Example sentences of "be [adj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom will want to check for proteinuria and test your reflexes , but even if those things are normal he and Dr Greene may want to pop you in hospital for a while . ’ |
| 2 | Had he been alive he would doubtless have been delighted at the response of the leading conservative theatre critic to What the Butler Saw ( 1969 ) : ‘ Orton 's terrible obsession with perversion , which is regarded as having brought his life to an end and choked his very high talent , poisons the atmosphere of the play . |
| 3 | I had been afraid he would come . |
| 4 | Now , when I read about Long John in Squire Trelawney 's letter , I had been afraid he might be the one-legged seaman that old Bill had talked about . |
| 5 | She 'd been afraid he might guess that ‘ Raff ’ was short for Raphael . |
| 6 | — ‘ If the driver has been careful he is not responsible . |
| 7 | Yet if his character had been different he would have attracted an ordinary-looking girl . |
| 8 | I admire what Gorbachev is attempting , but I am afraid he has great problems . |
| 9 | Well he was a bit mad Elsie you know that and I am afraid he has got worse now . |
| 10 | In this I am afraid he was unsuccessful . |
| 11 | I am afraid he 's the laughing-stock of the court , despised by most and pitied by the few who listen to his constant pleas of innocence . |
| 12 | I am afraid he may not be with us any longer ’ . |
| 13 | Had he been English he might have been described as a typical eccentric . |
| 14 | ‘ I am delighted he has agreed to the council 's request and sees the need for urgency , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Shail was cautioned for kicking the ball away , and manager Steve Rutter said : ‘ We are convinced he is going to miss out . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But German Intelligence are convinced he 's on their side ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You are convinced he was her childhood sweetheart ? ’ |
| 18 | But Marc 's parents are convinced he was killed . |
| 19 | Senior police officers are convinced he had knowledge of who was behind the gangland executions of Glover and Hanlon . |
| 20 | She 'd been convinced he respected her so much that he had intentions of a more permanent nature . |
| 21 | Ted Dexter , chairman of the England Committee , commented : ‘ Graham has led the side in the best possible way during the winter and we are delighted he has again accepted the captaincy . ’ |
| 22 | He is now playing better than any time in his career and we are delighted he is continuing . ’ |
| 23 | I am convinced he must be replaced . ’ |
| 24 | In confession now he has spoken of but one blow , and I am convinced he struck but once . ’ |
| 25 | In fact I am convinced he was part Alsatian because though he had a luxuriant black and white coat there was something significant in the massive limbs and in the noble brown-shaded head with its upstanding ears . |
| 26 | I 'm writing a report on her former colleague , because suspicions have been voiced that she is the agent of some foreign power — though , I hasten to add , I personally regard this as nonsense , and am convinced he died simply because she somehow … |
| 27 | Each time he attempts to show they are ignorant he displays his own ignorance . |
| 28 | And yet , I am relieved he is here . |
| 29 | ‘ They 're afraid he 'll skip the country , or try to intimidate the victim . |
| 30 | ‘ He did n't come to work this morning and we 're afraid he may be ill . ’ |