Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [be] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a judge has slept badly , has had an indigestible breakfast , tripped over the cat , has been roundly abused by his wife and scolded by his children , or if his mind has been distracted by the children 's school reports , a narrow defeat at a curling match or whatever , he may be temporarily off form . |
| 2 | ‘ He may be somewhat off his guard where other matters are concerned . ’ |
| 3 | He should be here by now . ’ |
| 4 | He 's obviously decided he should be here after all . ’ |
| 5 | He was sent home from hospital after a short period , since the doctors thought it more important that he should be there with his wife , and he shouted " hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah ! " as he was carried over the threshold . |
| 6 | He should be home in less than thirty minutes . |
| 7 | He should be home by now ; there was no evening class on Monday . |
| 8 | He must be somewhere in the district . ’ |
| 9 | It must not happen ; he must be always near her . |
| 10 | And we need to find him because he 'll be right in the middle of whatever 's going on . |
| 11 | ‘ He 'll be here at the family party in a few days , ’ he said gruffly . |
| 12 | Your , he 's , he 's er he 's going to try to leave school earlier today and he 'll be here at half past four instead of quarter past five . |
| 13 | ‘ He 'll be here with his family , ’ said my mother . |
| 14 | He 'll be here in his final retreat , waiting for the climactic battle . |
| 15 | He has a scooter , he 'll be here in no time . |
| 16 | ‘ He 'll be here in a few minutes . ’ |
| 17 | I think what you want to do now , write down a list of what you want him to do and let Steve do that for tomorrow if you can and then let's see if we can make him stick to that list cos otherwise he 'll be here in |
| 18 | ‘ He 'll be here in a minute . |
| 19 | He 'll be here in a minute . |
| 20 | He 'll be home between twelve and half past then . |
| 21 | He 'll be home in a few minutes . |
| 22 | No he 'll be home before that today cos they leave at half eleven , they clock off at half eleven now . |
| 23 | ‘ Paul missed that race last year , ’ said Carl Haas , ‘ but sure as hell he 'll be there for Nigel 's debut early next year . ’ |
| 24 | He 'll be there for the England match so keep an eye out for him ( for those who do n't know what he looks like he 's the spitting image of Eric Cantona — this is true , honest ) . |
| 25 | Oh he might be away for thre , cos I know he had golf at the Belfry this week , and then when he comes back he 's being picked up by a car to take him to the Belfry again , cos we 're entertaining there for a weekend 's golf . |
| 26 | He might be downstairs in the plush lounge , or in his own room talking to Lee . |
| 27 | If he could find convincing words to say it in one striking and memorable phrase , he might be truly on his way . |
| 28 | The doctor put him in the middle or late fifties , though , being a doctor , he hedged a bit by saying he might be anywhere between forty-five and sixty . |
| 29 | It is not necessary to suppose that he acted on his own initiative , although this is implied in the Anonimalle Chronicle ( 11 , pp.158–9 ) : possibly his advisers felt that he might be less at risk than they themselves , and that in the circumstances a policy of temporary conciliation was the best course of action . |
| 30 | ‘ He could be here on business . |