Example sentences of "he [vb past] [been] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I imagined Perkin threading along that trail at night , following the paint quite easily as he 'd been that way already in daylight , and being secretly pleased with himself because if he had inadvertently left any traces of his passage the first time they could be explained away naturally by the second .
2 Pulling the tabs on the thermal cans to heat up the food , she glanced over at him but he was exactly as he 'd been all day , close yet remote , unreachable .
3 He 'd been some kind of engineer .
4 ‘ What would he want a word about ? ’ she questioned hostilely , wanting him to be gentle as he had been that morning .
5 Instead , as we walked down to the bar this evening , he had been all smiles and indulgent gallantry , complimenting us on our appearance , an arm lightly circling each of our waists .
6 She climbed down , aware suddenly of how close he was to her , closer than he had been all morning , and when she turned , it was to find him looking down at her , a strange expression in his eyes .
7 He had been all kinds of fool .
8 ‘ And that 's where he had been this time ? ’
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