Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] he be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 See this man here , he he thinks he 's comfortable with his wig , but he wears the jacket so we do n't even get to look at his hair .
2 He says he 's proud of her .
3 Christine said , ‘ He says he 's sorry about his deafness , it 's because he 's so old . ’
4 He says he 's sorry for the families .
5 He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent .
6 And he says he 's full of beans .
7 But he says he is unavailable for New Zealand , at least until the World Cup .
8 He says he is prepared to be proved wrong — suggesting he would raise his offer if DRG produced a higher valuation .
9 He says he was delighted with the aunt 's response and now he and his wife Diana are preparing the papers for an adoption .
10 Like many other primary school teachers , he says he was stunned by the level at which the specimen paper had been pitched .
11 He says he was close to death at the weekend but his condition has improved a little .
12 Even now he says he was surprised by the appointment , which caused him to make himself unavailable for the British Lions ' tour of South Africa .
13 On one occasion he says he was ill for three weeks , until his friends prayed for him and he recovered that very day .
14 Yu was vice-president of engineering and vice-president of business development at Everex from 1986 to 1991 and Lau was previously treasurer and vice-president of operations at Everex , where he says he was instrumental in the development of the Abaton and EMAC Macintosh divisions .
15 Knighton declined to comment ahead of the talks with Edwards , but it seems he is keen at all costs to avoid a court case .
16 During over 30 years of adventures Bonington has faced great danger — he admits he is lucky to be alive — and lost many friends .
17 He admits he was extravagant as a young man , and liked to show off by over-tipping the ferryman .
18 He claims he was alone with the child changing her nappy when she was sick , stopped breathing and died .
19 As he points out , the other man was killed and he knows he is lucky to be alive .
20 Cos I used this look , I said that erm I 'd re I had represented his father in an accident case some years before and I was acquainted with the family in a casual way , and I said this may suggest , because he was saying you can make up and you can , this is a bit when you can use your imagination , and I said this may suggest that his father , you know he 'd like , because it the way he says that , I 'd represented his father , I was acquainted , you know maybe that he knows he 's used to that kind of erm behaviour from the family , you know , and he knows what Eddie 's like his fa I do n't know I might be completely wrong but I used my imagination there .
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