Example sentences of "[pron] he be [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strongly opposed the orthodox post-colonial constitution proposed by the British government , in which he was assigned the role of constitutional monarch presiding over a Westminster-style parliament . |
| 2 | In the defence of Tobruk his battery shot down more than 50 Stuka dive-bombers , for which he was awarded the DSO . |
| 3 | To be sure , he still upheld the standards of his father ; he played a full role in the family business on the manufacturing side , but the crown went to his younger brother , Horace , who had not only secured field-promotion to Captain , but went on to bring the family business — and his industry — to new heights , for which he was awarded the OBE several years later . |
| 4 | If he demanded that an artist was dropped , the artist was dropped , nationwide — until a Texan broadcaster , John Henry Faulk , who was blacklisted by AWARE , brought and won a libel action in which he was awarded the record sum of $3,500,000 after a six-year struggle . |
| 5 | They acquitted Simon Berkowitz after he told them he was given the shock document , stolen from the Liberal Democrat leader 's solicitors , in a pub . |