Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he had kept up his reading — particularly in Greek and French — and written some stories for the Speaker , he believed his intellect had been let sleep . |
| 2 | He claimed his client had been victimised . |
| 3 | Beeson , the England captain , scored his first victory over the world No. 9 , Zarak Jahan Khan , with one of the finest performances of his career , and then complained about the remarks he claimed his opponent had been making during the rallies . |
| 4 | ‘ He said he thought his mummy had been having car trouble because she had n't turned up . |
| 5 | Chris Common , the charity 's director , said he felt his organisation had been ‘ whistling in the wind ’ as the statutory authorities in their policy making had paid little attention to the voice of older people and their carers . |
| 6 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 7 | ‘ He said my hair had been badly cut , ’ says Susan . |
| 8 | His father , John Murphy , said he should have been taken to Durham Prison , where medical treatment which he said his son needed was available if necessary . |