Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in Harding v Price [ 1948 ] 1 All ER 283 it was held that if the driver did not know he had been involved in an accident the section did not apply . |
| 2 | Charles Henstock , whose belief in an after-life was absolute , had never been able to persuade his old friend to share his convictions , and he had once told Donald , after an amicable exchange of views on the subject , that he considered the doctor to be the finest unbeliever he had been privileged to meet . |
| 3 | When it was our turn I found he had been right about the word antiquarian giving the immigration officers something to think about . |
| 4 | It also emerged that Keith hated his nursery teacher to know he had been naughty and that he did not like any form of physical restraint . |
| 5 | Villagers are demanding the removal of their local bobby because they say he 's been over-zealous in handing out parking tickets . |
| 6 | because I 've noticed he 's been sleepy he 's all blocked up all all over there . |
| 7 | Paul Bodin says he 's been lucky … he 's been in the right place at the right time and has managed to take the chances … |
| 8 | One resident says he has been unable to get out of his back garden after a lorry backed into the wall and buckled the gate . |
| 9 | Another says he has been unable to open his garage door for days after a skip filled with bricks was dumped outside . |
| 10 | Cause he had been used to me lookin' after him doon at my mother 's hoose … |
| 11 | Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex |
| 12 | Earlier , Det Sgt John Clark had said he had been involved in meetings with other police forces all over the country after a number of raids on TSB branches in which cash dispensers were forced open using oxy-acetylene equipment . |
| 13 | Mr Bérégovoy's's friends claim he had been horrified by accusations of impropriety in accepting an interest-free loan of FFr1m ( $190,000 ) from a shady business friend , who was later charged with insider trading . |
| 14 | It 's thought he 'd been incontinent and tried to wash himself . |
| 15 | Will the Minister now tell the House how many local magistrates courts he estimates are likely to close as a result of the Government 's new funding policy ? |
| 16 | Surely God would remember he had been loyal to his king ? |
| 17 | In court he also stated he 'd been unaware the cannister , legal on the continent , was an offensive weapon in Britain . |
| 18 | He maintained his innocence and claimed he had been willing to give his life for Castro but had never been a communist . |
| 19 | We understand that was de-mob happy for quite some time and erm I know he 's been disappointed recently with the Tories losing control of the local Council down down in the happy glades down South but the pink gin and pink knickers approach of Councillor is becoming a joke . |
| 20 | You know he 's been good going to bed . |
| 21 | I suppose it was because we know he 's been highly-strung lately — his peculiar behaviour at the airport , for a start — that it took longer than it should have done for me to think over properly what had happened . |
| 22 | Gin er was that er Alderman , the old gentleman , the older alderman , you know he 's been dead years now from , and erm they were very good . |
| 23 | Durie was scheduled to fight an FA charge of misconduct after referee Dermot Gallagher alleged he feigned being head-butted in a confrontation with Andy Pearce in a game against Coventry on August 18 . |
| 24 | While speaking he had been aware of the Doctor 's red , exasperated features grimacing in the first rank at the foot of the stairs ; he had seemed nervously excited , anxious , impatient that the auction should be over . |
| 25 | Through teaching he enjoys being able to pass his skills on to others and is confident that he will soon have his new pupils rocking and rolling , quickstepping and cha-cha-chaaing the night away . |
| 26 | He remembered speaking to him , saying he 'd been brave . |
| 27 | After his marriage it was rumoured he had been involved in a gambling scandal , but his father-in-law stood by him and it was largely through him that de Burgh was created a marquess in the peerage of Ireland in 1825 and Baron Somerhill in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1826 . |
| 28 | I do n't like baked beans , he knows it , I suppose he 'd been lazy . |
| 29 | I er , I suppose he 's been more of a stage |
| 30 | Police believe he has been responsible for similar crimes in Manchester and Accrington , Lancashire . |