Example sentences of "he have been [vb pp] [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been challenged many times on the weak link in his case , which is that since American firms are free to relocate to Mexico , a trade agreement is the best way to make sure that American interests are protected . |
| 2 | He told me how he 'd been conned three times that week by people who took ten-quid rides , then said they had n't any cash but offered to leave a watch with him while they went inside ( usually a block of flats ) to get some dosh . |
| 3 | Even from this distance it was clear he 'd been hit several times in the chest and there was also red paint all over his visor . |
| 4 | He had been stabbed fourteen times . |
| 5 | Dr Nakajima , accompanied on his tour by Dr Jo Asvall , head of WHO 's European regional office in Copenhagen , said that he had been asked several times if Yugoslav funds frozen in the US and other countries could not be used for purchase of medical supplies . |
| 6 | Since then he had been re-elected six times . |
| 7 | Working in the very competitive insurance industry , principally at Lloyd 's , he had been approached four times by four different headhunting firms , only one of whose names he remembered ( one of the smaller UK-based consultancies ) . |
| 8 | He had been wounded several times , twice seriously enough to have his life despaired of ; he had twice suffered the rigours of exile . |
| 9 | He 's been arrested 32 times for shoplifting , but each time magistrates ruled the offences were n't serious enough for him to be detained , where he might have got the treatment he needs . |