Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [be] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he does not do so , he may be in breach of his contract and liable to the parties in damages for the consequences . |
| 2 | He felt himself passing his tongue over his lips ; it was unreal , everything that was happening ; he should be at home in the parlour , playing the piano , staring at the |
| 3 | He should be at home in his father 's mansion , not listening to the ranting of some deranged maniac on the eve of what must surely be the one of the largest battles in the Empire 's history . |
| 4 | Unilever has high expectations of its booming cosmetics business , and if Burgmans delivers the goods , he should be in line for one of the coveted jobs on the so-called chief executive committee which governs the Anglo-Dutch enterprise . |
| 5 | I 'll just leave it there he 'll be at home with his mother now watching them on the telly . |
| 6 | He 'll be on duty for his country for the 86th time … and that 's one more than Chelsea defender Mal Donaghy , of the current batch our highest capped player . |
| 7 | He 'll be on duty for his country for the 86th time … and that 's one more than Chelsea defender Mal Donaghy , of the current batch our highest capped player . |
| 8 | ‘ He 'll love her wildly for six months , and then suddenly he 'll be in love with another woman . |
| 9 | He 'll be in favour with your dad wo n't he because I went , I , I |
| 10 | He 'll be ready for bed normal time , it 's a he 'll be in bed by about eight o'clock tonight . |
| 11 | He 'll be in hospital for a few more days , while surgeons see how his wounds are healing . |
| 12 | He 'd been given a position in prison administration in Paris , and Sylvia thought he might be of help to her in finding Madeleine and Jeanne . |
| 13 | This fellow , who must be the only , or almost the only , surviving person outside Japan who has been the target of a nuclear bomb , and who knows what it 's like for real ( as opposed to the criminally bone-headed fantasising about nuclear war indulged in by our sillier soldiers and politicians ) , was not only matter-of-fact about it all , as though it was the sort of thing that might have happened to anyone , but he actually admitted that he had never given a thought to the possibility that he might be at risk as a result of the radiation he undoubtedly suffered at the time until recent weeks when various busybodies brought the matter to his attention . |
| 14 | But he had been very helpful over the Puddephat business , she admitted to herself , and his moods were unpredictable — he might be on top of the world by the time he arrived at the cinema . |
| 15 | She turned and put an arm round Pascoe 's neck , as if he might be in need of comfort . |
| 16 | She glared at him , hating the treacherous little ache in her heart at the thought that he might be in league with Harry Martin . |
| 17 | John Lahr told me of his astonishment at how unpleasant he could be to waiters at the Indian restaurant they visited together . |
| 18 | Indeed it was to escape this commotion of the house that young Tennyson sought sanctuary and solitude in the surrounding countryside , where he could be at peace with all he beheld and find the inspiration for his poetic thoughts which he conveyed to us by his pen . |
| 19 | It was March 1917 , and the young officer-to-be immediately went north to Petrograd ( now St Petersburg ) to see if he could be of help to the royal family . |
| 20 | Perhaps Matthew was in love with Jenny , as much as he could be in love with anyone . |
| 21 | In a Panorama documentary on Monday night , Tim 's father Colin will say : ‘ I wanted to look at the man , to hear his voice and to ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 22 | ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 23 | ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 24 | If a Conservative Government is re-elected he could be in line for promotion . |
| 25 | He 'd be with friends by now . |
| 26 | I thought he 'd be in strife with the Verfassungschutz . ’ |
| 27 | And as a matter of fact , as a matter of fact , the Germans th th th had thought that he would be of value to them at a later stage , because he was er he was shipped to Germany , and er er I understand that he died in Germany er at the latter end of er of of er of the of the war , the Second World War . |
| 28 | Normally on New Year 's Day he would be at home with Mandy . |
| 29 | Always with resignation and with grief but buffered by the knowledge that he would no longer be in pain and confusion , by the fact that he 'd had a long and lively life — that he would be at peace at last . |
| 30 | So he would be nice to gays ; he would be in favour of , and even extend , abortion rights ; he would be anti-militaristic ; he would hug trees . |