Example sentences of "he be [verb] it [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ponyboy , the main character , is 14 when the book starts , he narrates the story , as he is writing it down in essay form . |
| 2 | He is dressing it up as a concession , but , without amendment ( a ) , if there is a Conservative Government post election — I do not think that will happen , but we should explore the fantasies in case there is — the Secretary of State could decide not to set up a further education council in Scotland . |
| 3 | He 's so eager to learn he almost quivers like Shep there , he repeats everything over and over again , as if he 's learning it off by heart . ’ |
| 4 | The trouble is he 's wearing it out for Christopher so you wo n't see the new one . |
| 5 | and he 'd remembered this spiel and he 'd got it word perfect and he 's reeling it off as his one objection |
| 6 | He was setting it up by way of defence to her application for leave to proceed on the judgment . |
| 7 | Dad paid over the four shillings and while he was entering it up in the book said , ‘ Mr Priest , I was wondering if yer could give me permission to build a small wooden shed facing the house ? ’ |
| 8 | He was not using it to further his own human development , he was using it up for the profit of the people who paid him , the anonymous shareholders and their abstract interests . |
| 9 | He was saving it up for a rainy day . |
| 10 | Erm so he ju he was taking it over for a couple of weeks . |
| 11 | I did n't know if he 'd killed Malpass , or whether he was taking it out on sports cars in general . |
| 12 | He was having it off with me sister at one time . |
| 13 | that he 'd got a form and he was fetching it back in this afternoon and they was handing it over this afternoon . |