Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] he [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MR MICHAEL Howard , the Water Minister , yesterday effectively admitted that water shares have been underpriced as he formally closed the deadline for application amid City predictions that the issue will open at a premium of up to 30 per cent . |
| 2 | Luke may have been popular but he never plucked up courage to get the girl of his dreams . |
| 3 | I tried to stare my dislike into him but I must have been unsuccessful for he merely said with a primitive accent : ‘ Good in auto , yes ? ’ and grinned . |
| 4 | I am sure that he also welcomes today 's news that the Abbey National , Halifax and Nationwide building societies are reducing their lending rates to , as they put it , give a fillip to the housing market . |
| 5 | And would n't it be awful if he ever realized that it 's not very important to us , that we 'd rather not be safe if only he had the courage to take our safety away … " |
| 6 | It would be humiliating if he ever guessed exactly how she felt about him , how much she envied the other woman . |
| 7 | However , in Fagan the court held the accused to be guilty when he inadvertently parked his car on a policeman 's foot , realised what he had done , and refused to drive off . |
| 8 | The accused will after Allen be guilty if he simply vanishes with no intent to repay . |
| 9 | She told him she did n't want to be his agent any longer if he did n't need her advice , though it would be pleasant if he ever wanted her friendship . |
| 10 | Of course , it would be different if he deliberately memorized the customers ' names or made a copy of them . |
| 11 | ‘ He said the rent would not necessarily be raised in future after stating that it would be index-linked and he also wants to stage concerts and fetes at the ground in the close season when we would need to work on the pitch . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't know I 'm sure but he never mentioned it anyway . |
| 13 | When he woke he gazed up at Dot almost as though he knew her , yet she could n't be sure if he really saw her , for his eyes had a distant faraway look like a sailor in the Navy staring across the Pacific seas . |
| 14 | She was afraid Major Harper would be angry but he only smiled , blue eyes twinkling . |
| 15 | He thought that she was someone else and would — and justifiably — be furious if he ever found out . |
| 16 | Fabia had known all along that he would be furious if he ever found out . |
| 17 | What had occurred was quite contrary to the wishes of the padrone who would be outraged if he ever got to hear of it . |
| 18 | But still , it would be satisfying if he ever experienced in future years a tinge of regret that he had not appreciated the potentialities of the young schoolgirl he had coached with such distressing kindness . |
| 19 | He might be young but he still had a highly developed sense of humour . |
| 20 | At least , it would be pathetic if he always remembered to limp on the same leg . |
| 21 | Moreover , an occupier may be liable if he deliberately causes the escape of things naturally on his land . |
| 22 | At golf he was a natural , though conversely his struggles to become a tournament player were such that he nearly gave up to take a club job . |
| 23 | The upper rooms were silent when he finally went to his own room , but before getting into bed he pushed his wedge of broken chair-leg under the door to keep the Bogeyman out . |
| 24 | But while Wainfleet 's apology had been specious and he really did not see what all the fuss was about , he was not quite as carefree as he had let them think . |
| 25 | Next door was a parchment maker , who had one corporal billeted on him , but we also know that 2 soldiers died in his house , and so it 's possible that he actually looked after wounded soldiers , which was , of course happening all over Oxford . |
| 26 | If that is the case , then it is possible that he also thought that the synagogue ritual , as well as the direction of their commercial life and benefactions should have been handled differently . |
| 27 | Even with his authority flouted , in spite of all manner of provocation , it is possible that he still loved his eldest son , at least when Vincent was absent . |
| 28 | Thomas seems to have reconsidered his allegiance by 1471 , although it is possible that he actually died on Warwick 's side and that his inclusion among those remembered springs from his father 's later links with Gloucester . |
| 29 | Thomas seems to have reconsidered his allegiance by 1471 , although it is possible that he actually died on Warwick 's side and that his inclusion among those remembered springs from his father 's later links with Gloucester . |
| 30 | It is possible that he now established Anna 's brother , Aethelhere ( see Appendix , Fig. 5 ) in his place , to judge from Aethelhere 's presence in Penda 's army at the Winwaed , if not as a dependent ruler at least as an ally ( HE 111 , 24 ) . |