Example sentences of "he [verb] [be] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been challenged many times on the weak link in his case , which is that since American firms are free to relocate to Mexico , a trade agreement is the best way to make sure that American interests are protected . |
| 2 | In the vestry and in his bungalow , under the pretext of extra rehearsal , he has been fondling these big brown girls and offering them cigarettes and money for sex . |
| 3 | ‘ Similar offences in the past have received a fortnight 's suspension , but because of the player 's disciplinary record he has been given this long ban , ’ said the committee chairman David Johnson . |
| 4 | For two years he has been complaining that noise from the bells of St Mary the Virgin church at Down St Mary , Devon , has ruined his retirement . |
| 5 | He has been advised that rest is the only remedy for a recurring groin strain . |
| 6 | The problem is I do n't know where he has been placing these shot . |
| 7 | He has been studying this rare British plant since WWF funded his first project three years ago . |
| 8 | He has been pursued all year by race fan Newman and his Chicago business partner Carl Haas . |
| 9 | Mr Diplexcito , who has fought for three years to get a suitable house for his family — he has been offered several by the district and regional authorities — said : ‘ My wife and daughters will be staying with relatives , but I only have the car as a roof over my head . |
| 10 | I am told he has been preparing some appropriate acts . |
| 11 | But as Ian McGeechan himself said : ‘ He has been playing some of the best rugby of his life . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It would appear that this Adamantios Andropulos , who is Hawkins 's temporary guest-I could well imagine that Admiral Hawkins would use the term ‘ guest ’ even if this unfortunate were clapped in irons in some shipboard dungeon — has an account with a Washington bank , name and address supplied , of some eighteen million dollars , and would we kindly make enquiries to see if he has been disbursing any of this of late and , if so , in what direction . |
| 13 | Mr Hooke says he has been told that Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers . |
| 14 | Well straight away the first thing he done was to put these new tables in , and that was his idea when he put these tables in to get more slate , and less wages . |
| 15 | He 'd been screwing all day and he 'd walk into the camp fucking going |
| 16 | In ‘ Downtown Beirut ’ , the boozery next door to the infamous ‘ Village Idiot ’ on 10th St. , ( where two Pogues ' albums continually rotate on the juke box ) , a dastardly plan was hatched to kidnap Strummer from out of the ‘ Seven B ’ bar , where he 'd been drinking all week , and substitute him onstage with Joe Hurley . |
| 17 | Even from this distance it was clear he 'd been hit several times in the chest and there was also red paint all over his visor . |
| 18 | But lately he 'd been concealing this whiff with his favourite aftershave , Rampage . |
| 19 | And there was the gatepost Dad had driven into because he 'd been eyeing some young girl instead of looking where he was going . |
| 20 | ‘ You do n't know who he is , but last night in the pub you asked Mr Hatton if he 'd been seeing much of McCloy lately . |
| 21 | The same old crowd , but he 'd been seeing much less of them . |
| 22 | Because of his experience , he 'd been taken further into God 's Kingdom , he 'd been given that vision into God 's Kingdom , now that 's more than just been given your eyesight , cos there 's a lot of people will see , who have their eyesight intact , but refuse to have the vision that was necessary to accept Jesus , new kingdom . |
| 23 | When her brother had looked likely to become a chip off the old block , he 'd been given all the support of a loving father intent on realising his own dreams through his son . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The jagged hole through which he 'd been propelled some minutes before now rushed past his face once every minute or so . |
| 26 | He almost certainly had a pearl fedora to go with the image and brown and white two-tone shoes , if he 'd been wearing any . |
| 27 | ‘ He 'd been wearing this over the shirt he wore for the sitting , ’ Edwards said , ‘ and at the end of the last sitting just as he was leaving , as an afterthought , he said , ‘ Oh you better have this ’ and took it off and gave it to me , like the end of a football match . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He 'd been gone several days before Trueman did it . |
| 29 | Well I mean I , apparently he 'd been giving this , this guy stick like all day . |
| 30 | He 'd been told that often enough in the old days . |