Example sentences of "and he have been [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young Donald — his eyes were clear black-brown , like a lochan stained with peat , his hair was curly like a bull 's poll , and he had been a lovely lad until his father went away , clever with his hands , whittling pieces of wood and glueing them to make little windmills and watermills . |
| 2 | The terrorist had hands identical to those of Louis and he had been a psychopath . |
| 3 | His name , he said , was Shlomo Green and he had been a refugee from Romania . |
| 4 | Yes , Arnold Thomas had done a bad thing in deserting him just when he needed him most , and he had been a rogue of the worst kind to have stolen money into the bargain ; but if he could only find his son , he would tell him that all was forgiven , and that he wanted him here , in his rightful place , at the helm of his father 's business . |
| 5 | The author recalls an able Treasury minister who , after resignation , became a convinced and cogent parliamentary reformer , explaining that as a minister he had had no time to work out this aspect of policy and therefore , since the Treasury was opposed to more specialist committees of the House of Commons , he used the brief they provided and he had been a formidable opponent of these reforms at the Cabinet Committee level . |
| 6 | And he had been a healthy influence on Clare when she most needed it — when that creeping Jesus of a Damien had threatened to infect her with the mildew of his own damp piety . |
| 7 | and he 'd been a Liverpool councillor off and on for over fifty years . |
| 8 | He was n't getting any younger , after all , and he 'd been a hard worker all his life . |
| 9 | Oh yes I enjoyed it very much but erm we had American visitors around and we had one a Captain and I 'm afraid we all fell for him cos he seemed such a handsome man and he 'd been a hero in the war , and he was engaged to , then to the then president of America 's daughter , so they informed us but erm I do n't know whether it was the truth , that 's what they , they said but of course some of the , some of the things had to be cast , the bodies had to be cast and they were , they were I do n't know whether you 'd have heard of the Orritor |
| 10 | When we were there Stan was with us and he 'd been a few times to Brussels to with the Labour Party and , and he said oh it 's great ! |
| 11 | ‘ He 's in support of us in our bid document and he 's been a good friend to us . ’ |
| 12 | But he does , he lives in the churchyard , and he has done on and off , as you say , for a few years , and he 's been a bit of a most of the time he 's perfectly all right because he keeps himself to himself . |
| 13 | Herbie was Craigavon district Secretary 1979–87 and he has been a branch representative since 1978 . |
| 14 | He is very good , Mr , and he has been a county councillor in I think Staffordshire , before the days of pindown I have to er , hasten to add , but he does know both sides of the er , street as it were . |
| 15 | He campaigned against the burial of irradiated waste in the UK , and Parliamentary commitments include serving on the select committe for employment , 1983–87 , and he has been a whip responsible for defence , energy , transports and Northern Ireland for several years . |