Example sentences of "[conj] he be [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where he were being accused . |
| 2 | They said he had been taken to a nearby farmhouse where he was being given shelter for the time being , and that his name was Eric . |
| 3 | The defendant opened the door , to ask his friend where he was being taken . |
| 4 | The defendant was arrested when he again opened the door to find out from his friend where he was being taken . |
| 5 | Adam did n't reply ; he was more concerned about working out where he was being held . |
| 6 | He was told that , if he behaved himself in the segregation block where he was being held , he would be allowed to make a call to his father who was seriously ill . |
| 7 | The upshot was that Hauptmann Alfred Horn — if that was indeed his name — had been transferred next morning from the Tower to a miserable country house near Aldershot called Mytchett Place , where he was being held under extremely heavy guard . |
| 8 | This should be done with sensitivity , however , as it may cause anxiety should the neophyte teacher feel that she or he is being assessed in teaching skills , especially if the member of teaching staff is unfamiliar . |
| 9 | He was being pumped , or he was being warned . |
| 10 | It 's not that he 's being kicked out . |
| 11 | He sounds like he 's still going through a learning process , coming to terms with the fear of losing friends , and at the same time is worried that he 's being misunderstood himself . |
| 12 | It 's extremely unwise to quote your Chairman of Committee , if the Chairman of the committee actually A has n't been informed that he 's being quoted , or B has not actually agreed with what it is that you 're quoting . |
| 13 | I just hope that he believes what he sees , that you do n't become too obvious and make him realize that he 's being set up . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He 's utterly convinced that he 's being exiled to St Helen 's , poor devil ’ |
| 15 | They argue that Mrs Aquino can heal old wounds by allowing the former dictator to come home , at the same time disarming his supporters who scream that he is being done an injustice . |
| 16 | These are given in songs to amuse the child , who is never told that he is being taught . |
| 17 | If he disturbs a trespasser , for example , and tells him that he is about to use force to expel the intruder , there is no doubt that the intruder realises that he is being threatened , and that violence is about to be used against him . |
| 18 | The young child will feel that he is being pushed out of the way to make room for someone much more important . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've tackled it head on by letting the main character know that he is being written about . |
| 20 | AI believes that he is being made to answer for his active involvement in the Sudan Doctors ' Union and left-wing politics , his role in the non-violent protests which led to the overthrow of President Nimeiri in April 1985 and his outspoken criticism of the current government . |
| 21 | One Zulu chief said : ‘ It is better for the man that he is being held by police . |
| 22 | Any increase in C leads to an equal decrease in T , ie. if the superior retains more ‘ control ’ or authority , the subordinate will immediately recognise that he is being trusted less . |
| 23 | As the fish formed a halo around Simon 's head after his death we see that he is being sanctified by nature as he was trying to save nature from mankind . |
| 24 | He finds that he is being offered a simple trade-off : a comfortable job as a stock-checker if he will provide incriminating information about himself which the Maltster can then pass on to the Party . |
| 25 | Edwards also states that he is being driven by environmental concern and that climbers are wearing the crags away in some place . |
| 26 | At one point he faints , and as he slowly regains consciousness he imagines that he is being ordered to ‘ merge ’ through ‘ osmosis ’ ( 109/111 ) . |
| 27 | Even if A has the power of arrest , he must ordinarily inform the person arrested that he is being arrested and the reason for it , i. e. the act for which arrest is made : Christie v. Leachinsky [ facts ] . |
| 28 | The hostile reception of Alford 's views led him to reflect that he was being denied the parliamentary right of free speech . |
| 29 | I was happy that he was being made to go to the hospital to have his ankle set in plaster , and because I found him very simpatico I was determined to go and see him there . |
| 30 | ‘ Mr O'Hare came to me a number of times complaining that he was being pestered . |