Example sentences of "he [be] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in the last ten years or so had he been able to give up going to the country towns and villages for uncomfortable , if lucrative , one- or two-day visits ; only then had he found it possible to move from Jewtown to commodious rooms in Patrick Street , Cork 's main thoroughfare , where he could live as well as have his surgery . |
| 2 | Had it been only Ben he had seen , or had he been able to look out , however briefly , on the world of the future ; her world ? |
| 3 | Writing this in 1776 , he was pleased enough with what was happening ; had he been able to look back from 1815 he would have seen his optimism largely vindicated . |
| 4 | he , he were due to go back in the army and he overstayed |
| 5 | For that matter , she might not have been far out in thinking him impudent ; his manner was innocence itself , his deference if anything delicately overdone , as though he were ready to come down off his high horse the moment she came down off hers , and did n't anticipate that the descent need be long delayed . |
| 6 | But Denis knew what he meant , and Boxer 's comment brought home to him the fact that even if he were able to blot out its significance he would n't be allowed . |
| 7 | She said : ‘ You are dealing with a neurotic , it goes without saying that he is all screwed up . |
| 8 | A colt by Shirley Heights , he is sure to go on to better things following a narrow debut victory over Shepton Mallet at Newmarket in July . |
| 9 | A colt by Shirley Heights , he is sure to go on to better things following a narrow debut victory over Shepton Mallet at Newmarket in July . |
| 10 | I agree that we must not tell him , but he is sure to find out , you know . |
| 11 | But if he comes to the top of the ridge , he is sure to come down here , because he w ill see the green leaves . |
| 12 | Fit is more important today , he believes , and the sizes in his new collection range from 10–16 , although he is anxious to point out that it is a generously cut 16 , and ‘ not just a bigger version of the size 10 . |
| 13 | MacGregor has a new interest in coal as he is due to take over shortly as chairman of the National Coal Board . |
| 14 | He is due to report back to police in March . |
| 15 | According to Ron Grant , some of these cases were appalling , but he is keen to point out that the vast majority of farmers enjoy a trusting relationship with his organisation and increasingly bring their concerns to his inspectors before problems arise . |
| 16 | He is keen to pick up the pieces again . |
| 17 | He is keen to catch up with family and friends , especially his 91-year-old mum Dolly Simmons who lives in Bebington . |
| 18 | He is right to point out that arrears caused by people who have not paid are a burden on the vast majority of law-abiding people who pay up , whether they agree with the basis of the taxation or not . |
| 19 | People got into a rather happy-go-spend frame of mind before the election and he is right to pull back now . |
| 20 | He was terrified of boredom , and like other artists of great versatility ( like Eric Gill for instance ) he is difficult to pin down . |
| 21 | He is likely to put up charges from nine per cent to 10.4 per cent . |
| 22 | But the officer/manager should not trust the ‘ man ’ unless it has been demonstrated , such as through promotion , that he is willing to take on responsibility . |
| 23 | A debt need not be unsecured if the petitioner , in his petition , states that he is willing to give up his security or petitions only in respect of the shortfall after valuing his security ( s 269 ) . |
| 24 | I have an idea , however , that he is apt to think out his own operations , try to lay them on without any authorisation from your HQ and then come and offer it to us on a plate . |
| 25 | He says he is ready to take down my memoirs . |
| 26 | And Wharton , 25 , is convinced he is ready to move on to European and world title glory thanks to a new exercise — the sedate game of golf ! |
| 27 | WIMBLEDON owner Sam Hammam last night warned that he is ready to sell off ALL the club 's top players . |
| 28 | The Czech Under-21 international , playing his first League game for more than a year , suggested he is ready to throw off his ‘ eccentric ’ label with important saves from Craig Maskell and David Mitchell . |
| 29 | Add the position of his feet being wide apart and he is unable to get out of the way or play down the line . |
| 30 | Grant pulls up in his car but realises that due to the camber he is unable to get out of his door , so he drives up the road does a three point turn and positions his vehicle to aid his extraction from the car seat to the pavement . |