Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [been] [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He has been involved with child abuse services , chairing COCAN and Brent Area Child Protection Committee .
2 ‘ Ye see , he 's been sick in bed and he should n't really be drinking . ’
3 And in the years of glut there is always a slatted wooden tray in some cool , dark attic , which the writer nervously visits from time to time ; and yes , oh dear , while he 's been hard at work downstairs , up in the attic there are puckering skins , warning spots , a sudden brown collapse and the sprouting of snowflakes .
4 Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't .
5 He 's been lucky of course , in that respect , in that he has had something to occupy himself over the last few months as far as the Gulf war is concerned , and in that respect , of course , I think I do n't I think it would be very difficult to fault him .
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