Example sentences of "be [adv] he [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From his account Bahdu was where he had been in most danger . |
| 2 | That was when he had been in the SAS . |
| 3 | He liked people who had a family , which was why he enjoyed being with Gordon Jackson so much . |
| 4 | He was already a respected physician in his field , and his opinion was often called for in public hospitals and institutions , which was why he had been to the Foundling Hospital today . |
| 5 | So that was why he 'd been in the club so often over the past few weeks — he 'd been checking out the lie of the land , assessing the place as a possible investment . |