Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , he WAS wanted , he supports Leeds , he s lived in Leeds all his life , why else would he want to move if not for financial reasons ? ? ? |
| 2 | Only in his more recent work The Power of the Center , published in 1988 , has he been looking from art to the resources offered by psychology . |
| 3 | Not , that is , more of a Chinaman : had he been born in Peking , no doubt he would have disappointed patriots there too . |
| 4 | In April 1816 , musing after John Brownrigg 's death , he says he might have thought differently of him had he been born in Ambleside , ‘ the moral code of the people here not being like that of many other places . ’ |
| 5 | Why , Mr M wanted to know , had he been sent to Sanday at all ? |
| 6 | Had he been hoping for Doreen to arrive and say she was no longer interested in the large Hastings home and that she 'd be willing to live anywhere with him — even to work beside him out in the wilderness ? |
| 7 | In 1984 opinion polls showed that Ronald Reagan would have been decisively defeated had he been running for re-election in Britain . |
| 8 | ‘ I like the quiet of Beckenham , where no one bothers your balls , ’ said Dad , thinking that that was the end of the matter , as it would have been had he been talking to Mum . |
| 9 | Had he been standing within striking distance , then , as her fury overflowed , Leith was fairly certain she would have hit him . |
| 10 | Well I thought it was interesting , the boss said yesterday at partnership board , and I suspect he been saying with David , that erm you know , the gap in provision for careers education and guidance in North Yorkshire , is training teachers . |
| 11 | Has he been stung by comparisons between Juice and New Jack City/Boyz ? |
| 12 | The armed robber might say that he had no intention of using the firearm , that he carried it with him simply to frighten the victim , and that it went off accidentally : if the jury believes that , should he be convicted of murder ? |
| 13 | If the jury believes that , should he be convicted of murder ? |
| 14 | He was not black , nor could he be mistaken for white . |
| 15 | But then , Nikos was himself a Copt and , yes , under an obligation to Andrus ; might not he be biased in Andrus 's favour ? |
| 16 | Nor will he be standing for election as Institute vice president this year . |
| 17 | Kendall , aged 43 , was City 's initial choice after Mel Machin had been sacked , but discussions broke down when the former Everton and Athletic Bilbao manager insisted on a release clause in his contract should he be approached by England . |
| 18 | Kendall , aged 43 , was City 's initial choice after Mel Machin had been sacked , but discussions broke down when the former Everton and Athletic Bilbao manager insisted on a release clause in his contract should he be approached by England . |
| 19 | How could he be falling in love with the beautiful cuckoo in his nest who was exactly the sort of pampered darling a poor doctor ought to avoid ? |
| 20 | So will he be returning to sea ? |
| 21 | and he being dropped at sort of nine o'clock |
| 22 | During his twenties his father and he were sundered by religion . |
| 23 | He told me that if he were to return to Bangladesh he would face certain assassination by the Government , which wishes to keep the situation in Chittagong secret . |
| 24 | Soon as you said you ca n't do it he were gone for dust ! |
| 25 | Albert said in a reverent voice as if he were speaking in church . |
| 26 | If he were possessed by devils , Kate thought , it would be a simple explanation . |
| 27 | If he were possessed by devils , you could n't fight against him : devils could possess people in the same way as other people were made to harbour poltergeists or were haunted by ghosts . |
| 28 | As many practitioners know only too well , many pleas in mitigation would hardly get off the ground if they were not able to point to the possibility of the accused losing his job if he were sent to prison or were to have his driving licence suspended . |
| 29 | as though he were digging for worms , and the dint |
| 30 | ‘ True , ’ the Friar said , ‘ that is certainly possible , but a wise man 's life is to a large extent a commerce in probabilities , if he were to deal in possibilities he would do little trade . |