Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] he [verb] [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was n't to know that he 'd been posted to Berlin . |
| 2 | But to know that he had been there , and she had n't seen him … |
| 3 | He was referring to print-outs that had enabled the US Congress to discover that he had been secretly bombing Cambodia . |
| 4 | It would have been difficult to accept if he had been killed so young in a car crash , but when it was so senseless … ‘ |
| 5 | Ramsey asked the pointed question whether William Temple would have been able to write if he had been Bishop of London and not Archbishop of York . |
| 6 | It only needed a quick glance to see that he had been rebuking her , for her face was flushed and angry and he wore the grim look that made him appear so formidable . |
| 7 | The first step in the proceedings taken by a defendant is now governed by Ords 12 and 13 and has two functions — to acknowledge that he has been served with the writ and to give the plaintiff notice that he intends to defend the proceedings . |
| 8 | The star , hailed a hero after reports that he piloted his crippled executive jet to safety , refused to confirm that he had been flying the plane . |
| 9 | In his confused state the Doctor could not reasonably have been expected to remember that he had been captured by Chelonians — creatures whose girth was of a considerably more impressive span than their height . |
| 10 | Only when he was safely inside the Passat did he look round to see if he had been observed . |
| 11 | He let himself into one of the houses through the skylight and waited , hardly daring to breath , to see if he had been detected . |
| 12 | ‘ It would appear that this Adamantios Andropulos , who is Hawkins 's temporary guest-I could well imagine that Admiral Hawkins would use the term ‘ guest ’ even if this unfortunate were clapped in irons in some shipboard dungeon — has an account with a Washington bank , name and address supplied , of some eighteen million dollars , and would we kindly make enquiries to see if he has been disbursing any of this of late and , if so , in what direction . |
| 13 | On Sept 25 , 1989 , a Swiss inquest found that Barschel , who had been found dead in a Geneva hotel room in October 1987 shortly after he had been forced to resign as Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein , had died of a drugs overdose and that there was no evidence to suggest that he had been murdered . |
| 14 | It was impossible at times to imagine that he had been in this camp all of eighteen months . |
| 15 | The extraordinary thing was that the man who was begging me to go and tell the world about this was expecting at any moment to hear that he had been appointed to one of the most senior jobs in the Iraqi government . |
| 16 | Chris was still asleep when Carolyn came home , and she was relieved to hear that he had been fine while she was out . |
| 17 | Forecast Lewis : ‘ It 's going to be a rough battle because they are both good and confident fighters , but I tip Holyfield to win because he 's been world class longer . |
| 18 | His arthritis made it impossible for him to walk as he had been used to doing . |
| 19 | She asked whether it could be made to stick as he had been told . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , it was necessary and in future the officer who was overseeing the making of such statements should require the maker to record that he had been cautioned and that he understood . |
| 21 | He had tried to do as he had been told by the Pessarane Behesht . |
| 22 | I still wanted to believe that he had been fooling me , or testing my credulousness in a more than averagely cruel manner . |
| 23 | Though he had his doubts about al-Megrahi — his ‘ answers to questions were not always convincing ’ — he found Fhimah ‘ a simple man , and it was hard to believe that he had been involved in a terrorist case . |
| 24 | In the same way that , in 1941 , he had been convinced that Hitler was in his debt for services rendered in the struggle against communism , Franco now believed the western powers owed it to him to recognize that he had been right all along . |
| 25 | Perhaps the producer thought the gentleman had had enough media exposure for a while , as I was given to understand that he had been granted quite a bit of air time one way and another in the recent past . |
| 26 | It was difficult to realise that he had been home , probably to a wife , perhaps to children , that he had slept , eaten and washed . |
| 27 | In more severe cases , the performer awakes , as if from a deep sleep , to realise that he has been cheated of his just desserts . |
| 28 | I tried to get him to return my smile , to confess that he had been pulling my leg ; but his brooding face was drained of humour . |
| 29 | It did not take Wigg much time to decide that he had been misled , although a fair-minded examination of the facts from the Hansard of the day proved no such thing . |
| 30 | They had no reason to suppose that he had been in pursuit of them , the western ride led in the general direction of the outlaws ' Great Camp and they presumed that was where he was going . |