Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [be] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That he has used his linguistic skills to make such a protest , where before he has been content merely with linguistic cleverness , marks an important development in his character and it leaves the reader with a distinctly more favourable impression of him at the end of the play than at the beginning . |
| 2 | When this experience passes and Paul regains a semblance of his former consciousness , he finds he has been stricken temporarily blind . |
| 3 | The fact that we find fewer performance errors after scene six , coupled with a lesser tendency to talk at length , suggests that he has been shocked out of his absent-mindedness and emerges , at least for the rest of the play 's duration , as a more direct speaker . |
| 4 | We must be satisfied that the insured person is legally liable and not just morally liable , i.e. he may feel he is responsible for some damage but unless he has been negligent then no liability exists . |
| 5 | I verily believe the Squire would have come himself but since your departure he has been sick abed . |
| 6 | He has been wrong once ; can he be sure that he will not be wrong again ? |
| 7 | He has been ill recently and has found it very hard to cope with his children . |
| 8 | A librarian may build up sections of the stock that he feels are important even though there is no immediate response in terms of issues . |
| 9 | In practise , the employee goes to the level he feels is appropriate often just to his manager 's manager . |
| 10 | See he 's been married before |
| 11 | Well he 's been married twice was n't he ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Especially when he 's been cagey enough to tie the showing to a charity affair , ’ Caroline had added with a sigh . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's been lucky so far . |