Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] he be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was still nice , or I thought he was . |
| 2 | Mr Bill Dixon Smith ( Tory ) used to be a near neighbour until recently , but although I understand he is still in the area I have no idea if he still takes an active part in the council elections . |
| 3 | We were up on the top floor and Ralph Horton came up to listen to us and was impressed , although I think he was more impressed with David than us . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , I can actually , although I suspect he 's only after one thing . ’ |
| 5 | And although I believe he was referring to a certain kind of abstract thinking — the kind that reduced the English Hegelian tradition to a lyrical hymn to the Absolute , and of which his own thesis on Bradley of 1916 came very near to imitating ( which is why he declared , on its publication in 1963 , that he did not pretend to understand it ) , he possessed an outstanding capacity for reasoned argument . |
| 6 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |
| 7 | And do lots of things that I knew he was capable of doing . |
| 8 | I know that I mean he 's actually thick enough to go up there and sign on in his overalls . |
| 9 | So , when I tell you that Paul was a contented Christian , I hope that you do n't think that I mean he was sitting quietly , comfortably , happy with the world and his life . |
| 10 | I told him that I thought he was much too gentle in his handling of the miners and the owners , and especially the latter , and that there were a lot of things he ought to have said . |
| 11 | Oh right , I see when you said that I thought he was going to an army regiment that they put up in Gloucester |
| 12 | He is also aware that I have a deep regard for Joan de Warenne — and in that I fear he is not alone ! ’ |
| 13 | Mrs Fleming 's … well , she 's quite fat , and she looks a lot older than Mr Fleming — not that I think he 's about to do a Mr Rochester , stick her up the Loft nor nothing ! |
| 14 | But erm as I say , they did er , the people did but you never got nothing off the government for it and er , I 've always said it , he must have been a much better man than I thought he was because er , er , to go as I say from what it was in those days to start his own business and that . |
| 15 | He became lost in one of his dour moods so I let him be and went to the window to stare out at a dairy maid carrying pitchers of milk between the barns and the kitchen . |
| 16 | Andy seems to be assuming he 'll be providing all the booze for the party , so I gather he 's not quite as skint as I 've heard . |
| 17 | He could tell I fancied her myself , so I assumed he was just making sure I knew how the land lay . |
| 18 | From where I was out in the audience I could n't see what Clarence White was doing — so I assumed he was playing bottleneck |
| 19 | But Paul 's head over that now so I mean he 's doing well for himself . |
| 20 | Although Batty is my favourite player probably I would say his form is the least ‘ inspirational ’ , and yet I think his role is to be solid and dependable … so I reckon he is still doing his job and I also do nt see anyone doing it better . |
| 21 | Obviously I would n't be happy with someone who is so selfish and so uninterested in me , so I suppose he 's doing me a favour , really , making it so clear . |
| 22 | Mind you , he 'd come home from university one time to see me in bed with flu , glasses and no front teeth , so I guess he was pretty immune to my charmlessness — or was too shortsighted himself to notice . |
| 23 | Mind you , he 'd come home from university one time to see me in bed with ‘ flu , glasses and no front teeth , so I guess he was pretty immune to my charmlessness — or was too shortsighted himself to notice . |
| 24 | I lowered my eyes once I knew he was all right . |
| 25 | After yesterday 's show — all about problems in relationships — Jenny said : ‘ I have never told him what the pie was but now he will know and I hope he is sick . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm just concerned about his injury and I hope he 's back as soon as possible . ’ |
| 27 | Cup double , cup and league double in sixty one , F A Cup the following year , and erm , the first British club , Spurs in nineteen sixty three , to win er , to win the European Trophy , the Cup Winner 's Cup , a five one er , victory against Athletic Madrid , I mean , that is tremendous , that all speaks for himself , and , and I gather he 's a very great rac raconteur , and a much , much loved er man , sadly missed |
| 28 | His ball had gone into deep rough and I noticed he was walking toward it much faster than usual and he was talking to me faster . |
| 29 | Today I drank tea alone and unarmed with the Emir as his honoured friend , and I know he is really glad to see me … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ When he is standing in front of me and I know he is the person who has taken my daughter away — that is when it will be hard . |