Example sentences of "he has been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of books have been written about the poet 's life and work , his family and friends have been scrutinised , and every place connected with him has been sought out . |
| 2 | With reference to War Office letter of 3rd March 1945 regarding your husband Lieutenant L. G. Cairns , Army Air Corps , I am directed to inform you that in view of the length of time which has elapsed since Lieutenant Cairns was reported missing , during which no news of him has been received from any source , the Department has reluctantly , and with deep regret , reached the conclusion that he lost his life . |
| 3 | Richard 's second victim , Clarence , is also taken in by the hypocrite 's feigned concern , but since the real plot against him has been done through intermediaries he may seem less blameworthy . |
| 4 | Oh , so you think that the whole appreciation of John Major , the whole perception of him has been knocked sideways by the press 's need |
| 5 | " Yes , I do , " says the shepherd , " but the only thing I could do to express my love for Him has been taken away from me . " |
| 6 | What I am trying to do is identify genetic potential long before the birth of the infant , and therefore long before he has been affected by his environment . |
| 7 | He has been affected by hamstring problems twice since joining us . |
| 8 | But in all cases he has been stopped by diocesan authorities as the centres are outside his parish . |
| 9 | In four of the illustrations the defendant appears naked after he has been mugged of his clothes . |
| 10 | He has been nagging me actually since I threw his others , he threw his others away that when some more came in , but these are alright for girls ai n't they ? |
| 11 | Though he descended , was made low , now He has been raised up high . |
| 12 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 13 | It seems to have been working — up to a point at least — and even members of the opposition Popular Front agree that he has been accepted by many Moldavians . |
| 14 | He has been characterised as having a patron and as being professionally marginal . |
| 15 | For this he has been smeared and victimised . |
| 16 | The new Hermitage director has worked there for nearly two years as assistant academic director under acting-director Vitaliy Suslov , but he has been connected with the museum almost all his life ; his father , Academician Boris Piotrovskiy ( 1908–90 ) , was on the staff at the Hermitage for more than half a century , and was its director for twenty-six years before his death en poste . |
| 17 | Naipaul was brought up in Trinidad but as a young man settled in England where he has been based ever since . |
| 18 | All he has been trying to do is to trying to ensure that there 's been even-handed play here on all the stadium sites and it 's disgraceful that his name has been dragged into this ! |
| 19 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 20 | But he has been trying to unload the firm since last year to help his debt-laden holding company , BTF , and clear the way for him to pursue his political career . |
| 21 | Yet , as he has been living out of a suitcase now for 20 years , he can be forgiven for feeling battle weary . |
| 22 | He has been living in a succession of ANC havens . |
| 23 | For much of the last couple of decades , he has been living in France , where he is accorded a reverence denied him in his native country . |
| 24 | But that belonged to a white person who was , who could speak Punjabi very well , I think he wa he has been living in India for some time . |
| 25 | He has been living in Thailand , has a Thai wife and speaks Thai . |
| 26 | But I 'm happy with my decision to rest him because he has been competing since January , and Ever is an improving horse . ’ |
| 27 | It therefore afforded a fair degree of personal relief , not to say pleasure , to see Shahid follow a career-best 132 against Kent with an equally estimable against Glamorgan , even if Nick Knight , with whom he has been competing since schooldays , has continued to get the nod when the side is at full strength . |
| 28 | He has been competing on wheels for some 28 years . |
| 29 | Since February he has been snapping up American commercial property . |
| 30 | From the moment he left your home on his quest he has been leaving a trail for you to follow ; not of pebbles , not of bread or coloured beads ; a trail of memory , of image like blood , like a scent ; something that you have always known even though so often it seemed to you that you did not recognize it . ’ |