Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [vb -s] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guy relays how he 's been fantasising about you while with his new girlfriend , so you invite him over to do the wild thing . |
| 2 | that 's how he 's been brought up , if he wants something he gets it |
| 3 | Beware if a potential leader comes in with dissatisfaction at how he has been treated in a previous group . |
| 4 | Erm , you will remember that after the last meeting we were going to have a meeting with Mr which we , which we subsequently did have and we put forward several erm possible uses for the old hospital , including re-siting of the library , relocation of the council offices , police station , day centre for the elderly , day services for the physically disabled , for young mothers and children centre and for a mental health services centre and he was delighted that we had the meeting because he has to meet with his superiors late in December , early January , when he has been asked to put forward ideas . |
| 5 | Sometimes , when he has been working in the garden , he will come in and sit down , then out again and does a bit more . |
| 6 | Geraldine , who worked as accounts clerk at Yarmouth Marine Base left to accompany her RAF husband to Cyprus where he has been posted for three years . |
| 7 | We first encounter Anderson , a professor of ethics , on board a plane for Prague , where he has been invited to speak at a philosophy conference . |
| 8 | Former England coach John Elders has agreed to help Northern next season on his return from Australia , where he has been teaching . |
| 9 | It was Steve McQueen who was picked to play the French criminal determined to escape from Devil 's Island where he has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a pimp , of which he claims he is innocent . |
| 10 | Naipaul was brought up in Trinidad but as a young man settled in England where he has been based ever since . |
| 11 | Maurice Adams , General Manager of ACET , has recently returned form Uganda where he has been discussing planning for future projects with ACET 's African Director , Anthony Kasozi . |
| 12 | He quickly regained consciousness but was kept under observation for 12 hours before being returned to the prison where he has been held in solitary confinement since his arrest off the Moroccan coast by the Royal Navy last August . |
| 13 | Last night , his father Ian flew in from Oman , where he has been working , to be near his son . |
| 14 | The problem is I do n't know where he has been placing these shot . |
| 15 | Albert Pacey made his announcement at the headquarters in Cheltenham where he 's been based for nearly six years . |
| 16 | Well I think no greater no other individual but Paddy Ashdown has been providing a healthy lead , but sadly it 's one where he 's been citing a a an approach to Bosnia one month . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've visited Australia 's one and only organic wine producer at Mudgee where he 's been growing organically for 30 years . |
| 18 | these two bibs are very wet up here where he 's been dribbling and |
| 19 | Normally , you know where your husband 's been but if the husband 's away and you go in you do n't know where he 's been do you ? |
| 20 | I can understand why he has been invited to coach . |
| 21 | The trouble is that he is not a natural core forward , which is partly why he has been shifted from lock , but neither has he as yet convinced too many that he has that instinctive reaction in terms of man and/or ball which enables the born flanker to do his stuff . |
| 22 | Eddie Hemmings is already inked in , but Nick Cook — still trying to puzzle out why he has been brought here but overlooked in favour of Keith Medlycott for the West Indies — may end up as one of the drinks carriers . |
| 23 | Do n't you want to know why he 's been looking for you ? ’ |
| 24 | And that 's perhaps why he 's been turned down . |
| 25 | And is n't that why he 's been sent there rather than anything else , cos he 's trying to see the effects of the new control and see if , you know |
| 26 | They 're the reason why he 's been vilified as regressive , maudlin , self-martyring . |
| 27 | That 's why he 's been picked because his mistress is totally deaf , and partially sighted . |