Example sentences of "he have been [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , he has been prepared to be physical when the necessity arose while his choice of options has been admirable for one so short of international experience . |
| 2 | He turned up at a party one night having just managed to get back from Italy where he 'd been supposed to be studying and it came out that he 'd been to Rome , too , and had actually met her father and knew their story — better than she did — and had sat at the feet of the Marchesa Giulia . |
| 3 | He 'd been happy to be a spectator while she fucked him , but suddenly he reached up , and pulled her down on to him . |
| 4 | Perhaps he had been surprised to be greeted by an adult who did n't either admonish or cross-examine him . |
| 5 | For some years he 's been lucky to be in a position of being able to pick and choose his work , while admitting ‘ sometimes you have to choose from what 's there and you do n't always necessarily choose the best . |