Example sentences of "he be [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sihanouk was also reported as saying that if he were made chair of the Cambodia Supreme National Council ( SNC ) he would allow Hun Sen , the SOC Prime Minister , to become vice-chair . |
| 2 | It was as though he were dictating material for a paper in one of the journals or addressing a class of senior students . |
| 3 | And beside him , an elderly priest in a black soutane was also holding up a thumb and laughing as though he were taking part in a particularly outrageous joke . |
| 4 | His wounded country needs time and international tolerance to recover and , accepting the inevitable , he is buying time with a series of compromises . |
| 5 | He is called Magister in the manuscripts , a title reserved for doctors of theology . |
| 6 | He does not know he is taking part in a battle . |
| 7 | Denied the opportunity of supervising a major programme of construction in New York , where the Whitney Museum 's trustees have been unable to agree Michael Graves 's proposal for an extension , he is taking responsibility for the final stages of the conversion , now estimated to cost $35 million , of an ornamental warehouse located on Pittsburgh 's North Side , which will accommodate the museum . |
| 8 | He is in prison for committing violent crimes against English imperialism and he is demanding status as a political prisoner . |
| 9 | ‘ He is seeking compensation for the distress and inconvenience . ’ |
| 10 | No one , so far as I know , has ever questioned such a suspension on the ground that it could not be done unless he is given notice of the charge and an opportunity of defending himself and so forth . |
| 11 | ‘ . ’ He is drawing attention to the fact that ‘ I know ’ is sometimes used by a speaker to commit himself to the truth of what he proceeds to say . |
| 12 | He is to become president of the Savile Row tailor which bears his name . |
| 13 | He is refused hospitality by the rich village priest , who lives with a concubine . |
| 14 | He is making use of the theory of geometrical optics which is an excellent and well-understood approximation to the wave theory , provided the wavelength of the light is small compared to the physical dimensions of the system under consideration . |
| 15 | But he has done himself some damage and will need to work hard , and with some care , if he is to secure re-election to the shadow Cabinet in November . |
| 16 | When Brian Way speaks of direct experience ‘ transcending knowledge ’ , he is denigrating knowledge in a way Dorothy Heathcote would never do . |
| 17 | In explaining that my hon. Friend the Minister of State is not present to answer questions because he is doing duty in the Province , I give the right hon. Gentleman an absolute assurance of the commitment of the intelligence services and of their relevance in Northern Ireland today . |
| 18 | Even if the desire is never satisfied in any but the fantasy way , the man who constantly has such desires is to be condemned , for he is gaining satisfaction from a person whom he has divested of personhood and turned into a slave . |
| 19 | It is emotional because he is saying goodbye to the last of his kind . |
| 20 | The facial swelling received by midfielder Gordon Armstrong in a derby match clash of heads with Middlesbrough fullback Curtis Fleming has subsided , but he is having treatment for a knee injury . |
| 21 | I think you told me in your last letter that he is having dinner with the Stapletons tomorrow evening . ’ |
| 22 | The situation is opposed by Conservatives in the north-east of Scotland and he is showing contempt for the people of the whole of Scotland . |
| 23 | ‘ But he 's kicked football in the teeth with this tape . |
| 24 | It was taken from his hotel room in Reading last night , where he 's taking part in the Rothmans Grand Prix Championships . |
| 25 | but did somebody else say to me that he 's taking action against the Scottish Office |
| 26 | He 's lived life in a tiny community , a respected member of his class . |
| 27 | But today this man , Colonel Robert Bridge , was the only American present , and he 's acting soley as an observer for the US Government . |
| 28 | For the past year Maureen Timmins has been corresponding with him in San Quentin jail where he 's waiting execution for the murder of his pregnant wife . |
| 29 | So , so they could be seen as restorationist but he 's making restorationist into a revolution . |
| 30 | Geoff is erm oh he 's raising money for a playing , a field for the children |