Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E 's been lookin' in Sergeant Joe 's private bag . ’ |
| 2 | Thousands of books have been written about the poet 's life and work , his family and friends have been scrutinised , and every place connected with him has been sought out . |
| 3 | With reference to War Office letter of 3rd March 1945 regarding your husband Lieutenant L. G. Cairns , Army Air Corps , I am directed to inform you that in view of the length of time which has elapsed since Lieutenant Cairns was reported missing , during which no news of him has been received from any source , the Department has reluctantly , and with deep regret , reached the conclusion that he lost his life . |
| 4 | Richard 's second victim , Clarence , is also taken in by the hypocrite 's feigned concern , but since the real plot against him has been done through intermediaries he may seem less blameworthy . |
| 5 | Oh , so you think that the whole appreciation of John Major , the whole perception of him has been knocked sideways by the press 's need |
| 6 | " Yes , I do , " says the shepherd , " but the only thing I could do to express my love for Him has been taken away from me . " |
| 7 | He thinks the only good reason for enforcing statutes whose wisdom he doubts is to protect the legislature 's ability to coordinate social behaviour . |
| 8 | He hates being called Matthew , his actual real name is Arthur Matthew , and if you put those initials down A M D , it sounds like a transport company . |
| 9 | Even in the reference section at the end of the book the most he offers is to say that by studying the Buddha image we can learn more about Eastern art ‘ than if we read a good many surveys of these fields ’ . |
| 10 | The most famous teaming up of the two brothers was in 1973 , with the chart single Frankenstein , a testimony to Johnny 's ability to adapt to a variety of different styles , an ability , in fact , which he insists was born out of necessity … |
| 11 | First , he is wrong to assume that the policy to which he refers is espoused only by the Government : until now , there has been a bipartisan commitment to ensuring that mentally ill people receive care and facilities that are properly attuned to their needs . |
| 12 | Mr. Atkinson 's letter suggests that the initial judicial view is the only view on tariff which he thinks is relied upon for fixing the date of the first review . |
| 13 | so that 's done some work on that , and there 's now four models for training , one is the , you know , on the job , evenings , training , there 's the weekend model of getting people together for the weekend , there 's the sort of summer school idea and the other one 's the one that Doug keeps reminding me about , which I keep forgetting about which is the distance learning one , er we , I think this is the one he thinks is running in Dundee , that maybe help with because the idea of developing a pack which is kind of trainer proof |
| 14 | I think the old man 's a bit afraid to go into hospital , I know that he 's afraid obviously cos of the , the , this open heart surgery sort of thing but er , he 's also afraid that , he thinks were gon na have er such outrageous parties down the close and were gon na be open all night and things like that . |
| 15 | Most of the £406 million cash he owes was swindled from pension funds by his father before his mysterious death last year . |
| 16 | The Giant Pope whom he encounters is turned into Giant Mahometan . |
| 17 | What I am trying to do is identify genetic potential long before the birth of the infant , and therefore long before he has been affected by his environment . |
| 18 | He has been affected by hamstring problems twice since joining us . |
| 19 | But in all cases he has been stopped by diocesan authorities as the centres are outside his parish . |
| 20 | In four of the illustrations the defendant appears naked after he has been mugged of his clothes . |
| 21 | He has been nagging me actually since I threw his others , he threw his others away that when some more came in , but these are alright for girls ai n't they ? |
| 22 | Though he descended , was made low , now He has been raised up high . |
| 23 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 24 | It seems to have been working — up to a point at least — and even members of the opposition Popular Front agree that he has been accepted by many Moldavians . |
| 25 | He has been characterised as having a patron and as being professionally marginal . |
| 26 | For this he has been smeared and victimised . |
| 27 | The new Hermitage director has worked there for nearly two years as assistant academic director under acting-director Vitaliy Suslov , but he has been connected with the museum almost all his life ; his father , Academician Boris Piotrovskiy ( 1908–90 ) , was on the staff at the Hermitage for more than half a century , and was its director for twenty-six years before his death en poste . |
| 28 | Naipaul was brought up in Trinidad but as a young man settled in England where he has been based ever since . |
| 29 | All he has been trying to do is to trying to ensure that there 's been even-handed play here on all the stadium sites and it 's disgraceful that his name has been dragged into this ! |
| 30 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |