Example sentences of "or [adv] he have [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew the most trusted adviser of the late Tsar Peter had been a Scotsman , but there had been four Tsars since then , and there was a Tsarina , Elizabeth , on the throne , or so he had been told in Vilna . |
| 2 | That is where , or so he had been told , Brighton still offered a whiff of the cosmopolitan , esoteric atmosphere of the Left Bank in Paris or a hint of Berlin 's former decadence . |
| 3 | It turned out the Australian 's baggage with much expensive equipment had never arrived in Quito , not even made it to the continent ( or so he 'd been told ) , and I sensed he had no sympathy left for any other 's misfortune . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's waiting to hear whether or not he 's been cast , and he 'll be feeling like a caged bear , poor darling . |
| 5 | To an extent the penned hands were also dependent on the nationality of the scribe or where he had been trained . |