Example sentences of "he have only be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as I know , he has only been used occasionally . ’ |
| 2 | Then discussion began : if it had been a man , and if he had died , the peace should be 10,000 dinars ; but Nuri was a boy , he had only been stabbed , so 2000 was about the right amount . |
| 3 | Once again the solicitor representing them said that there was not and that his clients had put him in difficulties , as he had only been given instructions a week before . |
| 4 | His wish had been granted , but he had only been given more time to experience cruel and unabated pain . |
| 5 | Some of the princes of Germany doubted the validity of the election on the grounds that Frederick had not been baptized at the time and he had only been elected , they said , out of fear for his father . |
| 6 | The first round of the presidential elections was notable for the fact that both main candidates attracted substantially more votes than their parties had received in the parliamentary elections , even though in the case of Constantinescu , the rector of Bucharest University , he had only been named as a compromise choice at the July 27 DCR Congress ( the NLP having left the alliance after its unsuccessful bid to persuade ex-King Mihai ( Michael ) to stand as a presidential candidate ) . |
| 7 | He had only been dragged out of retirement because so many young dons had left to fight on the Western Front . |
| 8 | However , Lanovoi , a proponent of radical economic reform , claimed that he had only been brought into the Cabinet four months previously [ see p. 38828 ] " to create an impression that renovation was under way " . |
| 9 | When she allowed him to ‘ catch ’ her , the two of them rolled about on a pile of hessian rope , screeching and laughing , until David reminded Cissie that she was ‘ a young lady of certain years ’ and that Richard should remember how he had only been allowed to come to the docks on the understanding that he be on his ‘ best behaviour ’ . |
| 10 | He had not eaten anything apart from the occasional so-called mash since the crops had died and he had only been allowed that because of a special emergency food supplies being sent in from other parts of the country . |
| 11 | Praising Webster for his " integrity , effectiveness , and insight " , Bush stated that he had only been informed of the development on May 7 . |
| 12 | He had only been commissioned a week . |
| 13 | Would you deal with an additional matter please your worships er , not on your list he 's only been brought in almost at the start of the court of this morning . |