Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] [prep] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is thought to be Pol Pot 's effective deputy . |
| 2 | ‘ Kirk wanted to be Burt Lancaster — he 's wanted to be Burt Lancaster all his life , ’ he said . |
| 3 | You 'll never guess what he does at University Fiona wait for it … he 's studying to be Astrophysicist . |
| 4 | Ian McConnell , a 19-years-old striker , formerly with Dundee , arrived in Derry today and he 's expected to be part of the panel which takes the field against Dundalk tomorrow afternoon . |
| 5 | Ian McConnell , a 19-year old striker , formerly with Dundee , arrived in Derry today and he 's expected to be part of the panel which takes the field against Dundalk tomorrow afternoon . |
| 6 | cos I think he 's gon na be Captain next year . |
| 7 | He 's going to be ages , thought Juliet desperately , suddenly realising she 'd been standing with her hands clenched together , and her eyes screwed tightly as if to hear better . |
| 8 | He 's going to be President , and a good one . ’ |
| 9 | Innocent also had an " acting chancellor " in his second pontifical year , from 1199 to 1200 , Rainald , a papal notary , but he was sent to be archbishop of Acerenza . |
| 10 | He was born to be King and was looking for a princess . |
| 11 | He was staring at the floor , keeping very still as if he was trying to be part of the wall . |
| 12 | ‘ ONE member , one vote , ’ demanded John Smith when he was elected to be Labour 's leader , wanting to end trade-union influence over the choice of Labour 's parliamentary candidates . |
| 13 | Susan Coltman , a long-standing friend of Paula , giving evidence on the third day of the trial , said Gilfoyle added he was training to be part of a specialist emergency team dealing specifically with suicides . |
| 14 | How long did daddy say he was gon na be Francis ? |
| 15 | It is the middle of the lambing season and he was meant to be lambing . |
| 16 | He was promoted to be President of the Board of Trade and joined the Lloyd George Coalition Cabinet . |
| 17 | He was promoted to be Leopold 's private secretary and in 1831 , when his master became king of the Belgians , a Bavarian baron . |
| 18 | His colleague , smaller and older , made sure he was going to be second going into any dark places , |
| 19 | It sunk into 30,000 delegates and millions watching at home that this man knew he was not a charismatic orator but he knew , too , that he was going to be President and he could handle it . |
| 20 | The last time I saw him was at Walton Studios a few months before they closed down and the was he was doing he said he was unable to get a film to direct , so he was going to be Herbert Wilcox first assistant director on his forthcoming production . |