Example sentences of "[vb past] he have been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it broke daylight the next morning he found he had been fishing on a sandbar which shallowed up twenty yards out . |
| 2 | I found he had been reduced to painting pictures of a Slimfast-addicted woman wearing fishing waders . |
| 3 | His name was , but I found he 'd been lodging in a house in Road close to the railway station . |
| 4 | But as a fiercely-contested clash ended in a 2-1 defeat , sealed by substitute Mark Walters in a thrilling finale , he found he has been replaced by his successor Graeme Souness as king in the affections of the Anfield faithful . |
| 5 | When this incident occurred he 'd been working on a project in Harlow in Essex setting up another system . |
| 6 | An outstanding example was provided by the GEC merger with English Electric in 1968 in which its promoter , Arnold Weinstock , firmly believed he had been helped by government support through the IRC . |
| 7 | A Hungarian source told the Guardian the pastor 's family believed he had been taken to a village in north-eastern Transylvania , near the Hungarian border . |
| 8 | He believed he had been booked in the corresponding match against Lithuania in Belfast last year — or possibly against Albania . |
| 9 | A post mortem showed he had been hit by five bullets and had also been struck by a number of shotgun pellets . |
| 10 | Yesterday party leaders voiced their total opposition to violent acts and one SNP MP , Andrew Welsh , claimed he had been misquoted at a recent press conference when he apparently would not rule out sabotage . |
| 11 | A doctor who examined the soldier who claimed he had been hit by the car said he found a bruise measuring 10cms on his left thigh . |
| 12 | He said the whip which Mr Jones claimed he had been beaten with was not bought until after Mr Jones had left the Roberts 's . |
| 13 | The man claimed he had been looking for his girlfriend when challenged by staff members . |
| 14 | Once there he held a much-publicised news conference during which he ridiculed American intelligence and claimed he had been held in captivity by the CIA . |
| 15 | The reporter had clearly been knocked sideways by Adam 's undeniable charisma , which doubtless meant he had been interviewed by a female , she thought disparagingly . |
| 16 | He came forward into the firelight then and she saw he had been sitting beside the range , in an old rocking chair which he had left tilting back and forth , to take the lantern from her , grasping her free hand in his . |
| 17 | I felt he had been struck by some arresting thought . |
| 18 | A man who felt he had been victimized by a crime and who wished to have the perpetrators punished could accuse the person or persons whom he suspected before either a justice of the peace or a police magistrate . |
| 19 | He felt he had been imprisoned for ever on this mad , rotating world , racing ceaselessly through its dark orbit . |
| 20 | Nothing was said , but his Lieutenant knew he had been reprieved at the last minute . |
| 21 | He knew he had been crowded into a corner , but it was his own fault . |
| 22 | Harry knew he 'd been hit in the aircraft , feeling now the wetness of blood inside his shirt and trousers , although the wounds did n't hurt , only causing numbness . |
| 23 | What would these people think , I wondered , if they knew he 'd been living like an Apache most of his life and right up until a little while ago ? |
| 24 | Marcus appeared in next-door 's back garden which surprised me as last I knew he 'd been snoring under the duvet . |
| 25 | Ferguson thought the Scottish striker might be forced to withdraw from the trip to Berne because he feared he had been afflicted by the same illness which has hit more than a dozen of the Old Trafford squad . |
| 26 | But the experts who examined him afterwards almost certainly thought he had been infected by female chiggoe fleas , which attach themselves between the toes or on the soles of the feet . |
| 27 | DISGRACED sprinter Jason Livingston last night insisted he had been used as a scapegoat by British athletics officials . |
| 28 | I heard a scuffle outside and presumed he 'd been escorted from the building , but before leaving he pushed a News of the World Christmas card under the door offering me £40,000 for an interview . |
| 29 | Now she realised he 'd been hovering on the verges of her thoughts , just waiting for an opportunity to pounce . |
| 30 | A woman in Naples recently insisted on having her husband 's grave dug up — after she realised he 'd been buried with £3,500 in his jacket pocket . |