Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] he [vb past] [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not as much as he had been in the studio , but he was here all the same . |
| 2 | For a split second Joseph looked as agitated as he had been on the Jonquil the day after the murder . |
| 3 | The effort of giving Sam as much exercise as he wanted made Albert more fit than he had been for years . |
| 4 | Leslie was happier than he had been since joining the army . |
| 5 | He was happier than he had been during the seven bad years between 1976 and 1982 , still self-assured but now far more reasonable . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | No doubt his physical closeness did n't help her to think clearly because he was more breathtakingly sexy than he had been as a young man . |
| 8 | In no time at all , he was faster than he had been in practice , something I have never seen since in a race by a leading driver . |
| 9 | The car heater kept him warmer than he had been since leaving Celia 's flat . |
| 10 | It was an awful place : dreary , badly furnished and he was n't as clean as he 'd been in hospital — food all down his clothes and he had n't shaved , he really looked unkempt . |
| 11 | Um , said Tor , but then went on to explain that only a week or two before he had been within a hundred metres or so of a school of orca . |
| 12 | ‘ It would be marvellous if The Committee were to win the National , ’ Scott said , ‘ for the two owners have been immensely patient and have let me get on with bringing the horse back to his best after he had been off the course for two and a half years . ’ |
| 13 | The writer was Ford Madox Ford , who was among the most loyal as he had been among the first of Pound 's friends ; in the twenties he was as penurious and as out of fashion as Pound . |
| 14 | Used as he had been in his youth to the drabs of the garrison towns , the Major nevertheless began courteously to disengage himself . |
| 15 | The man was not as tall as he had been in the photograph , he stooped too much , but he was still a few inches taller than his wife . |
| 16 | He was more frightened than he had been in all the time he had been with them , and he could tell that the girl was frightened too , by her quick , shallow breathing . |