Example sentences of "he [verb] be [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He has been advised that rest is the only remedy for a recurring groin strain . |
| 3 | He has been pursued all year by race fan Newman and his Chicago business partner Carl Haas . |
| 4 | Mr Hooke says he has been told that Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers . |
| 5 | Even from this distance it was clear he 'd been hit several times in the chest and there was also red paint all over his visor . |
| 6 | Because of his experience , he 'd been taken further into God 's Kingdom , he 'd been given that vision into God 's Kingdom , now that 's more than just been given your eyesight , cos there 's a lot of people will see , who have their eyesight intact , but refuse to have the vision that was necessary to accept Jesus , new kingdom . |
| 7 | The jagged hole through which he 'd been propelled some minutes before now rushed past his face once every minute or so . |
| 8 | ‘ He 'd been gone several days before Trueman did it . |
| 9 | Instead he sent out 12th man Paul Reiffel to cover for him whole he rang chairman of selectors Lawrie Sawle to vent his feelings about the news he had been given that morning . |
| 10 | On Saturday he had been given some time off to visit his critically ill sister , 17-year-old Lillian , as she lay in hospital . |
| 11 | But he knew that he was right and , much more , he felt that he was good , that he had been given this chance to act well , that he must take it and to take it would get him off on a new and better path ; while to succumb would be the broad and easy road to hell . |
| 12 | Dr Nakajima , accompanied on his tour by Dr Jo Asvall , head of WHO 's European regional office in Copenhagen , said that he had been asked several times if Yugoslav funds frozen in the US and other countries could not be used for purchase of medical supplies . |
| 13 | He had been christened that morning and died the same afternoon . |
| 14 | He had been wounded several times , twice seriously enough to have his life despaired of ; he had twice suffered the rigours of exile . |
| 15 | It 's obvious that he 's been sent some kind of message , and I believe in these things . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's been offered all sorts of consultancies at lots of London hospitals . ’ |