Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [been] [vb pp] " 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 | Though he descended , was made low , now He has been raised up high . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He has been characterised as having a patron and as being professionally marginal . |
| 13 | For this he has been smeared and victimised . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Naipaul was brought up in Trinidad but as a young man settled in England where he has been based ever since . |
| 16 | He has been determined to destroy her since she described him as ‘ something — sub-human — something not quite to the stage of humanity yet ! ’ |
| 17 | She added : ’ He has been determined to beat dyslexia and is Wesley is a pupil at Kemplah School , Guisborough . |
| 18 | He has been challenged many times on the weak link in his case , which is that since American firms are free to relocate to Mexico , a trade agreement is the best way to make sure that American interests are protected . |
| 19 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |
| 20 | HE has been called spiv , ticket tout , sport 's shadiest wheeler-dealer and sometimes a lot worse . |
| 21 | His proud mum met him at Shannon Airport with the news that he has been called up by the Lions as a replacement for winger Ian Hunter . |
| 22 | This causes him to doubt himself , that is his worthiness in loving Estella as he now thinks because he has been called common and coarse . |
| 23 | He has been called the Bellamy of fossils for his ability to inspire his listeners . |
| 24 | He grew up among poor people , and he has been called their poet . |
| 25 | However , I must com comment on the way that since Christmas the Vice Chair of Council has undertaken the many civic duties he has been called upon to perform , assisted by his wife . |
| 26 | DOA ( 15 Buena Vista 12 Oct ) is another remake , this time of a 1949 film noir , starting well as Dennis Quaid discovers he has been poisoned and will die within 24 hours : the initials stand for Dead On Arrival . |
| 27 | A traditional device for drawing us beyond the possibility of sweetening by sadism , right to the viewpoint of the dying man , is the death speech , at its starkest when Agamemnon cries offstage that he has been struck his mortal blow . |
| 28 | The baby , despite the fact that he has been denied his birthright of the care of deeply loving parents who created him in love , is as well cared for — ’ |
| 29 | In essence , B's claim can be characterised as asserting that he has been denied the right to a fair criminal trial . |
| 30 | As a result he has been threatened with libel action and even physical violence . |