Example sentences of "he [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I knew that er the circumstances of him being in prison involved er a firearm and using that firearm . |
| 32 | Knowing he ca n't afford them with him being in college |
| 33 | But him being from up there and my mother also and their people were still alive which was my grandparents on both sides they were very reluctant to sort of go . |
| 34 | This is done here , partly directly , as in the injunction to be like the serpent , and partly indirectly , in her perversion of such words as ‘ milk ’ or ‘ nature ’ , Her parting injunction to him is to ‘ look up clear ’ ( 71 ) , ‘ clear ’ meaning ‘ innocent , spotless ’ : the stress must fall on the verb , ‘ look ’ or ‘ seem , . |
| 35 | The substance of his approach to the application before him is to be found in the following passages from his judgment : |
| 36 | The law requires that an adult patient who is mentally and physically capable of exercising a choice must consent if medical treatment of him is to be lawful , although the consent need not be in writing and may sometimes be inferred from the patient 's conduct in the context of the surrounding circumstances . |
| 37 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 38 | My advice to him is to not pay too much attention to it , be tough and carry on . |
| 39 | He is still referred to as Thatcherite but as that term begins to lose its currency my own view of him is of a free marketeer with a strong sense of economic realism . |
| 40 | Among his successors as Duke of Aquitaine only Richard is known to have written verse and certainly neither of the two surviving poems attributed to him is of this quality . |
| 41 | What 's much more important for him is of course is that he 's score , got his name on the score sheet and Tony will be such a relieved man , and the crowd 's so delighted for him . |
| 42 | When he was a young fighter , a doctor had to chase him around a desk to give him a shot , and chaotic mobility to him is at least as important as breathing . |
| 43 | ‘ The best place for him is with me , ’ she declared . |
| 44 | A better way to approach him is through books like Modern Linguistics — The Results of Chomsky 's Revolution by Neil Smith and Deirdre Wilson ( Penguin , 1979 ) . |
| 45 | Perhaps the best way to describe him is as a typical West Indian batsman , fundamentally very reliable and dependable yet always looking to attack if possible , always full of attractive stroke-play . |
| 46 | I do n't think the man has a sense of humour — how she lives with him is beyond me . |
| 47 | Doubtless most industrialists in the UK would concur , but where they might fall out with him is on the definition of ‘ robot ’ ( See Box below ) . |
| 48 | Where I differ from him is on the nature of the collection as a whole , which to me seems a collection of poems differing in method and indeed quality , written over a period of years , and having two distinct sequences , to the Friend and to the ‘ Dark Lady ’ . |
| 49 | Wait — an even more cherished memory of him is on the set at Wembley Studios after a particularly gruelling day shooting the ‘ Call to Confirm ’ commercial . |
| 50 | Another monument to him is in the main square of the city of Cebu in the central Philippines , a canopy with the kind of gaudy murals one expects in this flamboyant tropic city . |
| 51 | He 's in night , this side of him is in day . |
| 52 | And so the only communication I shall have with him is by letter , but er it 's the third of |
| 53 | It could be that the Pied Piper is never seen , but that all communication with him is by letter or petition — with the teacher writing replies but not actually appearing in the role . |
| 54 | Sure , he is told , steady travel can make a person feel like that for an instant ; yet it is obvious that short-term memory for him is like a labyrinth . |
| 55 | Everyone around him is like a member of the family . |
| 56 | It was pointed out in Dann v Hamilton that the defence could apply in cases where : " the drunkenness of the driver at the material time is so extreme and so glaring that to accept a lift from him is like engaging in an intrinsically and obviously dangerous occupation , intermeddling with an unexploded bomb or walking along on the edge of an unfenced cliff " . |
| 57 | Over the next few months Endill began to hate his schoolwork more and more ; not because it was difficult and boring but because he thought what the teachers taught him was of no use . |
| 58 | ‘ We therefore conclude that there was de facto , albeit voidable contract , between the owners and Ballay ; that it was by virtue of that contract that Ballay took possession of the goods ; that accordingly the transfer of the goods to him was with the consent and express authority of the owner and that accordingly there was no lack of authorisation and no appropriation . |
| 59 | We therefore conclude that there was a de facto , albeit voidable contract , between the owners and Ballay ; that it was by virtue of that contract that Ballay took possession of the goods ; that accordingly the transfer of the goods to him was with the consent and express authority of the owner and that accordingly there was no lack of authorisation and no appropriation . |
| 60 | We 've been talking to Michael Medleycote from the British Tourist Authority , and one of the points I was making to him was with the recession and also the Gulf war people are very concerned , a ) there 's the cost of flying , but also they 're concerned of course about security . |