Example sentences of "[verb] he be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How do you know he 's that bulge down there |
| 2 | I do n't know he 's some flu or something , he 's been in bed for four days |
| 3 | Why do you go on believing he 's some sort of great big nome in the sky ? ’ |
| 4 | Martin Cruz Smith is a dab hand at beginnings , as readers of Gorky Park will remember ; but he tends to fumble his middle sections , and by the time the climax arrives he 's all fingers and thumbs . |
| 5 | I think I just assumed he was that sort of person and night-time did that to him . |
| 6 | With just the aid of a walking stick he had made his way to the Blue Boar followed by most of the kids in the village , who must have thought he was some sort of God . |
| 7 | You know he was that tramp must have been an honest man because father said there was quite a little of sovereigns in that , and so I suppose it had been given to the parish and had seen that the man was properly buried , and then they discovered that he was an Aberdonian . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose he was some kind of tenant . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know why you should have led me to believe he was some kind of old buffer . ’ |
| 10 | You reckon he 's any good ? |
| 11 | but the other one , they did this vi video diary that they each spoke on and he was getting more upset , the more weight she lost he was more discontent in saying that |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't realise he was that sort . |
| 13 | ‘ Why does n't he just admit he 's half queenie ? |
| 14 | I gathered he 's some sort of adviser on Roman antiques — I 'm a little vague about details . |
| 15 | You thought he was that kind of bloke ? ’ |
| 16 | You do n't imagine Charles would have asked Guy to help us if he thought he was some kind of financial shark ? |
| 17 | Hopper thought he was another Dean , and then became outcast from Hollywood within three years because he acquired a reputation for being a mean-like perfectionist . |
| 18 | He was not tall , close to minimum height in fact , but he was stocky , and he made up for lack of inches with a pressing , high-speed manner which sometimes made people think he was all noise and movement and no intelligence . |
| 19 | In fact I do n't know what made me think he was that way in the first place — unless it was you , of course , leading me off the trail ! |
| 20 | ‘ I only realised he was any good when he was 13 and went down to the English schools Under-14 championships at Queens one Monday . |
| 21 | ‘ You have only to look at him to see he is some sort of a relation , ’ she said sharply . |
| 22 | You said he was some sort of cousin . ’ |