Example sentences of "he [vb past] been [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he 'd been in deep water he would n't have been damaged so much and neither would he have surfaced yet , perhaps not for several more days . |
| 2 | Ever since he had been at high school he 'd found some enjoyment and relief by getting back at them in ways they obviously did n't expect . |
| 3 | Like many graduates stimulated by their experiences , he discovered that although he had been of sufficient calibre to acquire the offer of the scholarship in the first place , he now faced the inevitable service obsession with a rejection of academic prowess in preference for ‘ practical skills in the real world ’ ( ibid. 157 ) : |
| 4 | He had been in good health , and had been subjected to no particular strain or exertion . |
| 5 | Pike is n't a big guy , but he did this like he had been in secret weight-training . |
| 6 | Her husband , Stuart , 52 , said yesterday he had been in daily contact with her since she flew to Canada last month on the second pilgrimage to find her son . |
| 7 | Although Sorley was to make light of the experience , he had been in considerable danger . |
| 8 | Others would emerge from the ruin of the body itself , and he had been in constant contact with Ian Macdonald , who was still at work in Oxford . |