Example sentences of "he be [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another shows the converse , a humanoid god standing between two daemons : he is mastering them by grasping their tongues . |
| 2 | In the immediate context of The Possessed Kirillov delights even while he is dismaying us by pushing theory — the novel 's Paper Person motif , that is — to the very limit , the born gambler 's limit . |
| 3 | But he 's taking nothing for granted . |
| 4 | But not when he 's taking me for granted . |
| 5 | He was either out and had n't switched on the answering machine or he was tormenting her by ignoring the telephone . |
| 6 | He was regarding her with unnerving concentration , until she felt she wanted to duck down under the water , fearing her swimsuit was see-through or something … |
| 7 | And the job he was telling her about seemed interesting and desirable . |
| 8 | Utterly flabbergasted , Leith began to realise that he was accusing her of announcing their ‘ engagement ’ to all and sundry . |
| 9 | My mum was really upset because he was accusing her of having an affair with another man . |
| 10 | He was accusing her of having the morals of an alleycat again , and she was tired of it . |
| 11 | Colour flooded her cheeks as she realised he was accusing her of posing and denying he had had anything to do with it . |
| 12 | It is strange how so many of Palin 's characters , from Pythons ' Mr Gumby through to the stuttering animal-loving crook in Cleese 's A Fish Called Wanda , seemed to be based on his father , almost as if he was persecuting himself by playing infinite versions of the man . |
| 13 | So he was taking it for granted or or chancing his hand that this Monday for this year was going to be another good day . |
| 14 | She knew that John truly believed that he was protecting her by keeping their love secret , but she was becoming frustrated and annoyed about the situation . |
| 15 | He was killing himself with laughing , but dashed over to the security man and put Kenny out of his misery . |
| 16 | Ward 's excuse for talking in Spanish had been that he was accustoming himself to using it freely . |
| 17 | Standing right on top of her by now , he was preventing her from walking out unless she actually brought herself to push past him , and she feared the follow-up to their slightest physical contact . |
| 18 | I thought he was having us on exaggerating — because there were always people hanging out , trying to crash Malcolm 's scene . |
| 19 | oh Matt , right , and he was saying something about getting married and he said about bridesmaids , er have you choose the bridesmaids dresses ? , how old is she then ? |