Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am delighted he has agreed to the council 's request and sees the need for urgency , ’ he said . |
| 2 | An Englishman , if he is going to have an operation in a hospital like that , I am sure he would have at least £5,000 in his pocket . |
| 3 | Lord Goodman , Moran 's long-time friend and legal adviser , said : ‘ I am sure he will look after Crosby Hall and take advice . ’ |
| 4 | I can often discover our different species of Oaks , one from another , by their form of growth , half or a whole mile distance ; and I am sure he must be very sharp-sighted that can know them , at half that distance , by their leaves , acorns , and cups , all together . |
| 5 | Without Miss Marsden 's influence , I am sure he would not have agreed to do it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Anyway , I am sure he would not find anyone who would give him such a good time . |
| 7 | He adds , and I am sure he is right , that they both have considerable expertise in dealing with oil spills , including in the Gulf . |
| 8 | The idea of a book each a year from the three editors seemed to calm him and I am sure he realizes that this involves more than reading the one script . |
| 9 | I had never asked my guide but if I had I am sure he would have answered , ‘ Machu Picchu — mi madre . ’ |
| 10 | I am sure he had no idea how lucky he was . |
| 11 | For although I am sure he never had the chance to encounter a tiger beneath the dining table , when I think over all that I know or have heard concerning him , I can think of at least several instances of his displaying in abundance that very quality he so admired in the butler of his story . |
| 12 | By this time , I am sure he was convinced that he was afloat with a lunatic . |
| 13 | If Ivanov was a spy , then I am sure he obtained far more strategic information by legitimate methods than he ever did by covert means . |
| 14 | I am sure he will give you satisfactory answers . ’ |
| 15 | Although ‘ in-depth ’ may not be part of Howard Barker 's vocabulary , I am sure he believes his play is far from superficial . |
| 16 | I am sure he will make a fine president . ’ |
| 17 | I am sure he will take all the beating , and the 4–1 available with most firms is worth taking . |
| 18 | In the lighthouse field I am sure he will be remembered as having made one of the important inventions . |
| 19 | ‘ I am sure he will find plenty of things to do , ’ she said . |
| 20 | Harold Gale , director of the exclusive club for brainboxes , said : ‘ If our test went above 161 I am sure he would go even higher . |
| 21 | ‘ I am sure he 'll be in the running for England one day . ’ |
| 22 | He is going through a dry patch at the moment as he has won only on match in the five tournaments he has played so far this year but I am sure he will work his way back again , he has got it in him . |
| 23 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke said of Mr Major : ‘ I am sure he will retain the leadership for many years to come and he is in the process of emerging from the Government 's present difficulties . ’ |
| 24 | He is , himself , a passionate woodworker , and I am sure he will want fellow woodworkers to feel happy to approach him with problems , hints or just bits of chat . |
| 25 | She hurried on , in case Mrs Whitfield felt obliged actually to answer the question , " But I am sure he 'll say yes . " |
| 26 | I am sure he would wish me to marry with someone in our tribe . |
| 27 | I am sure he is the toad behind the unprecedented negative media coverage we are getting at the moment . |
| 28 | He would n't admit it , but I am sure he did . |
| 29 | He has told all he knows , and all he thinks he knows , and I am sure he has kept nothing back . |
| 30 | I told him , although it was not true , that the local carabinieri had said he would not remain locked up there for long , but I am sure he did not believe me . |