Example sentences of "[coord] he be [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Saddlers ' Hall , runner-up to Toulon in last year 's St Leger , did not defeat strong opposition , it was more the way in which he achieved this victory that impressed and he is certain to be a force later in the season . |
| 2 | The wind is beginning to get up and he is keen to be started . |
| 3 | Gary 's broken bone is within centimetres of his spinal cord and he is likely to be in hospital for at least a fortnight . |
| 4 | He is first and foremost a brilliant engineer and he is happy to be free to concentrate on research and development while I get on with marketing . ’ |
| 5 | And he is unlikely to be disappointed . |
| 6 | Because Mr has represented him , Mr said before that he he thought it was as duty solicitor that he , he has represented him at some stage as duty solicitor but , he is represented under legal aid though this defendant by a firm of solicitors in Birmingham and he 's anxious to be committed for trial today . |
| 7 | But he is represented under a legal aid order , this defendant , by a firm of solicitors in Birmingham and he 's anxious to be committed for trial today . |
| 8 | And he 's sure to be keeping a fatherly eye on the Chinese as they tuck into their flish ‘ n ’ crips ! |
| 9 | ‘ I expect they 're stale , ’ he said cheerfully , ‘ and he 's glad to be rid of them . |
| 10 | He 's bitching at me all of the time , he 's complaining , and he 's apt to be yelling at me , too . |
| 11 | St Jovite has landed an unfavourable outside draw , but he reserves his best form for right-handed tracks like Longchamp and he 's likely to be sharper than when beaten by Dr Devious at Leopardstown . |
| 12 | and he 's supposed to be obtaining initials with the |
| 13 | Well I , other week I got this beds er not bedspread duvet cover and he 's supposed to be slight second and I can 's see nowt wrong with that . |
| 14 | suburban commander and he 's supposed to be from another planet or something or other |
| 15 | He wanted to take on the Glamorgan job again , whenever Butcher may decide to retire , and he was pleased to be thought a contender to take England to India if , as is expected , Graham Gooch opts out . |
| 16 | They were glad to have him in the gang and he was delighted to be among them . |
| 17 | I related the same story to a gentleman in this department , and he was unable to be of help — especially when I suggested to him that his department should not approve equipment that was unable to receive satisfactorily most of the NDBs in the UK . |
| 18 | But the exercise of editing had become for him a mechanical one , and he was glad to be rid of it . |
| 19 | This is a special outing and he was supposed to be here to take charge of this lot , but the poor fellow 's down with jaundice and I 'm standing in for him . |
| 20 | His defence was , therefore , that on the facts as he reasonably believed them to be , his use of force would not have been unlawful , and he was entitled to be acquitted according to the ordinary principles governing criminal liability . |
| 21 | A police spokesman said last night that Mr Kelsey 's condition was not life threatening and he was likely to be discharged from hospital today . |
| 22 | They were just friends , and he was fun to be with . |
| 23 | But he is unlikely to be satisfied forever with the illusion of power . |
| 24 | Mr Day is distraught , but he is unlikely to be prosecuted . |
| 25 | Mr Meacher said that such details would have to be worked out between ministers and their officials , but he is likely to be pressed to be more specific . |
| 26 | But he is likely to be kept out of the team by Prost who is believed to have a deal which bars the Brazilian from coming in as his partner . |
| 27 | But he 's prepared to be judged on the kind of material that has made him a television star . |
| 28 | At 93 , little remained of the liturgical Hebrew he had studied before the October Revolution , but he was pleased to be leaving his quarrelsome Armenian and Azerbaijani neighbours behind . |