Example sentences of "he [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’ |
| 2 | In any case , 'e would n't be in 'ere terday if 'e 'd been lucky . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 'E 'd been saying ‘ ow 's you 's coming hover . |
| 4 | He had left her and gone to live with an upper-class woman , had soared to the opposite end of the scale from Josie , whose attraction for him had been that of a splenetic victim from the lower depths of the goyim : but Josie had refused a divorce and the ordeal had dragged on . |
| 5 | My father had gone off up to bed and she suddenly began to tell me what her life with him had been , the bribery and the humiliation and so on . |
| 6 | Philip held out the paper that the chocolate bar Lee had given him had been wrapped in . |
| 7 | As Ari and Nathan went through the shop , Roirbak remembered with mixed feelings that Zambia and Tammuz might still be in there , and then wondered if some evil part of him had been aware of that all along . |
| 8 | In doing so , he had to jettison most of what those close to him had been telling him for the past 16 months . |
| 9 | Patrick had been company , tending him had been a solace , hoping for him had been a hope . |
| 10 | Patrick had been company , tending him had been a solace , hoping for him had been a hope . |
| 11 | The middle-aged married couple who had been caretakers before him had been dismissed on the spot for gross drunkenness . |
| 12 | Prince Charles Edward was not among the runaways although to rescue him had been the task force 's real objective . |
| 13 | Since Christmas day her feelings for him had been in such a chaotic state she did n't know whether she loved or hated him . |
| 14 | The handshake with which she had greeted him had been cool and firm and her brief smile was surprisingly attractive . |
| 15 | It was obvious that the sight of him had been a shock to Tamar 's brother , but Davis was convinced that he had never encountered George before . |
| 16 | He then realised that he had already seen his son some distance from the door and that his conviction that it was him had been totally irrational . |
| 17 | But there had been no spirit in him , the shock of what his father told him had been too great . |
| 18 | All along the terrace , on the low wall that bounded it , stood the statuary his father had once told him had been placed there by whoever inhabited the place before Hilbert and Lilian came . |
| 19 | In fact , she knew it , for a picture of him had been smuggled to her . |
| 20 | And besides , there were two things bothering him at the same time and he had assumed that the second problem nagging at him had been Cipolla . |
| 21 | Despite protests from all sides he did n't halt his labours until the body before him had been opened from navel to throat , and Dowd 's thrashings had ceased . |
| 22 | And gradually it came clear to him that every job the mate had given him had been carefully chosen to help him on his way to the bridge . |
| 23 | When the last goodbyes and blessings on him had been murmured by the ladies , two dimmed lanterns were provided by Mrs Prynn the housekeeper , and the priest was led down to the kitchens and into the stables , under the floor of which a tunnel led steeply down to the shore . |
| 24 | Was it because everything that had been precious to him had been torn from him that he had to find someone to blame for his losses , someone to take advantage of , someone from whom he could derive consolation ? |
| 25 | The first time this American woman had fellated him had been perfection . |
| 26 | So it was a happy coincidence that the Rev Alan Mackenzie at the same Congress was able to announce that he had recently attended a meeting between Sir Keith Joseph , then Secretary of State for Social Services , and representatives of other national voluntary organisations concerned with the deaf and the hard of hearing , where the Minister 's intention of setting up a permanent committee to help and advise him had been discussed . |
| 27 | ( Although Billy had undoubtedly been guilty as charged , the evidence against him had been largely manufactured , and none of his family had ever recovered from the injustice of this . ) |
| 28 | This view of him had been built up gradually , partly as a result of that interview with Rodriguez back in Mexico City , and partly from the bits and pieces of information Ward had let fall . |
| 29 | He wanted to blurt out that she looked beautiful in blue , that he 'd like to kill the man who 'd been in her flat the previous evening , that he hoped her date with him had been a miserable failure , that he had hardly slept a wink all night , beside himself with jealousy . |
| 30 | And if the only deep emotion she had ever seen in him had been on the day of Ben Braithwaite 's engagement to Magda Tannenbaum , then she felt no right and no reason to be astonished at that . |