Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [conj] [pron] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , during all that time he records that he was seldom free from pain . |
| 2 | He insists that there is more to the emancipation of black people than opposition to racism . |
| 3 | In Claude Berri 's latest film , ‘ Uranus ’ , he knocks back a whole bottle of wine without pausing for breath ; although he insists that it was merely coloured water , his fans believe otherwise . |
| 4 | While he strongly believes that violence produces results ( presumably by dramatising the point in question ) he agrees that it is morally wrong . |
| 5 | He thinks that it is more important to convince doctors that ‘ teaching ’ is a broad term and covers much of what they do every day and to ensure that they receive adequate training and support to carry it out well . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , I hope he thinks that I 'm still beautiful ! ’ she thought . |
| 7 | I love the way he looks when he 's just about to … ’ |
| 8 | He looks like he 's never seen an iron . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ No , I 'd no idea he comes to Antibes or in what style he lives when he 's here . ’ |
| 10 | A lecturer normally owns the copyright in any book or article he writes because he is primarily employed as a teacher and not as a writer of books and articles , even though his employer may encourage this . |
| 11 | He says that they are very concerned . |
| 12 | He says that they were only just recovering from making cuts last year , now they 're having to do the same again ; only this time there will be redundancies . |
| 13 | Professor Simmonds is correct when he says that it is very hard to isolate the part played by railways in the growth of towns and the development of the countryside from all the other economic and social factors of the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | He says that it 's very spectacular . |
| 15 | He says that it was half it 's normal weight . |
| 16 | He says that it was very difficult to get some of the cows out , because they were so frightened of the flames . |
| 17 | He is probably also right when he says that he is only seen as a Spanish artist because his interest lies in Spanish art , instead of in French art ‘ like everyone else' : in other words , within the accepted categories there is no room for a Mexican who is interested in Spanish art . ' |
| 18 | He says that he 's always wanted to work as an artist at Slimbridge — it 's a lifetimes dream come true . |
| 19 | He says that he 's very disappointed . |
| 20 | He says that he 's very popular with everyone . |
| 21 | He says that he was so mad that he got a knife to scare them . |
| 22 | His date of birth has to be inferred from the preface to the third ( 1709 ) edition of his Compleat Course of Chymistry , in which he says that he was then seventy-eight . |
| 23 | He says that he was only pretending to go |
| 24 | He says that there 's somewhere to park , and the grub is cheap . |
| 25 | He says that there are too many people chasing too few jobs . |
| 26 | One thing led to another and he says if we 're so inclined , and we do n't mind a bit of inconvenience , he 'll take us all on the barge to Liverpool — and nothing to pay ! |
| 27 | He says he do n't know yet with it being like his first complete week but he says if there 's overtime he says what shall I do ? |
| 28 | ‘ There 's no point doing what he says if he 's still mad . ’ |
| 29 | He allows that they are individually necessary , and argues only that they need supplementing . |
| 30 | He himself admits that both the continental staff and the locally recruited waitresses are skilful , but privately he regrets that it is no longer possible to find enough male British waiters , as he feels this would ‘ look better ’ . |