Example sentences of "[verb] he [modal v] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He is one of those players you want in your side because you know he will be superb week-in , week-out . |
| 2 | Yes , he might be a useful contact but somehow she sensed he might be more trouble than he was worth . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's hoped he 'll be happier back at ITN . ’ |
| 4 | For now it is sufficient to assert that John , having loved and lost , felt he would be tempting providence to allow himself to love again . |
| 5 | ‘ I told you , Cal — he just tagged along , and I thought he 'd be good ammunition against Mum and Dad . ’ |
| 6 | But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted : |
| 7 | Rhodes , however , dismisses such comparisons : ‘ I never saw Colin Bland , but from everything I 've heard he 'll be one level higher than any other fielder , just like Bradman and the rest when it comes to batting . |
| 8 | I think he will be 1st choice right back because he is quick too . |
| 9 | I think of Oreste day and night and weep to think he will be two years of age when this second child is born and of those two years I have had so little . |
| 10 | Paul said he would be fitting smoke alarms immediately . |
| 11 | Patrick landed across a rock , and lucky for him the ride was in to break his fall or it 's crippled he 'd be this minute . |