Example sentences of "he have been [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Thousands of books have been written about the poet 's life and work , his family and friends have been scrutinised , and every place connected with him has been sought out .
2 With reference to War Office letter of 3rd March 1945 regarding your husband Lieutenant L. G. Cairns , Army Air Corps , I am directed to inform you that in view of the length of time which has elapsed since Lieutenant Cairns was reported missing , during which no news of him has been received from any source , the Department has reluctantly , and with deep regret , reached the conclusion that he lost his life .
3 Richard 's second victim , Clarence , is also taken in by the hypocrite 's feigned concern , but since the real plot against him has been done through intermediaries he may seem less blameworthy .
4 Oh , so you think that the whole appreciation of John Major , the whole perception of him has been knocked sideways by the press 's need
5 " Yes , I do , " says the shepherd , " but the only thing I could do to express my love for Him has been taken away from me . "
6 It is thought he might have hitched a lift and motorists who saw him have been asked to come forward .
7 All the evidence points to him having been selected by South Africa 's white military intelligence arm as their puppet .
8 He examined Sir Thomas 's corpse , pronounced him to have been poisoned , and claimed the potion was placed in a half-drunk cup of wine beside Sir Thomas 's bed .
9 Any number of factors may turn up that show him to have been mistaken .
10 From their article on the latter it is clear that Taskopruzade and Mecdi suppose him to have been located at the Zincirli medrese at Aksaray in Karaman at the time of Molla Fenari 's period of study with him .
11 Disappointment that Feargal was n't the man she had thought him had been replaced by a sadness for things not to be .
12 All along the terrace , on the low wall that bounded it , stood the statuary his father had once told him had been placed there by whoever inhabited the place before Hilbert and Lilian came .
13 The middle-aged married couple who had been caretakers before him had been dismissed on the spot for gross drunkenness .
14 When the last goodbyes and blessings on him had been murmured by the ladies , two dimmed lanterns were provided by Mrs Prynn the housekeeper , and the priest was led down to the kitchens and into the stables , under the floor of which a tunnel led steeply down to the shore .
15 This view of him had been built up gradually , partly as a result of that interview with Rodriguez back in Mexico City , and partly from the bits and pieces of information Ward had let fall .
16 He said the case against him had been adjourned after he said he believed he owed less than £12 .
17 In fact , she knew it , for a picture of him had been smuggled to her .
18 So it was a happy coincidence that the Rev Alan Mackenzie at the same Congress was able to announce that he had recently attended a meeting between Sir Keith Joseph , then Secretary of State for Social Services , and representatives of other national voluntary organisations concerned with the deaf and the hard of hearing , where the Minister 's intention of setting up a permanent committee to help and advise him had been discussed .
19 So powerful had these embattled minorities become , that decent chaps like him had been forced upon the defensive .
20 He showed her a letter from the CPS saying proceedings against him had been discontinued because of lack of evidence .
21 Despite protests from all sides he did n't halt his labours until the body before him had been opened from navel to throat , and Dowd 's thrashings had ceased .
22 Philip held out the paper that the chocolate bar Lee had given him had been wrapped in .
23 Was it because everything that had been precious to him had been torn from him that he had to find someone to blame for his losses , someone to take advantage of , someone from whom he could derive consolation ?
24 Several other infinitely more damaging conversations involving him have been taped over the past few weeks .
25 The man and wife arrested with him have been bailed but probably face further questioning about suspected harbouring of an escaped prisoner .
26 No images of him have been discovered , no doubt because the religion forbade making images , although hymns have been found .
27 TORY MP Harry Greenway spoke last night of his relief that bribery charges against him have been dropped .
28 All charges against him have been dropped and he 's being allowed to leave the country .
29 Twenty-five experimental forms of air and marine thermometer made by him have been preserved .
30 Pictures of him have been circulated to staff at Shorefield Country Park , near Lymington , Hants , with the warning : Do not let him compete .
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