Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [pron] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his route there has been clear and straightforward . |
| 2 | Smoking the first of five cigarettes from his case which had been undamaged in his rear pocket ( matches from escape kit ) Harry made up his mind to head for a port , walking north-westerly to avoid Potsdam . |
| 3 | It did n't need much imagination to guess that his presence there had been recreational rather than restitutional ! |
| 4 | In the 1970s Ezra Pound 's laminated view of vital and moribund cultures , centred partly on Provence , made her see M. Grimaud 's easy educating communications about the land , the lore , the language in which she found herself , as a sign of real energy in his community which had been ersatz , or only wished-for , in post-Festival of Britain Yorkshire . |
| 5 | All his life he had been afraid to ask about his back , and his terrible fear had made him ill . |
| 6 | for most of his life he has been stuck with a reputation for finding the Goons funny , but nothing since that era . |
| 7 | ‘ A mirror , ’ Reynard repeats , realising this is one of the few times in his life he 's been surprised . |
| 8 | All his childhood he had been frightened of his own shortcomings . |
| 9 | During his detention there had been several protest demonstrations attracting crowds of up to 12,000 people , and Khmara had twice staged hunger strikes . |
| 10 | At his death he had been married for at least nine years to a wife called Margaret . |
| 11 | Shortly before his death he had been pleased to see his son , Major Alan Sykes , also later to be Chairman , appointed to the Board . |