Example sentences of "he has been [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HE has been called spiv , ticket tout , sport 's shadiest wheeler-dealer and sometimes a lot worse . |
| 2 | He has been telling golfing cronies in Ireland that the Beeb are reduced to such drastic economies because they are coughing up £10 million a year on Eldorado . |
| 3 | Recently he has been appointed Chairman of Lasalle in Aberdeen , and serves on the Advisory Board of the Strathclyde Business School . |
| 4 | Also a receiver is only appointed over the assets of a company and does not control the shares in that company unless he has been appointed receiver over the assets of its holding company . |
| 5 | For the past three years he has been building LDP 's contract business in the South of England . |
| 6 | Jose Urbina Lara , leader of the group , who stormed the embassy on 8 March , stayed behind at the airport but was expected to leave later for the Dominican Republic , where he has been granted asylum . |
| 7 | Aged 52 , he has been watching badgers ‘ man and boy ’ and has never tired of their antics , especially the young at play with fox cubs . |
| 8 | He has been named Generalissimo , seen as a further step towards the succession of his son and heir , Kim Jong Il . |
| 9 | Well , he was more interested than he has been given credit for , and he had a wonderful collection of eighteenth-century English books which he gave to Trinity College , Cambridge . |
| 10 | He has been given instructions to this effect . |
| 11 | He has been given time to develop and in a recent interview on TV the trainer was even talking in terms of a possible Grand National victory . |
| 12 | He has been given commerce and tourism . |
| 13 | ( If her son enters when he is a few years older , he will surely be unique in being able to say he has been taking part since before he was born . ) |
| 14 | Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book . |
| 15 | He has been taking photographs for ten years and divides his time between Paris and New York , where he was born . |
| 16 | Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book . |
| 17 | He has been taking medication and it is believed he may have been able to hide some of the drug . |
| 18 | Equally , he has been monitoring petitions organised by various bodies and puts the signature level at above the 100,000 mark . |
| 19 | His new Food and Beverage Manager appears to accept the idea as theoretically desirable , but gives it a low priority in practice : privately , he has been urging Winter to ‘ crack the whip a bit ’ , arguing that the whole establishment needs ‘ a good shake up ’ before reforms can be introduced effectively . |
| 20 | ALAN McCloskey , from the Rook 's Nest , Armoy , has strung together some wonderful performances this year and as a fitting reward he has been re-elected secretary of the Ballymoney pool league . |
| 21 | Ever the great ambassador , he has been touring children 's hospitals to deliver Christmas presents this week — although Fash has no intention of extending his charity to Palace today or Chelsea on Bank Holiday Monday . |
| 22 | Maurice Adams , General Manager of ACET , has recently returned form Uganda where he has been discussing planning for future projects with ACET 's African Director , Anthony Kasozi . |
| 23 | For years , he has been producing images of himself in different guises : from ancient Roman busts to self-portraits done in the styles of famous artists . |
| 24 | For the last two months he has been attending Queen 's Park with his wife Christine and three children . ) |
| 25 | This will equally enable the Policyholder to replace the engine with one of similar type , capacity , age and size to the one lost — and therefore we will have provided him with indemnity under the Policy notwithstanding the fact that he has been paying premium on the value insured . |
| 26 | Senna admitted yesterday after his third win that he has been having talks with Williams . |
| 27 | Coach Intikhab Alam said : ‘ He has been having rest and regular medication and he is most likely to play . ’ |
| 28 | He has been having rehabilitation sessions at Lilleshall , attempting to strengthen the joint , and says : ‘ The whole thing is very frustrating but I have to be philosophical about it . |
| 29 | With his new mechanic , Stuart Hare , he has been working day and night for the last three weeks to get three bikes in tip-top condition . |
| 30 | An Irish internationalist at boys and youths level , he has been playing golf for five years . |