Example sentences of "he have [be] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who have worked with him during the time that he has been in his present post have come to admire the hard work , courage and assiduity with which he has pursued the object of bringing the parties within the island of Ireland to sit down with the British Government and resolve their differences . |
| 2 | The Tories are , wisely , keeping their boy away from most of the rough stuff — rightly recognising that such strengths as he has are in his niceness — but he has to look like he wants to win sometimes . |
| 3 | He was beginning to get a bit homesick since they 'd stopped travelling and he 'd been on his own . |
| 4 | No , it would n't have surprised me if he 'd been at his easel while I was painting the town red ! |
| 5 | Of their evening together , of how forthcoming he 'd been with his information . |
| 6 | He 'd been in his share of fistfights had Mr Fearon . |
| 7 | But he 'd been in his prime then , a match for any King Lud who 'd taken it into his weak head to break into the Dallam weaving sheds , in the dead of night , and start smashing his machines to bits . |
| 8 | He 'd been in his vigorous prime then , all right . |
| 9 | The Membership List revealed he 'd been in his present parish for six years , was unmarried , had written a book , The Railways of Norfolk , 1890 to 1940 , published by Jarrolds , and was , in addition to being Vicar of St Clements Bestwick , chaplain to the Sisters of St Sylvester , East Soken , near Diss . |
| 10 | He had been at his wits ' end , with no reply to Bigwig 's scornful impatience except his readiness to risk his own life in company with Fiver and Pipkin . |
| 11 | When he was caught driving in January , Ironside claimed that he had been on his way to look at the possibilities of a council house exchange . |
| 12 | He had been on his mettle throughout . |
| 13 | If he had been on his own he would have gone straight up but he was more used to walking and climbing , no doubt , than these policemen . |
| 14 | The other three seemed uncertain what to do next ; Dave Tanner had n't come with him , though he had been on his feet again when Maxim last saw him . |
| 15 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 16 | An hour past he had been with his Ministers . |
| 17 | He had been to his father 's lawyers , to his father 's banking partners and advisors ; to his stockbrokers at the Bourse ; to his accountants . |
| 18 | He reminisced how loyal he had been to his firm and how cruel he felt was his reward . |
| 19 | He had been in his usual ‘ turbo mode ’ as he stormed up the face following a line of huge steps . |
| 20 | However , his appearance had been that of an eighteen-year-old , which makes nonsense for a second time of the press claims that Lord Haw-Haw was as puny in appearance as he had been in his human sympathies . |
| 21 | Used as he had been in his youth to the drabs of the garrison towns , the Major nevertheless began courteously to disengage himself . |
| 22 | I did wonder if he had been in his cups before we opened the wine but he assured me he had not . ’ |
| 23 | He had been in his youth a bit of a tearaway ; and in middle age he incurred opprobrium for his brave advocacy of contraception . |
| 24 | Landlord Bill Long , who has since moved to another pub , gave evidence in support of the defendant , verifying that he had been within his sight for the time in question , except for a brief spell when he was collecting glasses . |
| 25 | He 's been with his granny all weekend , ’ she said with pride . |
| 26 | er when , mind you he 's been in his job for a while now . |