Example sentences of "he [vb past] been [noun] 's [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was beginning to see why he 'd been Jake 's friend . |
| 2 | Gran had always been tetchy and impatient with Ben Hesketh , she remembered ; and he 'd always called her Ma , as if he 'd been Jake 's brother . |
| 3 | I recognised Lingary 's name from the times Andy had talked about the Falklands ; he 'd been Andy 's CO , the one Andy blamed for the deaths of some of his men . |
| 4 | He had been Felix 's friend since 1938 . |
| 5 | More recently he had been Polisario 's representative in Algiers . |
| 6 | Yet he had been Brearley 's choice to succeed him , for he had perceived that Botham was an intelligent , tactically aware player and believed that he offered ‘ tremendous hope for a new , vital start ’ . |