Example sentences of "that he have been [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | It went to Geoffrey 's head that he 'd been cast as Mullins , the pirate . |
2 | The whole idea that he 'd been thinking about since Christmas seemed pointless all of a sudden . |
3 | The Edwardian informed me recently that he 'd been appointed trade attaché in one of our Central American embassies . |
4 | He laughed , and then added that he 'd been drunk as a cork himself actually , the night before . |
5 | He was taken into custody for his own protection … as it was learned that he 'd been disqualified from driving at the time of the crash . |
6 | So he went back up onto the main road and very little further on , in fact , he in fact found a village and spent the night at the hostelry and he said to the man in the hostelry you know , he that he 'd been lost and that a a little bit back on the road he 'd seen this big house all alight and he had erm , you know , gone in the drive and tried to get get a room there but could n't make anybody hear and the erm the inn keeper said , no he said er you would n't make anyone hear there , he said and if you go back there tomorrow the house wo n't be there ! |
7 | If it was n't for Winnie — so understanding , knowing that he 'd been tricked , snared in this vile trap — he knew not what he 'd do . |
8 | She 'd thought at the time — fleetingly , without really dwelling on it — that he 'd been referring to Arnie with these remarks . |
9 | He 'd nothing to say to her ; he did n't even plan to tell her that he 'd been to see her . |
10 | and quite a lot of the nurses used to walk their nurses , I mean they 're er war trained and unarmed combat and they 're wardens , let's face it , they 're not nurses , and one of them was saying to me , oh we had a fellow in the other day , he 'd , he 'd a , fallen up the police stations steps I think erm , he said that he 'd been to see the do gooders , he had this interview |
11 | She was n't to know that he 'd been posted to Berlin . |
12 | So much for Candy 's theory that he 'd been stalking Rory ! |
13 | Daffy was shattered by the news that he 'd been replaced by Essex 's reprieved rebel tourist Neil Foster . |
14 | Daffy was shattered by the news that he 'd been replaced by Essex 's reprieved rebel tourist Neil Foster . |
15 | ‘ They pretended that Paul was hit by a ricochet , but the evidence was clear that he 'd been hit by a direct shot . |
16 | He revealed that he 'd been intending to do an act at the Easter Fete but had abandoned it because he 'd decided it was a load of rubbish . |
17 | He he was very excitable , excitable and he was angry erm he was shouting at me er that he 'd been spreadeagled naked er on the floor , guns had been pointed at him and his front door had been smashed down and his er his family , his wife and children had been frightened . |
18 | Besides , he probably felt that he 'd been made to look foolish , and men do hate that . |
19 | But then he frowned , because the key that he 'd been expecting did n't appear anywhere in the picture — |
20 | I thought that , instead of speaking from his notes that he 'd been speaking from year after year , he was reassessing what he was doing . |
21 | In all the time that he 'd been living out on the Step Pete had seen only one stranger go by , and that was a hiker who 'd stopped to ask the way because he 'd been lost . |
22 | Rumours that he 'd been kidnapped or murdered as part of the split that was rending the Provisionals and the old Republican idealists . |
23 | Sinews bunched and moved under his skin like oiled spaghetti ; Carson guessed that he 'd been posing and flexing in front of a mirror . |
24 | How could the English boy go on living now that he 'd been found out ? |
25 | I knocked on his door and when he answered I could tell from his face that he 'd been crying . |
26 | When he felt brave enough he took off the old pullover and the tracksuit pants that he 'd been sleeping in and started to dress . |
27 | Half an hour later Maurin rang back and demanded to know if there was any truth in a story that he 'd been hurt and Barbara threatened . |
28 | The 18-year-old who caused the accident admitted that he 'd been driving recklessly . |
29 | And maybe she would n't have been expecting him to ‘ dance attendance ’ on her if she had n't soon discovered that he 'd been spending so much time with his personal assistant ! |
30 | And he was glad to have an excuse to put off telling her the news that he 'd been keeping to himself . |