Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb past] [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sentenced to twelve months in jail but was released when the court heard he 'd already been in custody for ten months . |
| 2 | As far as I knew he 'd always been on the level , and certainly there was no harm in his treating the Fraser girl after the shock she 'd presumably had . |
| 3 | Later I realised he had also been in the other two . |
| 4 | ‘ This copper said 'e used ter be on the Tunnel beat an' 'e 'd seen a bloke who looked like me knockin' around wiv 'em . |
| 5 | He also said he had never been to St Kitts . |
| 6 | Manchester City ! ’ he said , continuing the chant which was so like those I had heard at Manchester 's Maine Road ground that I marvelled when he said he had never been to England . |
| 7 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |