Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [conj] he be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A magician lives in the house everyone says that he 's very grumpy so if you meet the magician you must be very polite . |
| 2 | Sometimes this is done quite deliberately — he refuses to think about the event at all — while at other times it is his subconscious mind which ensures that he is no longer troubled by it . |
| 3 | She manages her husband , who is rather eccentric to say the least , in a manner which suggests that he is officially still the head of the house . |
| 4 | She records that he was somewhat surprised when she announced that she had ‘ just asked for them ’ ! |
| 5 | A defendant who pleads that he was erroneously convicted is putting up a positive case and can be asked for particulars . |
| 6 | Michael Fallon superior school swot who feels that he is too good for his fellow men and appears to be out of his depth in his Government post . |
| 7 | However , during all that time he records that he was seldom free from pain . |
| 8 | I love the way he looks when he 's just about to … ’ |
| 9 | He looks like he 's never seen an iron . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ No , I 'd no idea he comes to Antibes or in what style he lives when he 's here . ’ |
| 11 | A lecturer normally owns the copyright in any book or article he writes because he is primarily employed as a teacher and not as a writer of books and articles , even though his employer may encourage this . |
| 12 | He is probably also right when he says that he is only seen as a Spanish artist because his interest lies in Spanish art , instead of in French art ‘ like everyone else' : in other words , within the accepted categories there is no room for a Mexican who is interested in Spanish art . ' |
| 13 | He says that he 's always wanted to work as an artist at Slimbridge — it 's a lifetimes dream come true . |
| 14 | He says that he 's very disappointed . |
| 15 | He says that he 's very popular with everyone . |
| 16 | He says that he was so mad that he got a knife to scare them . |
| 17 | His date of birth has to be inferred from the preface to the third ( 1709 ) edition of his Compleat Course of Chymistry , in which he says that he was then seventy-eight . |
| 18 | He says that he was only pretending to go |
| 19 | ‘ There 's no point doing what he says if he 's still mad . ’ |
| 20 | Let me tell you more , dear boy , ’ said Toby in the sonorous manner he adopts when he is either about to state an immortal truth , or browbeat you , or both . |
| 21 | It echoes many other tributes to his industry ; and it shows that he was indeed a good family man . |
| 22 | He sounds like he 's still going through a learning process , coming to terms with the fear of losing friends , and at the same time is worried that he 's being misunderstood himself . |
| 23 | Secondly , he states that he was never told that there were indications of German intentions to occupy Siwa and Giarabub . |
| 24 | It appears that he was rather worried about his forthcoming ‘ O ’ level in barley identification . |
| 25 | From his writings it seems that he was also well aware that effective organisation depended in the final analysis on adequate control of the labour market for seamen . |
| 26 | It seems that he was soon rescued by Derek Jameson of Radio 2 . |
| 27 | Williams continued to gather public support throughout 1954 , ( also the year that Learie Constantine returned after 30 years in England ) , and it seems that he was now consolidating his position in preparation for a decisive political move , but while he was still involved with the Caribbean Commission in an apolitical capacity , this move would be put on hold . |
| 28 | Nothing is known of Freeth 's education or his early years , although it seems that he was once an itinerant street ballad-singer . |
| 29 | It seems that he was only proved guilty on one count of perverting the actual course of justice , but even so , the practice of a judge receiving presents at all made perversion more likely , and Bacon 's ingenious distinctions may be thought to differentiate between degrees of corruption rather than between guilt and innocence . |
| 30 | But he feels that he 's completely justified in lying , cheating and evading bills in order to carry them out . |