Example sentences of "[pron] he be do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not venture to say which he is doing in this case . ’ |
| 2 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
| 3 | But in the early stages of his reign , as he sought to establish himself in quarrels with some of his more powerful vassals , Philip relied heavily upon aid from Henry II and his sons , from the family which he was to do so much to tear apart . |
| 4 | You know who he is do n't you ? ’ |
| 5 | Huh , bet I 've done everything he 's done , with Ange Dolittle behind the youth club . |
| 6 | Sure , he 's made some mistakes , but after everything he 's done for us in recent years he must be allowed the odd cock-up . |
| 7 | During the wait Mozart was given the chance of trying an organ in the local church ( something he was to do in many of the towns that the family later visited ) : |
| 8 | Now he saw himself step into the picture , and something he was doing or saying made the men and women before him jump from their seats , even Lionel . |
| 9 | His original crime was allegedly that he was plotting to bring 20,000 French soldiers into Ireland and trying to raise a further army by levying a charge on the poverty stricken clergy of Ireland among whom he was doing mighty works in reviving the Catholic faith . |
| 10 | We know Gary Ball 's out I do n't know how long for but I think Frank will seriously have to look to give this lad some support because he he 's doing great up there on his own there 's no doubt about that . |
| 11 | ‘ Tell yer dad we all appreciate what 'e 's done . |
| 12 | This means that they must refrain from instructing him about what he is to do … " ( p. 295 ) . |
| 13 | If there were not this evidence that at this point he is only hazily in command of what he is doing , we might ask — though to no purpose , I think — whether Eleanor 's fiddling of her uncle into the see of Canterbury is presented to us for our approval , or the reverse . |
| 14 | What you fear most is an opponent who will point to a few simple but undeniable facts , and this is why the economists , and above all that wonderful race of men the economic journalists great and small , are such indispensable allies to the politician : they enable the politician to fog up what he is doing , so as to escape the blame and often even criticism for his actions . |
| 15 | ‘ Your man warned her not to say anything about what he is doing . |
| 16 | However , Sir Lewis has made great efforts to dispel an admitted ‘ deep scepticism ’ at his appointment among the group 's staff of more than 7,000 , and there is growing confidence among them in what he is doing . |
| 17 | He is not altogether happy with what he is doing . |
| 18 | ‘ The best coach is the athlete looking at what he is doing , ’ says Wilson . |
| 19 | Though a diligent search of the green mist that is starting to hide the larch branches fails to find a listening hen , he presumably knows what he is doing . |
| 20 | An outsider , too , can often distinguish between a child ‘ lost ’ in what he is doing and a child intent on ‘ showing ’ what he is doing . |
| 21 | An outsider , too , can often distinguish between a child ‘ lost ’ in what he is doing and a child intent on ‘ showing ’ what he is doing . |
| 22 | Likewise as I pointed out in the last chapter , in dramatic playing a boy may be required to adopt the function of an Abbot of Durham Cathedral , and in so far as he continues to see himself in that role he will continue to signal to others that that is what he is doing . |
| 23 | In other words he will be performing that function , and his words and gestures will be selected with the intention of describing to others what he is doing . |
| 24 | We have to see exactly what he is doing by himself , and what he learns by himself — not what you teach him , do you understand ? ’ |
| 25 | Of course , the law only recognizes the patient 's right to self-determination in circumstances in which the patient is both legally competent ( that is , not unconscious or a young child ) and sufficiently lucid to comprehend what he is doing . |
| 26 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
| 27 | David was always really determined to do what he is doing , ’ she says . |
| 28 | A man who , for the sheer fun of it , intentionally torments and then sets fire to a cat , knowing full well what he is doing , is a paradigm example of what legal and moral opposition to cruelty to animals has meant historically . |
| 29 | The important thing for the pastor who sometimes directs and sometimes counsels is to know what he is doing and when . |
| 30 | Once he is in the grip of a real temper tantrum , it is useless to try punishing him , since he is beyond all reason , unable to understand what he is doing or what you are saying . |