Example sentences of "he [vb mod] be [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was apparently found to be running a temperature , but after a long season of competing in the best company , he may be past his best . |
| 2 | He should be on his way home ! |
| 3 | He must be off his … he must be joking ! ’ |
| 4 | He must be on his way . |
| 5 | He must be on his way back by now . |
| 6 | For the discourse analyst , on the other hand , the more personal and particular the occasion for the participants , the more limited and circumspect he must be in his interpretation . |
| 7 | He must be in his early forties , Belinda decided , while Faye , she knew was thirty-eight — fairly old to be having a first child , which added a greater sense of urgency and importance to the task of keeping her pregnancy on track . |
| 8 | He 'll be on his own . |
| 9 | If not , he 'll be on his way . |
| 10 | IN THE 1920s when John was regularly crossing the world to finalize his deals , he always arranged that every trip ended in New York so that he might be with his darling Mary Read . |
| 11 | He probably wanted to get the formalities over so he could be on his way . |
| 12 | Malicious , slanderous stories which claim the Lady Eleanor was murdered by your son so he could be with his beloved companion , the Gascon , Piers Gaveston . ’ |
| 13 | I mean he could be in his fifties . |
| 14 | But the laugh was on him , and he 'd be on his way to finding his proper place in the smithy — which was to stand by and watch , and not ask too many questions . ’ |
| 15 | Given the slightest encouragement , he 'd be on his knees swearing eternal devotion . |
| 16 | I did n't realize he 'd be on his own in there |
| 17 | He 'd be on his back if he 'd had that amount of drink . |
| 18 | I knew he 'd be inside his ground-floor flat with the door locked before I could get into the hall , no matter how fast I was . |
| 19 | She might have sat all afternoon , nibbling and stuporous , exhausted but not sleepy ; but the glazier finally came down from the upper floor , cheerfully announcing that all was now right and tight and he would be on his way . |
| 20 | He astounded his American masters by demanding that they give him a more worthwhile job or he would be on his way home . |
| 21 | The unusual delay was because Nigel had died on the Thursday before a bank holiday weekend , but as soon as our GP had signed the death certificate he would be on his way . |
| 22 | He would be at his mother 's and Catherine would be there too and they would be talking about her , that was all they would talk about . |
| 23 | He sat there until his eyelids began to droop , then phoned the switchboard and told them that he would be at his hotel . |
| 24 | Ferdinando was far too old , but only mention the cause and he would be into his old daydreams , seeing himself at the head of a column moving relentlessly on the Austrians . |
| 25 | He would be in his sixties by then . |
| 26 | If still alive , he would be in his seventies by now . |
| 27 | He would be in his early fifties , was tall and well built with a craggy face . |
| 28 | So , one would have thought that he would be in his element in the 19 Waltzes of Chopin . |
| 29 | He will be with his people , but there can be no familiarity . |
| 30 | ‘ Chappie stayed on and scored , which sums him up — it sounds stupid but he can be at his best when he 's injured ! ’ |