Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently he had been devising procedural systems for years , but nobody used them and everybody laughed at him . |
| 2 | Apparently he 'd been offered a record contract which the Fish had turned down , saying they were n't good enough yet . |
| 3 | Apparently he 'd been telling all the other English teachers about it and now they all wanted their classes to see and hear about Hadwick 's owl . |
| 4 | And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he 's got a he , apparently he 'd been trying for a year and he 's got to Accrington . |
| 5 | Well I mean I , apparently he 'd been giving this , this guy stick like all day . |
| 6 | ‘ Apparently he 's been imported from California by Martinez . |
| 7 | Apparently he 's been down at Streatley since the weekend , but Joanne says he should be back today . |
| 8 | Apparently he 's been working in Australia , on oil rigs , I believe . ’ |
| 9 | He want 's us to do it , apparently he 's been recommended to me , I |
| 10 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
| 11 | He did not know how long he had been sleeping but woke up hungry and decided to sneak into the kitchens for a tin of soup . |
| 12 | Perhaps because he spent so much of his time alone , he told me all about his wife , his two children , the home they had bought in Sanderstown , how long he had been married , where the children went to school — all the details of life in a town of about 60,000 people . |
| 13 | His obvious hunger made her wonder how long he had been up and about . |
| 14 | She tried to make allowances , constantly reminding herself of the responsibility Nathan was carrying and how long he had been without sleep . |
| 15 | He wondered how long he had been there . |
| 16 | He wondered how long he had been silent . |
| 17 | There was no need to ask how long he had been there ; the intense quality of his stance , his expression , made it plain he had overheard . |
| 18 | A fire brigade spokesman said : ‘ We do n't know how long he had been there but he was shivering and shaking . |
| 19 | A brigade spokesman said : ‘ We do n't know how long he had been there , but he was shivering and shaking . |
| 20 | I had no idea how long he 'd been standing there . |
| 21 | How long he 'd been sleeping rough no one could tell . |
| 22 | " Can you estimate how long he 'd been in the water ? " |
| 23 | All night long he 'd been saying it . |
| 24 | Isabel wondered how long he 'd been sitting there — intent , watchful , waiting . |
| 25 | " Can you say how long he has been dead ? " |
| 26 | I know how long he has been concerned about the aggravated taking of vehicles and the mayhem caused by young men in parts of Nottinghamshire over the past couple of years . |
| 27 | It 's in my Quarter , of course — I do n't know how long he 's been dead but I went up there and the doctor was still there . |
| 28 | ‘ We do n't know how long he 's been dead , ’ murmured the Marshal , ‘ though it could n't have been long , he was n't … |
| 29 | If only he had been old and fat and balding … |
| 30 | After his death Ralph especially realised what Piggy could have done if only he had been listened to . |