Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be [verb] for he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been the weaker of a hatching of two males and would almost certainly have died within a few days if local ornithologists had not taken him from the nest and reared him themselves in the hope that a home might finally be found for him as worthwhile as the Zoo … |
| 2 | I 'll never be mistaken for him in the street then . |
| 3 | ‘ But if he had wanted to disappear with the diamonds , ’ she persisted , ‘ we 'd still be looking for him now . ’ |
| 4 | Until the age of seven , Nicholas had received a treat every year on the Feast Day of his patron ; and from the age of ten he grew to know that the day would generally be marked for him in some way or another — in many different ways , although not every year — until , of course , his wife Marian died . |
| 5 | The car would now be calling for him at seven . |