Example sentences of "[vb past] he have be a " in BNC.

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1 The jury heard he had been a friend of Lady Cross for 12 years and had no history of violence .
2 I said ( I was shocked , because from what he had said about other things , I thought he must be Labour , I knew he had been a Communist once ) , I 'd rather we had the New People than poor people .
3 I knew he had been a colleague of my father ; I wondered how he knew I was on the Sort-to .
4 Looking back , he thought he had been a little bit crazy , last night .
5 Thought he 'd been a bit hurt when we grabbed him .
6 Wheeler said he had been a member of the force for twelve and a half years and had been on duty on the Docks since last August .
7 His mother said he had been a ‘ normal boy ’ .
8 Ken Gillance , for Hayman , said he had been a youth of impeccable character .
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