Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [conj] he [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and one of them may decide that he was going to another job anyway , you know , and he would leave and somebody else would be brought in and what have you . |
| 2 | Well I saw a sending off yesterday on television that er I thought was nowhere near as severe as that and I must say that he 's a very luck man Stan . |
| 3 | Unhappily I must add that he was deposited somewhat ignominiously in a cardboard box with Piltdown Man ! |
| 4 | I should mention that he is here with us and I 'm sure you 'll be hearing from him and his wife , Dorothy , and we 're very happy to have you . |
| 5 | Occasionally perhaps I should notice that he was not the jovial , easy-going character I remembered from my humble place in the chorus . |
| 6 | I should say that he was good for at least another five years of hard work and although there are various rumours about his suffering from some obscure disease which makes his hand extremely shaky , I have had it on the quiet from his medical adviser that he is sound as a bell . |
| 7 | But Elvis was going through a very fat period , and I thought , ‘ Well , I 'll wait until he 's lost some weight , ’ because my childhood image was of a real animal of a person . |
| 8 | If you help me find Bernard I 'll wait until he 's tipped off Bailey before I kill him . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll see if he 's in his office for you . ’ |
| 10 | I 'll see if he 's in . ’ |
| 11 | I 'll see if he 's still alive , yeah I know . |
| 12 | Actors like him have a system of playing through something , and , between us , I could tell that he was n't finding that something . |
| 13 | For I could tell that he was a little rusty , and I wondered if sometimes this affable and agreeable companion was worried because he knew that he was not keeping up with the strides that modern medicine was taking . |
| 14 | We had some business to discuss , but his mind seemed to be elsewhere : I asked if there was anything wrong and he said ‘ No , ’ but I could tell that he was keeping something back . |
| 15 | I could understand that in , I could understand that he 's |
| 16 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 17 | I could see that he was wondering just how far we had gone in our relationship , and how long it might last . |
| 18 | ‘ I could see that he was touched by my offer , but of course his wife would not have allowed that . |
| 19 | The door to the Little Vestry was open and I could see that he was n't there . |
| 20 | I could see that he was absolutely right , but where could we do that ? |
| 21 | I could see that he was pleased with himself , and yet I could n't dislike him any more than I liked him . |
| 22 | As he came nearer I could see that he was wearing a velveteen suit which was full of holes and splattered with wet clay . |
| 23 | My legs were shaking , I could see that he was nearly bursting with excitement at having something to tell me that I did n't already know . |
| 24 | ‘ Naturally , but I could see that he was merely dismissing them as the ravings of an hysterical woman . |
| 25 | ‘ Where is it , Watson ? ’ he whispered , and I could see that he was shaken by the scream . |
| 26 | I could see that he was rather cross with me , and soon he told me the reason . |
| 27 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 28 | I could see that he was sceptical of our diplomatic capacity to do so ; and when , later , Chamberlain despatched a female relation to ‘ negotiate ’ with Mussolini , it became clear that his misgivings were justified . |
| 29 | Although he seemed to be oblivious of what had happened , because he was concentrating on some letter or other , Eliot looked up resignedly and with a smile of one all too accustomed to the lack of business acumen in other people ; but I could see that he was also relieved to find me not too cast down . |
| 30 | I 'm serious , ’ Harvey said , and I could see that he was . |