Example sentences of "he [be] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chopper looks more like 'e 's on the run from Dartmoor than a bloody Salvation Army bloke . ’ |
| 2 | P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , if 'e was in the area it 's a foregone conclusion 'e 'd pop in . |
| 4 | Yo you and him were in the upper . |
| 5 | She poured coffee , saying : ‘ He did n't pretend I was wrong about him being on the yacht that evening . ’ |
| 6 | And er he went round and I do n't know I never heard him playing the fiddle , but they said he was very good at fiddling , but he was a grand one for old stories , , and er he was just doing farms here and there so Then eventually he turned so old he 'd only one dog and then er he died down at the D At a place called the Doonie And this man D Duncan , he had just an er one of the er I think one of the tramps from Blair Gowrie was working to him and he came up and told my father and my father went down to see about him , you see him being in the parish council . |
| 7 | Doubtless most industrialists in the UK would concur , but where they might fall out with him is on the definition of ‘ robot ’ ( See Box below ) . |
| 8 | Where I differ from him is on the nature of the collection as a whole , which to me seems a collection of poems differing in method and indeed quality , written over a period of years , and having two distinct sequences , to the Friend and to the ‘ Dark Lady ’ . |
| 9 | Wait — an even more cherished memory of him is on the set at Wembley Studios after a particularly gruelling day shooting the ‘ Call to Confirm ’ commercial . |
| 10 | We 've been talking to Michael Medleycote from the British Tourist Authority , and one of the points I was making to him was with the recession and also the Gulf war people are very concerned , a ) there 's the cost of flying , but also they 're concerned of course about security . |
| 11 | ‘ We therefore conclude that there was de facto , albeit voidable contract , between the owners and Ballay ; that it was by virtue of that contract that Ballay took possession of the goods ; that accordingly the transfer of the goods to him was with the consent and express authority of the owner and that accordingly there was no lack of authorisation and no appropriation . |
| 12 | We therefore conclude that there was a de facto , albeit voidable contract , between the owners and Ballay ; that it was by virtue of that contract that Ballay took possession of the goods ; that accordingly the transfer of the goods to him was with the consent and express authority of the owner and that accordingly there was no lack of authorisation and no appropriation . |
| 13 | Confucius or Conrad or whatever you call him was on the doorstep . |
| 14 | So when I saw James ( true story this ) in Sainsbury 's , I walked up to him , leered , banged him on the elbow with a bottle of freshly squeezed orange juice and said , ‘ Tom Jones ! ’ because the last time I meet him was on the Tom Jones TV programme . |
| 15 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
| 16 | The strange relationship she had with him was like the painting , she thought — nothing quite what it appeared , unveiling new facets each time she considered it . |
| 17 | Conversely , a foreign national resident abroad would find that the transaction with him was within the Act if , but only if , he was physically present in this country at the time of the transaction . |
| 18 | It made them all laugh when Peter said that come to that , what he did with him was against the law since Jay was not yet twenty-one . |
| 19 | He had not given his name in Russian and the bunk that was allocated to him was against the wall at the furthest stretch from the narrow band of heat that the boiler might service . |
| 20 | And talking about next door , why is it that neighbours , just like friends , always seem to turn up unannounced when you and he are in the middle of the most flaming and spectacular row ? |
| 21 | Had he been on the Cardinal 's business or lying in ambush for Irvine ? |
| 22 | Has he been to the show yet ? |
| 23 | Well how long 's he been in the army ? |
| 24 | Wellington , had he been in the Emperor 's boots , would have chosen that strategy . |
| 25 | So what will he be in the warehouse then ? |
| 26 | when he were down the town hall . |
| 27 | He were on the shed roof ? |
| 28 | No , stuck it over David 's head , he were on the phone to a client , we took a photo , somebody took a photo of it , we knocked on the door we said David have you got a minute ? |
| 29 | Marek 's tremble quickened , as though he were on the verge of taking a decision . |
| 30 | The drunken miller 's incoherency , " " as he were on the quakke " " ( 4152 ) recalls how Nicholas puts the equivalent of an ass 's head on John the carpenter by portraying him , absurdly , as a duck swimming above the Second Flood ( 3575 – 6 ) . |