Example sentences of "he have [been] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , whe whe whether or not we consider him to have been a black sheep , then we certainly have erm , rather gone into his character . |
| 2 | Spending even this short amount of time with him had been a big mistake . |
| 3 | He wanted to blurt out that she looked beautiful in blue , that he 'd like to kill the man who 'd been in her flat the previous evening , that he hoped her date with him had been a miserable failure , that he had hardly slept a wink all night , beside himself with jealousy . |
| 4 | Her feelings for him had been a pallid thing beside what she now felt for Fen . |
| 5 | He has been a managing director since 1986 and Deputy Chairman since 1990 . |
| 6 | My right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition would have liked to be here this evening because I know well that he has been a tremendous support to my hon. and learned Friend and his family in many small and touching ways , which I know have been deeply appreciated . |
| 7 | He has been a fantastic friend helping me with financial work . ’ |
| 8 | The Leader of the Opposition claims that he has been a consistent supporter of the Common Market for years , but everyone knows that he was a consistent and bitter opponent of it for many years . |
| 9 | He has been a consistent advocate of ensuring that the law of the land is adhered to . |
| 10 | He has been a superb Foreign Office minister . ’ |
| 11 | He has been a professional for almost two years and has a ring record of nine wins out of 10 contests , his lone defeat coming when he was out-pointed by Manchester 's Russell Davison for the Central Area title . |
| 12 | Said Anderson : ‘ He has been a great fillip to us not just with his excellent performances on the field , but throughout the club . |
| 13 | Too often Kendall seems preoccupied with finding a place in the team for Alan Harper , and although he has been a great servant to the club over the years , Everton will only be a really good side when he is playing in the reserves , and I do not mean that as an insult to Alan . |
| 14 | ‘ He has been a perfect gentleman , ’ she said quickly . |
| 15 | In every instance , Norman still somehow managed a smile , for , if nothing else , he has been a good loser . |
| 16 | Remember , I 'm giving you this money because he has been a good boy . |
| 17 | Far from Mr Atkins being considered the distant , unsympathetic figure depicted in the article , he has been a frequent visitor to the school over the past two years , giving support and advice to help us achieve our aims . |
| 18 | Tristan Garel-Jones is not a household name but he has been a key player in British , and particularly Tory , politics over the past two years . |
| 19 | Since August 1991 he has been a key member of the Planning Team preparing for the European Summit Meeting at the Palace on 11 – 12 December 1992 and organising the subsequent reinstatement works . |
| 20 | He has been a doughty fighter over a long period in favour of the use of democracy and dialogue and in condemnation of the use of violence . |
| 21 | This may be made worse if the patient feels stigmatized because he has been a psychiatric inpatient . |
| 22 | He has been a non-executive director of Dalgety since 1990 . |
| 23 | Most MPs still reckon he has been a fine foreign secretary since his switch from the Home Office in 1989 . |
| 24 | He has been a quadriplegic ever since . |
| 25 | Since November 1990 he has been a special projects engineer . |
| 26 | When he has been a Christian for three years , we find him , in the pages of his brother 's diary , reading The Epistle to the Romans , the greatest exposition in Scripture of the themes of Original Sin , Grace and Justification by Faith . |
| 27 | He has scented higher things — England ‘ B ’ v Pakistan and 12th man for the real McCoy against India , both in 1982 , his first full season — and if the aroma has never led to mouthfuls of fame ( due in part to a perceived shortage of confidence against high pace in his formative years ) he has been a staunch servant through thick and thin . |
| 28 | He has been a staunch advocate of the open skies policy which has helped to open up regional aviation . |
| 29 | A former chairman of Meirionnydd FUW , he has been a long-serving member of the union 's finance and executive committee and sits on the Meat and Livestock Commission 's sheep technical committee and research and development sub-committee . |
| 30 | He has been a guiding beacon in my professional life and a touchstone of human integrity . |