Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb mod] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked how long he would be away he said softly , " I do n't know . " |
| 2 | The eagle stared back at him proudly and without fear and Mr Wolski wondered how long he would be here in captivity , staring out at the same things year after year , his great wings never feeling the power and support of the wind , his talons never arcing forward and down as they did what they had been made for and struck at prey . |
| 3 | If a motorist was not making mental calculations all day long he would be forever banging into objects , people and other vehicles . |
| 4 | Before long he will be so out of touch with technical matters that he has nothing new to contribute . |
| 5 | ‘ We do n't know how long he will be out , but we will certainly miss him . ’ |
| 6 | Comrade Andrew said he would have liked to be present , only he would be away . |
| 7 | Had he not been followed as a Surrey opener by Jack Hobbs , then perhaps he would be better known to posterity . |
| 8 | Perhaps he will be back — next time . |
| 9 | However , perhaps he could be more generous , given the present need for investment , and allow for a limited period , such as that which operated when the right hon. Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) was Chancellor . |
| 10 | So he 'll be up against |
| 11 | So he would be practically a dead man , once arrested . |
| 12 | Joe is the current chairman of the Ulster branch of the BUI and will be staying in the game on the administrative side of things but the next week or so he will be very busy on court . |
| 13 | Soon he would be out of the way and he , Michael , could get on with his life . |
| 14 | Very soon he will be up for Oscars and head over heels in the switchback strip of movies . |
| 15 | I wrote work instead of word ; the analyst would deduce from this , that I am lazy , and admittedly he would be right — I have dreamt of many things both by day and by night . |
| 16 | But tonight he 'll be out all night until daylight . |
| 17 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 18 | Sooner or later he would be too exhausted to think straight and would give up the fight against himself . |
| 19 | Partly he 'd be in because he was really into leather himself and partly he was there because his girlfriend of the time , Nora — who now lives with Johnny Rotten — was in the shop just about every day . |
| 20 | No doubt Fergie would rather have signed his international mate Jean-Pierre Papin , but with the dearth of strikers on the market right now he will be well satisfied … |
| 21 | I remember my mess-mate and how he was engaged to be married , and today he would be happily married with kids . ’ |
| 22 | As I entered , a man came out of a side room and I knew immediately he must be Long John . |
| 23 | Well he should be there if you 're there he should be there |
| 24 | If all went well he could be back happily planting seeds in the vegetable patch with his mother , instead of alone in the corridors . |
| 25 | Now he knows I am here he may be more careful , or he may act more quickly than he had planned . ’ |
| 26 | Harriet gave her head a small shake , hardly able to believe that even he could be quite so coldly dismissive . |
| 27 | Surely he would be better advised to start a new series with Bus Pass Wish One . |
| 28 | Surely he must be almost touching her now ? |
| 29 | Surely he 'd be so grateful to be free of her that he 'd agree ? |
| 30 | sometimes he 'll be in on a Monday and he 'll say they 've broken my ribs and broken my nose ! |