Example sentences of "he [vb past] been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was obvious that the sight of him had been a shock to Tamar 's brother , but Davis was convinced that he had never encountered George before . |
| 2 | Patrick had been company , tending him had been a solace , hoping for him had been a hope . |
| 3 | Patrick had been company , tending him had been a solace , hoping for him had been a hope . |
| 4 | Her last words to him had been a curse yet she had felt him at her side on the day she had marched to York with Richard Oastler . |
| 5 | He 'd been a tearaway before but now he was vicious . ’ |
| 6 | More than that , he 'd been a friend , in a funny sort of way . |
| 7 | He 'd been a gentleman , she could n't fault him on that . |
| 8 | Liese 's father owned a chain of garages : he 'd been a prisoner of war , had married an English girl . |
| 9 | He 'd been a dinosaur in a world of pettiness . |
| 10 | Peter thought that he 'd been a fool to imagine that there might be something wrong between his hosts ; he put it down to an overactive imagination coloured by wishful thinking . |
| 11 | He 'd been a boarder himself — last year when his parents went to the States on three months ’ sabbatical . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | He 'd been a bit scared of her before , but he was even more so now she was acting as if she was n't right in the head . |
| 14 | Thought he 'd been a bit hurt when we grabbed him . |
| 15 | He 'd been a bit funny , quiet-like , ever since they 'd arrived at Thorsbury Manor . |
| 16 | He moved incredibly slowly , zombie-ish , as if he 'd been a patient in there since before the flood and they 'd finally decided to let him out for some fresh air . |
| 17 | Charlie rarely saw his own father when he 'd been a patient and sad character living with his mother . |
| 18 | Down in the hold he 'd cracked his shins on the bumper of a small green car and she 'd laughed at his face and kissed him as if he 'd been a kid and for a moment he was thirteen and being hugged by Dave 's big sister , who was certainly large and confusing to thirteen year olds . |
| 19 | He was taken aback , and more confused than he 'd been a moment ago . |
| 20 | He 'd been a parasite for too long , a mere copier , echoing other men 's vision . |
| 21 | He 'd been a fisherman all his life . |
| 22 | It was the sixth time in a year he 'd been a victim of crime , but this time the culprits , two youths , had been arrested . |
| 23 | He 'd been a docker before the war , lucky to get a job in the Depression years . |
| 24 | Because he 'd been a graduate entrant , accelerated promotion had been guaranteed . |
| 25 | She said he was from Moila , and ever since he was a boy he 'd been a sort of con artist , and could get away with anything- ’ |
| 26 | He 'd been a prisoner-of-war in Germany during the First World War and as a result of his wartime experiences suffered constantly from a weak chest . |
| 27 | ‘ Because he 'd been a novice monk himself once , in Ireland , before he went to Oxford . |
| 28 | He told the recruiting officer that he 'd been a sergeant in the Boer War and boasted that he knew more about the Army than all these whipper-snappers who were waiting to join with him . |
| 29 | In 1984 he had nothing left to prove — he was successful , shooting stock shots for The Image Bank , which he 'd been a director of for six years . |
| 30 | An active guerrilla leader since the early 1960s , he had been a founder member in April 1966 of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC ) , which had developed into one of the most durable guerrilla groups on the sub-continent , maintaining an estimated 60 fronts across the country and a force of 4,000-6,000 . |