Example sentences of "he had be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody was quite sure how many degrees he had started and not finished , not even Boris , but he had been at the place so long he could remember when they used to spell it Freshmen 's Fair . |
| 2 | He could not afford to make mistakes ; all his life he had been at pains to learn and understand how ordinary people live and had delved into the seamier side of human nature , but he was still very unworldly . |
| 3 | Before that he had been at Lewis School , Pengam , when Neil Kinnock was house prefect . |
| 4 | Before that he had been at Lewis School , Pengam , when Neil Kinnock was house prefect . |
| 5 | McLeish , warmed by the fact that she had taken the trouble to find out a bit about him , confirmed he had been at Reading University and had worked as a young sergeant in the Flying Squad . |
| 6 | He had been at this cure for a mere four years but his reputation was growing fast . |
| 7 | When my cousin , who was to be in the locality ( one did not ask why at that time , and it was only after we were both freed of our vows of secrecy more than thirty years later that he told me he had been at Bletchley Park itself ) suggested coming to visit me , Mrs Sugden had no doubt but that this was my ‘ gentleman friend ’ . |
| 8 | The majority of the day he had been at Ascot Races . |
| 9 | He fervently denied that he had been at the scene of the murders or had been in any way involved . |
| 10 | He had been at school almost six months , the most miserable time of his entire life . |
| 11 | John was not universally popular with his new colleagues any more than he had been at the Wells ; his ambition aroused suspicion , scorn , envy or fear in some , and his sense of fun ( including a rather observant line in mimicry ) left barbs in some of its victims . |
| 12 | Tom Poole , who had nursed his father devotedly at the end , was in low spirits , but was as instantly captivated by his visitor as he had been at their first meeting . |
| 13 | He had been at Cambridge just after the last war , had fought with the International Brigade in Spain and had joined the R.A.F. as an air-gunner in 194O . |
| 14 | He admitted modestly that it was a long time since he had been at school , but one phrase he had understood was ‘ Vive la link box ! ’ . |
| 15 | He had been at large in occupied France and had quite a tough time of it , but at least he survived and came back to Baldersdale . |
| 16 | There were found footprint evidences that young Brown had crossed and recrossed Hunder Beck , that he had been at the top of the high moor , and he was traced half way back , with probably thirty-six sheep which were recovered on Sunday . |
| 17 | He knew that she had not enjoyed his homecoming or the renewal of a sexual life ; throughout their married life he had been at home for only a few weeks at a time , and she had been free to make her life as she chose . |
| 18 | There had only ever been one with whom he had been at ease . |
| 19 | He had been at the forefront of Indian film-making for more than forty years and his work has received international acclaim . |
| 20 | Phil Lowe was as dangerous here as he had been at Wembley . |
| 21 | He was " more reconciled and calm " than he had been at thirty ; " age had not made him wiser " but I have never been wise " . |
| 22 | He had been at School for over 21 years , teaching general subjects . |
| 23 | He had been at the School since 1927 , and was the driving force behind the Natural History Society . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She was his only daughter and the youngest of seven , and he had been at pains to give her a good education . |
| 26 | And once he had been at Oxford , she said . |
| 27 | Even Boddy , who had been telling Westerman as they came down the stairs how he had been at Bad Godesberg in 1938 just two days after Hitler and Chamberlain had left , trailed away into silence . |
| 28 | But Dyson 's opinion of him , which had risen noticeably on hearing that he had been at King 's , had fallen back to zero again ; his having been at King 's was cancelled out by his having been right about his instructions to join Dyson 's department . |
| 29 | He told me that during the nine months he had been at the farm he and the others had noticed that the landscape had changed . |
| 30 | ‘ A couple of hours earlier he had been at home watching television , eating his tea , just our Danny as he always was — a 14-year-old boy full of life , energy and cheek . ’ |