Example sentences of "he be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E 's a terrible racking cough . ’ |
| 2 | Now Sidney , 'er 'usband , 'e 's a decent bloke , but 'e 's no oil paintin' . ’ |
| 3 | She could do a lot worse — 'e 's a good , steady man and 'e 's not given ti strong drink . ’ |
| 4 | 'E 's a good pair o' lungs , ’ she smiled , ‘ but 'e 's not very big . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ 'E 's a good sort , is Alf , ’ said Dolly , nodding gravely . |
| 6 | ‘ Since 'e 's bin in wiv that crowd from the Tunnel , though , 'e 's a changed boy . |
| 7 | ‘ 'E 's a spry ole thing , but he 's as soft as butter , ent you , ole boy ? ’ and he knelt down and ruffled his fur . |
| 8 | The midwife laid the little scrap in Tamar 's arms and said , ‘ 'E 's a lovely lad , Lady Lassiter. 'E 's not big , but 'e 's all the world ti grow in . ’ |
| 9 | 'E 's a fine specimen and good stock-getter and he 's unrelated ti these two . ’ |
| 10 | In fact 'e 's no great cop , but there 's not much choice hereabouts , as Jonna says . |
| 11 | Mind you , 'e 's an ugly git . |
| 12 | I knew 'e would like you , because you are a wonderful girl , and 'e is a wonderful man . |
| 13 | ‘ I told 'im 'e was a no-good whoreson an' 'e should n't 'ave wasted my time in the first place , ’ Billy replied , his blue eyes blazing at the memory of it . |
| 14 | The internal working of all bodies around him are a normal part of any dolphin 's external environment … . |
| 15 | According to enterprise expert Peter Nicholson , Smith and those who think like him are the real entrepreneurs . |
| 16 | ‘ With him are the Twelve Lords of Evil — each one the embodiment of the world 's great wickednesses . |
| 17 | In front of him are the common wild stones of the earth — |
| 18 | Behind , beneath and about him are the oldest and dearest friends of the cause — whilst a liberated slave , now a delegate , is looking up to Clarkson with deep interest , and the hand of friendship is resting with affection on his arm , in fellowship and protection . |
| 19 | Oh , please , let him be a quick finisher . |
| 20 | Messiaen and Boulez were the focus of attention , composers who for him were an intellectual dead-end . |
| 21 | In front of him , as far as the eye could see , was the serenity of Lake Champlain , and all about him were the lush verdant forests of southern Vermont . |
| 22 | For him were the heavy tasks . |
| 23 | Waiting for him were the Bosnian Serb leader , Radovan Karadzic , Bosnian Croat leader , Mate Boban , and mediators Lord Owen and Cyrus Vance . |
| 24 | Beneath him were the charred remains of a small Fire . |
| 25 | The faces around him were the last to go , standing out with startling clarity against the sleepy darkness that was closing in on him . |
| 26 | Somewhere not too far below him were the wooden doors of the Gallery Window of the Jungfraujoch railway . |
| 27 | Opposing him were the wealthy traders of London and the people of the south and east of England . |
| 28 | Him being a Labour councillor , and all . ’ |
| 29 | Not putting yourselves out , I reckon , on account of him being a working fella . |
| 30 | Which would have been doubly misleading for I had never felt more in search of company , nor indeed more indebted to Manhattan , the city without him being a great deal more like the city we had lived in together than anywhere else without him would have been . |