Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [been] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | He felt a serious sympathy for the little ones looking like their own grandfathers ; he had probably been such a one himself . |
2 | And to my annoyance was added the realization that perhaps he had not been such a bad interrogator after all . |
3 | Even if he had n't been such a good-looking chap , he was , by any standards , the only eligible man around . |
4 | If he had n't been such a lousy husband I might not have got myself in so deep … ’ |
5 | We were told he might have got aggressive or moody but he had n't been any different from usual . |
6 | Nastily , she said , and he had never been that before . |
7 | He had never been much of a fellow for breasts . |
8 | He had never been this way before . |