Example sentences of "he be [verb] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sympathy of all who knew him is extended to his wife Jean . |
| 2 | The paramount value which Semai place on avoidance of conflict or confrontation precludes a direct response , so a strategy of passive resistance is adopted : the person who is being importuned begins , without responding directly , to turn slowly , almost imperceptibly , around , until the one who is importuning him is speaking to his back . |
| 3 | He was further informed that the main charge against him was amended to what in reality was a new charge . |
| 4 | ‘ My interest in him was confined to his seamanship . |
| 5 | ‘ How long has he been talking to you like that ? ’ |
| 6 | He observed instead , his tone reflective , almost as though he were speaking to himself , ‘ You manage well on your own . |
| 7 | For a moment , when Miles had looked so meltingly at her as those words poured from him , it seemed as though he were speaking to her , and the dark , wet night simply faded away from around her , and she was transported to a warm summer garden on the night of a Royal Ball . |
| 8 | He was so extraordinarily quiet and self-possessed , it was almost as if he were chatting to us confidentially about it all instead of making an elaborate speech . |
| 9 | Indeed , if he were to accede to our request , we would probably become so alarmed by the manifestations of his power that you would n't see most of us for dust ! |
| 10 | However , it would help the student if he were introduced to it briefly and with simplicity , not only because a knowledge of serialism is essential to an understanding of today 's music , but also because so many aspects of it can enrich other methods of composition , even in other styles and idioms . |
| 11 | He stared at the table as if he were talking to himself . |
| 12 | When he spoke again , it was as though he were talking to himself . |
| 13 | Golding 's voice sank to a murmur , as if he were talking to himself rather than Derek . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman is treating me as though he were talking to someone from Louisiana and wanting to finish the sentence before it has been started . |
| 15 | He shouted , so the doctor told Dexter , as if he were crying to someone a great distance away . |
| 16 | He is referring to his parents , I think . |
| 17 | ‘ He is lost to you ; he is utterly bewitched ! |
| 18 | It stars Victoria Abril as a sexy young widow who rents a room to Paco ( Jorge Sanz ) and despite the fact he is engaged to his virginal girlfriend , he is more than happy to be seduced by his landlady . |
| 19 | ‘ Your father is a worried man and he is looking to you to make a good marriage , that way at least your own future will be secure . ’ |
| 20 | May we have the courage to respond when we sense that He is speaking to us . |
| 21 | ( Another example could be my answering the telephone in a high voice so as to make the caller think he is speaking to my sister . ) |
| 22 | Rumours were rife that Wigan were poised to swoop for the 22-year-old Great Britain star and Saints were lining up Featherstone Rovers ' international Paul Newlove as a replacement but Mr Latham adds : ‘ There have been no enquiries for him he is contracted to us . ’ |
| 23 | Edwards ' racism towards Indians is inexcusable , but he is tied to his feelings for his abducted niece . |
| 24 | He is presented to us in the first instance , and decisively , but his failures , his weaknesses , his inadequacies . |
| 25 | A bachelor who is quiet , modest and with a slight stammer , he is wedded to his sport and more particularly to his art , which is the coaching of sprinters . |
| 26 | ‘ when , as is common , the state has a more summary remedy , such as distress , and the party indicates by protest that he is yielding to what he can not prevent , courts sometimes perhaps have been a little too slow to recognise the implied duress under which payment is made . |
| 27 | In these latter he can interpose his objections by way of defence , but when , as it common , the state has a more summary remedy , such as distress , and the party indicates by protest that he is yielding to what he can not prevent , courts sometimes perhaps have been a little too slow to recognise the implied duress under which payment is made . |
| 28 | In these latter he can interpose his objections by way of defence , but when , as is common , the state has a more summary remedy , such as distress , and the party indicates by protest that he is yielding to what he can not prevent , courts sometimes perhaps have been a little too slow to recognise the implied duress under which payment is made . |
| 29 | In these latter he can interpose his objections by way of defence , but when , as is common , the state has a more summary remedy , such as distress , and the party indicates by protest that he is yielding to what he can not prevent , courts sometimes perhaps have been a little too slow to recognise the implied duress under which payment is made . |
| 30 | We have to allow for some license : he is writing to his brother in Paris about this street pick-up and doing his best to make it palatable . |