Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] be he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be he alive or be he dead |
| 2 | ‘ Did Lancaster seem calm or was he in a bit of a state ? ’ enquired Blanche , brushing her front teeth with the tip of her thumb . |
| 3 | When the psychologist Donald Griffin describes the ability of great tits and chickadees to obtain milk from bottles by ‘ pecking through their shiny coverings with the conscious intention of obtaining food ’ ( 1984 : 35 ) , it is obvious that were he not talking of a ‘ conscious intention ’ , in the normal human acceptation of the phrase , he would fail to arouse the average reader 's curiosity and sympathies . |
| 4 | Was he stupid or was he lying ? |
| 5 | Does he get drunk or is he just violent ? |
| 6 | Is he dead or is he not ? ’ |
| 7 | Is he sympathetic or is he ? |