Example sentences of "[verb] he [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are introduced to Imamu in the first sentence of ‘ The Disappearance ’ seeing as he is one of the main characters of the book , but although Boo Radley plays a large part in ‘ To Kill a Mockingbird ’ , I would n't consider him to be one of the main characters and it is not until we are well into chapter one that Boo is first mentioned . |
| 2 | However , as he wrote in the following May , it galled him to be expected to do so and still to be refused admission to the members ' enclosures at smart meetings . |
| 3 | At least , the cricket authorities have deemed him to be so , even if A.E . |
| 4 | ‘ Prince ’ is not so much a person as a persona , a space , in which he can become anything he or we want him to be . |
| 5 | As for ( b ) , by supporting Iraq in the Gulf war Mr Arafat made himself so unpopular that most Arab governments no longer want him to be involved . |
| 6 | I want us still to go out together , I want him to be my boyfriend , I really need him to confide in , as I do n't seem to have a close girlfriend . |
| 7 | ‘ We want him to be returning to a club which is guaranteed European football next season and , who knows , should we win the semi-final he might be able to lead out the team for the final . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Some women want the man to be the boss , they want him to be Daddy . |
| 9 | I just want him to be locked away |
| 10 | Merthyr want him to be their chief executive , masterminding their bid for Football League status — much as he did at Barnet . |
| 11 | Too many groups of people , with mutually exclusive agendas , want him to be their very own president and remember him saying that he would be . |
| 12 | I very much want him to be present at Kassel : he is a major artist ’ . |
| 13 | The only point is that I want that foreigner not to undersell my labour and I want him to be as competent to do the work as well as I would do it myself . |
| 14 | ‘ I want him to be happy … |
| 15 | ‘ I just want him to be rational , ’ said Ellen . |
| 16 | Choosing her words with care , she said , ‘ Doreen — it 's obvious you want Silas , but you also want him to be in the city . |
| 17 | I look upon him as the authentic voice of the Labour party , and I want him to be heard . |
| 18 | Charles and I want him to be godfather , did Charles say ? ’ |
| 19 | But his parents want him to be taught with normal children . |
| 20 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 21 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 22 | ‘ We want him to be able to concentrate on the Tests from here on . ’ |
| 23 | He had played a conciliatory role in ending the players ' strike during the last labour-contract negotiations in 1990 and some owners felt they could not fully trust him to be their man this time round . |
| 24 | Geoffrey Fisher went from Repton to be Bishop of Chester and invited him to be an examining chaplain ; which he accepted — it would mean two or three visits a year — and was surprised to find how friendly Fisher was when they were not in the relation of boy and headmaster . |
| 25 | When Roy Plomley invited him to be his guest on Desert Island Discs , he thought that his cup runneth over . |
| 26 | Many more have claimed him to be a genius of the hidden writings of the past ; an unsurpassed esoteric ; an extraordinary magician who deliberately mixed up his mysterious verses to hide them from weaklings and meddlers . |
| 27 | More , he lived in hope that one such mirror would find something behind his looks only another pair of eyes could see : some undiscovered self that would free him from being Gentle . |
| 28 | Then he would change people quite often when it did n't suit him to be with them any more . ’ |
| 29 | Tonight , as she spoke o£ the convent , that frightened , insecure schoolgirl-woman had broken through the shell of sophistication and touched him again , moved him to be tender . |
| 30 | In the many conversations I had with Ronnie that year , I never heard Ronnie deny it ; nor did I ever know him to be disloyal . |