Example sentences of "[been] [verb] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Minutes before the poison he had taken took its final effect , a friend broke into the room to tell Stephen that a government maintenance had been granted him of two guineas a week . |
2 | Ludens was by now , in an ordinary sense , more used to being with Marcus , less afraid of ‘ saying the wrong thing ’ , and had resolved today to ask a crude question which had been troubling him for some time . |
3 | Tulagai was flushed and it was apparent that Jotan had been baiting him for some time . |
4 | Mr Fennell was worried because he thought nobody came to meet you , ’ he said , and she knew by his expression that the ancient tyrant had been upbraiding him on this account . |
5 | I have been watching him for some weeks , and I accuse him publicly — before the whole school ! ’ |
6 | She had been watching him for half an hour staring out at the view , motionless . |
7 | But I followed him , and I have been following him since that day . |