Example sentences of "he have been [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 For the past three years he has been building LDP 's contract business in the South of England .
2 In the course of Abimelech 's questioning of Abraham it emerges that he has been claiming Sarah is his sister at every place they have been !
3 One night Major , Deekie as he was known , came down to inspect and the young chappy who was on guard , he challenged him properly er before he allowed him to advance towards him but after he 'd advanced toward him and he 'd been recognized Major says is the rifle alright ?
4 Ted was awake and out here because he 'd been hearing Wayne speaking to him , and he was worried about his sanity .
5 Until then he 'd been expecting Blagg , and he might know exactly what he 'd left . ’
6 He told the hearing that the night before the body was found , he 'd been to visit Hawkins with another man Michael Talbot .
7 He said he 'd been to see Ben who was living on the Jonquil .
8 So much for Candy 's theory that he 'd been stalking Rory !
9 He 'd been found Iying face down too , and the only sign of what had happened was a slight discoloration on the back of his jacket , as though some of the red dye from the trimming had leached on to the body of the black fabric .
10 When Douglas MacArthur returned to America , MacArthur had not been back to America since nineteen forty one this is ten years later , he 'd been running Japan in the meantime there was one of these huge ticker-tape parades in New York , he was the welcoming hero and President Truman was seen as the villain and some analysts argue that that decision , that single decision to sack MacArthur may well have cost Harry Truman the American presidency .
11 He had been roaming New Orleans , his adopted city , for two days .
12 Then on Easter Sunday Pringle confronted best pal Jason Ward , 20 , with the suggestion that he had been seeing Leanne .
13 He had been seeing Molly on and off for about six months .
14 Evidently he had been expecting Hazel to speak first and was somewhat at a loss .
15 He won his first gold medal , plus two silvers and two bronzes then learned he had been named Darlington 's young sports-winner of the month in the award scheme aided by the North of England Building Society .
16 How he had been named Ish-kay-nay and brought up by these Chiricahuas and made the son of Sonsichay , one of the sub-chiefs of the band .
17 All that those LA police offices had to say to get acquitted of beating Rodney King was that they believed he had been using PCP .
18 Ludens was glad he had been to see Franca and felt sure , as he sat in another taxi bound for Victoria , that she had understood why , and in what frame of mind , he had come .
19 Because his wife did not want to move house he had turned down the job of guarding Ted Heath in the Close at Salisbury ; he had been given Margaret instead .
20 He had been watching Cardiff , and now that infuriating secret smile registered again .
21 He had been watching Clare and Underwood for some time , but without much of interest developing .
22 as if he had been considering Preston 's problems and this was his solution to them .
23 At Seletar he had been flying Vildebeest torpedo bombers , and he now underwent a conversion course onto the more modern Beauforts .
24 He had been warning Matilda , reminding her that she could still threaten Edmund 's safety to ensure Isabel 's obedience .
25 He had been holding ALFRED , in his robe and blond wig .
26 He had been appointed GCMG in 1927 .
27 He had been christened Ferdinand : Ferdinand Skaller .
28 He had been reading Lenin 's Imperialism : The highest stage of capitalism , and his ideological position had hardened .
29 He thought that he had heard the house door close : McAllister must have left for a stroll , or perhaps even a visit up West , and it would be safe for him to leave the surgery where he had been reading Mr H. G. Wells 's scientific romance The Time Machine , and return to the comfort of his armchair .
30 And when Alexander Korda returned from America , where he had been supporting Britain 's propaganda effort , with the intention of competing with Rank , he had to use bravado and charm where Rank had cash .
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