Example sentences of "[pron] he [vb past] [been] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After TB was diagnosed , he stopped work immediately and hospital staff set about contacting the 500 children and 500 staff who he had been in contact with him in the weeks before he became ill . |
| 2 | I found some brandy and it steadied him a bit … and then he told me he 'd been to Angy 's flat and found her dead . ’ |
| 3 | When my cousin , who was to be in the locality ( one did not ask why at that time , and it was only after we were both freed of our vows of secrecy more than thirty years later that he told me he had been at Bletchley Park itself ) suggested coming to visit me , Mrs Sugden had no doubt but that this was my ‘ gentleman friend ’ . |
| 4 | He told me he had been in Austria and he mentioned how ‘ handsome ’ he had found the people . |
| 5 | There had only ever been one with whom he had been at ease . |
| 6 | ‘ Sealed envelope with Mme Wyatt , ’ he replied , laying an uncharacteristic finger against his nose as if this was what he 'd been to spy-school for . |
| 7 | ‘ Did she tell you what he 'd been in prison for ? ’ |