , J. pointed out in Hilton v Hopwood it would be virtually impossible for an individual to bring an action under s.99 .
2 Was n't it enough that he had been so humiliated ?
3 And it had been there , about twenty minutes later , that Thiercelin had received his wound ; a shell splinter in the cheek , which looked worse than it was , bleeding profusely into his collar and tunic , so that he had been ordered back to the chateau to have it dressed .
4 Only that he 'd been abroad .
5 Rufus could not remember the man 's name , only that he had been the second visitor to Wyvis Hall , the gardener being the first .
6 Only that he had been up at San Carlos about two years and had a wife that was supposed to be very pretty and about fifteen years younger than he was .
7 In June , he told Puchberg bitterly that he had been forced to give away his ‘ Prussian ’ quartets for a song , just in order to have enough cash to meet his present obligations .
8 It was no longer that he had been a member of the murder gang , but that he had presided over a meeting of UDA officers in order to plan it .
9 It 's just that he 's been used to having his own way for so long it does n't occur to him there are perspectives alternative to his own . ’
10 Harris , who last season captained the Raleigh-Banana team which has now been disbanded , announced yesterday that he had been offered a contract by the Spanish Lotus-Festina squad .
11 A DEAF mute who was stopped by police for erratic driving told a court yesterday that he 'd been ‘ chatting ’ to his passenger in sign language .
12 He 'd told them once that he 'd been married .
13 In the instant case the IT were entitled to find that it was not reasonably practicable for Mr Sen to have presented his unfair dismissal claim in time , notwithstanding that he had been given erroneous advice about the time limit by a solicitor in circumstances where he had also been wrongly advised as to the time limit by a member of the IT staff .
14 How could the English boy go on living now that he 'd been found out ?
15 Everyone would know he 'd become Rosa 's suitor , now that he 'd been to the house and paid a call after meeting her secretly at night .
16 ‘ Even though he is still on our books , there is nothing we can do , especially if the French take action and stop him playing now that he has been recognised .
17 Before that he had been at Lewis School , Pengam , when Neil Kinnock was house prefect .
18 Before that he had been at Lewis School , Pengam , when Neil Kinnock was house prefect .
19 A traditional device for drawing us beyond the possibility of sweetening by sadism , right to the viewpoint of the dying man , is the death speech , at its starkest when Agamemnon cries offstage that he has been struck his mortal blow .
20 My right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition would have liked to be here this evening because I know well that he has been a tremendous support to my hon. and learned Friend and his family in many small and touching ways , which I know have been deeply appreciated .
21 ‘ He 's playing so well that he 's been a very big miss .
22 There was a whole level of things here that he had been totally unaware of .
23 An audible ripple of laughter went round the court room as Brown denied vehemently that he had been ‘ set up to take the rap for the footballer ’ .
24 " I saw him just before nine and I thought then that he 'd been dead about twelve hours , perhaps a little longer .
25 I realised then that he had been shot . ’
26 Only a few months ago , after this Lord Henry Percy had withdrawn to his other urgent command on the Scottish borders , Owen had run wild over most of North Wales , and made himself master of the counties of Carnarvon and Merioneth ; and while the woollier heads in King Henry 's council had seethed and talked bloody war , Hotspur had come swooping back to hold the balance so sturdily that he had been allowed , on the king 's warrant , to approach the Welsh prince , and attempt to bring him back to his allegiance , on promise of honourable terms .
27 Those close to him rejected official claims ( later confirmed by a post-morten requested by the Justice Ministry ) that he had died from high blood pressure , alleging instead that he had been tortured .
28 Conveyancing documents should include a certificate by the purchaser saying either that he had been fully advised by a wholly independent practitioner or that he had declined such advice — and the certificate should contain a prominent ‘ health warning ’ against declining to take it .
29 The Edwardian informed me recently that he 'd been appointed trade attaché in one of our Central American embassies .
30 Davis Cup player Neil Broad , the ninth seed , lost 67 6-7 to 11th seed Paul Hand from Berkshire , but revealed afterwards that he had been hampered by a groin injury .
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