Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] he [verb] been [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Since Holyfield took over and made grandad-bashing respectable on the heavyweight scene , those young lions who ought to have been clawing each other for the right to depose and expose him have been harmlessly shadow boxing around each other .
2 Craig looked around him and realized he had been here before .
3 The police have questioned Mr Probyne and say he 's been very helpful , but they have n't ruled out any line of inquiry :
4 Matt muttered something about the Sir Francis Level and said he had been here before .
5 Three days later Ainsworth went to the landlord , Liverpool Housing Trust and said he had been illegally sub-letting the flat .
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