Example sentences of "[subord] he have [adv] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's so good seeing he 's only been here two days . |
| 2 | It was she who had begged him to make love to her , she recalled , not the other way round , and , although he had n't been exactly reluctant , what man was going to turn down such a blatant offer ? |
| 3 | ‘ The Cloak of Invisibility in addition to all else ? ’ said Taliesin lightly , and Fael-Inis said , ‘ Exactly , ’ and Taliesin looked up sharply , because although he had not been entirely flippant , neither had he been altogether serious . |
| 4 | He was rather liking this bit of a jaunt , although he had not been very enthusiastic when Goibniu had ordered him to set out . |
| 5 | He never said anything , but I knew that he knew , because he was nicer to me than he had ever been before . |
| 6 | Ken was busier now than he had ever been before . |
| 7 | He was watching the hotel , sitting there like he 'd always been there . |
| 8 | If he had n't been so puffed up with conceit , the buffalo that had not been noticed by the Moi might now be basking contentedly in the shallows of the river . |
| 9 | There was love in that sofa , I said to George , love for which the Morrisons would have paid a fortune if he had n't been so prissy . |
| 10 | If he had n't been so hasty in consoling himself with Lexy , she would have rushed ahead with her usual blind enthusiasm , forgetting all the lessons her broken engagement had taught her . |
| 11 | On the other hand , if he had n't been so keen on interfering there would not have been any tension because she would not have been here or even in France at all . |
| 12 | If he had n't been so badly injured we would n't have even attempted a rescue until later , but he was in a bad way , so we had no choice . ’ |
| 13 | He is ‘ a large , hard-breathing , middle-aged slow man , with a mouth like a fish , dull staring eyes , and sandy hair standing upright on his head , so that he looked as if he had just been all but choked , and had that moment come to ’ . |
| 14 | In order to give effect to the original intention of the Directive , the House of Lords held that the Regulations should be construed purposively and read as if after the words " immediately before the transfer " the following words were added " or would have been so employed at the time of the transfer if he had not been unfairly dismissed in the circumstances described in reg 8(1) " , ( ie for a reason in connection with the transfer ) . |
| 15 | Rufus stubbed out his second cigarette , put the paper into his briefcase and slung over his shoulders the marvellous black leather coat from Beltrami he had bought in Florence , which would have made him look like a gangster if he had not been so fair and ruddy-faced and with such blue , English eyes . |
| 16 | He was careful to exchange addresses and telephone numbers and , if he had not been so short of funds , would have suggested buying her a drink at the Ritz , outside which they were both standing . |
| 17 | If he had not been so taken aback , he might have suggested a different venue . |
| 18 | If he had not been there , none of it would have happened , but because he was there , she had to retain control . |
| 19 | Dinner had been cheerful and alcoholic , Kevin playing host to his family and slipping back into his old environment as if he had never been away . |
| 20 | He had taken over her affairs again , picked them up as if he had never been away , and she could do nothing about it unless she began to create a great fuss . |
| 21 | Doyle , he suspected , would have respected him more if he had occasionally been less accommodating . |
| 22 | The Forest boss said : ‘ I watched him in five-a-side training and it was as if he 'd never been away . |
| 23 | He just disappeared , as if he 'd never been there at all . |
| 24 | If he 's never been particularly affectionate and you 've never complained before , he may find your sudden demands puzzling and irritating , although I hope he realises that you 're anxious to improve things for the sake of the marriage and not just for yourself . |
| 25 | GUSHIEST COMMENT : ‘ Every day I find myself becoming so relaxed with him , as if he 's always been there . ’ |
| 26 | Somebody did suggest that we ask Betty 's husband , but if he has n't been very helpful with the auditor , perhaps he 's not very keen on . |
| 27 | Paisley had broken with Kilfedder because he had not been sufficiently outspoken in his criticism of O'Neill . |
| 28 | He 'd had an irrational feeling that something must have happened in his absence , simply because he had n't been there , but he was wrong . |
| 29 | She gave him a morsel of hope because he had always been so kind to her . |
| 30 | He was just there because he 'd always been there . |