Example sentences of "[vb past] be [verb] he [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clear that she 'd been taking him for a ride , in that there was no ride in it for him at the end of the process . |
| 2 | We 'd been feeding him from the hand like , oh . |
| 3 | Busily he scribbled in a scratchy copperplate hand that had been taught him by a schoolmistress from the hills of Brecon his thoughts and directives in the margins of the typed sheets . |
| 4 | In doing so , he had to jettison most of what those close to him had been telling him for the past 16 months . |
| 5 | But the overall effect of two minutes in her presence had been to fill him with an all powerful sense of her sex . |
| 6 | Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay . |
| 7 | During his time as Party chairman , many constituency officers had been to see him on a similar errand . |
| 8 | When they met , Burn said that Donaldson had been to see him in the interim . |
| 9 | And romance — although ideally , if she had been advising him as a florist , she would have suggested roses instead of the more exotic lilies and orchids he had chosen . |
| 10 | Our last Letters are dated Hobart Town Feb. 9 up to which time his expedition had been eminently successful ; far more so than he could have anticipated ; the most liberal assistance had been rendered him by the Authorities , everything that could facilitate his views being cheerfully accorded : while nothing could exceed the kindness of Sir John and Lady Franklin in whose house he was then residing : in fact so much were they interested in his pursuits that upon more than one occasion they accompanied him in his exploring parties . |
| 11 | Short had been saving him for the Ascot race . |
| 12 | ‘ Speaking crossly and rudely although Carrie had only been stewing indoors because she had been helping him in the shop ! |
| 13 | He had been pestering him for a while for stories about the grandparents he had never known . |
| 14 | She had been asking him about the little wooden cities which adorned the shelves in her room . |
| 15 | I had been walking him around the roads for a couple of weeks and could n't wait to have him fit again . |
| 16 | The answer had been staring him in the face . |
| 17 | Coughlin says North 's only constructive contribution to Waite 's Lebanon mission had been to introduce him to an undercover agent working in Lebanon for British and American intelligence . |
| 18 | His father had been shielding him from the stones coming through . |
| 19 | He practically had me signed up for the European Monetary System when all I wanted was to touch him for a gold moidore . |