Example sentences of "he been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has he been on any recent training courses to discuss this ? . |
| 2 | Had he been on his own , Harry thought as he drove out of Melton Mowbray market town towards Saxby , he would have taken Mrs Appleby with him to Maythorpe House . |
| 3 | Even Dalziel , who was facing him , had not noticed his arrival , so intent had he been on catching Marcus 's words . |
| 4 | The crucial question was : where had he been on the eleventh ? |
| 5 | Had he been on the Cardinal 's business or lying in ambush for Irvine ? |
| 6 | Has he been on it ? |
| 7 | He personified the pre-war amateur at his peak , a kindly engaging man who was well placed to have been a major influence in the game had he been of a more forceful character . |
| 8 | If it is stretching the imagination to describe any West Indian fast bowler as a gentle giant he is nevertheless mild-mannered and easy-going , and it is significant that while the likes of Croft and Marshall were doing unpleasant things to batsmen 's heads , the damage that Garner inflicted was mostly confined to arms and hands ; obviously any broken bone is bad and obviously he sent down his share of bouncers , but there was never the suggestion that he was using his physical advantages maliciously ; six feet eight inches 12 metres ) tall and weighing seventeen stones ( 108 kilograms ) , the prospect of the carnage he might have caused had he been of an aggressive nature hardly bears thinking about . |
| 9 | Has he been to . |
| 10 | Has he been to the show yet ? |
| 11 | He been with people who had lain on the tracks to try to stop the special trains bringing out 7,600 refugees from Prague and climb on board . |
| 12 | On his day Gerry was as good a centre-forward as any in the land and would almost certainly have won a string of Scottish International caps had he been with a more successful club . |
| 13 | And never once has he been for Instruction . ’ |
| 14 | Deakin was a striker who found the net regularly and the evidence suggests that , had he been at a bigger club , he would have benefited from a better service and become a prolific scorer . |
| 15 | She even thought up ways in which — had he been at home — he might have managed the rescue more easily and with far greater certainty . |
| 16 | ‘ The question is , Gran , what has he been at already ? |
| 17 | Sandy McGlashan — why had he been off work that Tuesday ? |
| 18 | he been like ? |
| 19 | Resenence Jeopardy still expected him to work hard , was still friendly and attentive , but had n't he been like that the day before ? |
| 20 | ‘ How long has he been like this ? ’ |
| 21 | He would not have bought it had he been by himself but Maidstone assured him it was the right choice — ‘ Absolutely first rate , dear fellow . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ How long 's he been in hospital ? ’ |
| 23 | Had he been in children 's homes ? |
| 24 | I mean , has he been in trouble before ? |
| 25 | Wellington , had he been in the Emperor 's boots , would have chosen that strategy . |
| 26 | What has he been in prison for ? " |
| 27 | Had he been in love with her before she had married ? |
| 28 | Had he been in his place on Tuesday , when my right hon. Friend made the opening speech on the Loyal Address , he would have heard him say that the Government would introduce a measure to deal with the young thugs , as my hon. Friend calls them , who indulge in joyriding , a practice which hon. Members in all parts of the House deplore ; those young people will , therefore , be offending . |
| 29 | Robert did not like to think of himself as a snob , but , had he been in charge of the Independent Wimbledon Day Islamic Boys ’ School , he would have expected a higher standard of civility from the cleaning staff . |
| 30 | She wondered what his comment would have been had he been in a position to make one . |