Example sentences of "[vb past] he be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laid its foundations , but it was not finished when he met his Waterloo and the Allies who defeated him were not inclined to allow the work on the Arch to continue . |
| 2 | One of these who visited him was the Comte Alexandre de Marenches , the conservative head of the French secret service , who had known and admired the Shah for years . |
| 3 | Well the reason they caught him was cos they 've got just flashed him through the computers as and find out what anyway , put it down they then turn round say oh well , you know whatever they 're |
| 4 | The temporary flat in which I found him was littered with books . |
| 5 | The job I found him was an undemanding clerical one . |
| 6 | Both members of the London Anti-Slavery committee and some of the Liverpool abolitionists who encountered him were doubtful about Clarkson 's attitudes and methods in gathering information from participants in the African slave trade . |
| 7 | As long ago as Plato it was believed , ‘ if a person be guilty of impiety let him be punished with death . ’ |
| 8 | The only thing that stopped him was that he could n't decide exactly what the problem was . |
| 9 | But in 1937 it switched to Kirov , in honour of a local party commissar ( it transpired he was assassinated by Stalin , who thought him too popular ) . |
| 10 | As it transpired he was able to watch one of the most remarkable rounds of golf ever played at Royal St. George 's , or indeed any other golf course . |
| 11 | Kenny Logan won his first cap and demonstrated he is a player for the future . |
| 12 | And then you know Dave I think drew he was , he was ever so , ever so restless . |
| 13 | But locals maintained he was not so senior . |
| 14 | Cranog Jones maintained he was innocent all through the trial . |
| 15 | And he maintained he was sacked on the direct orders of the RUC because they knew he was a security risk . |
| 16 | President Bush watched the landing and reported he was ‘ heartened ’ by the way things went . |
| 17 | It will never be known how Jarman was caught , but caught he was , and condemned to hang . |
| 18 | Or Hofmannsthal telling Strauss how ‘ delighted and moved he was by the music ’ ? |
| 19 | When he moved he was dizzy with drink . |
| 20 | His eyes were so bright they glowed beneath the sea , and when he moved he was preceded by an evil-smelling fog on the surface of the waves . |
| 21 | He mentioned he is also involved in a charity exercise for King Hospital — which is obviously linked to his family nearby . |
| 22 | ‘ He mentioned he was a friend of yours , ’ said Dolly . |
| 23 | Then he pretended he was Captain going to bite me . |
| 24 | He played the hard man and pretended he was beyond fear , but that was nonsense . |
| 25 | The American star , at No. 37 with Neighbour , pretended he was still at college even though he had left to lead the life of a beach bum . |
| 26 | He pretended he was n't but I could tell . |
| 27 | ‘ Anyway , a certain man appeared , and pretended he was in love with Miss Havisham . |
| 28 | Matt was lying on the couch and then went and then I went over and sat on the couch and then Matt tried sa Matt erm pretended he was up to him and started |
| 29 | It 's very easy to exaggerate in athletics , and five metres can become ten without much bother ; however , by the time Viktor Bryzgin got away on the anchor nobody doubted he was on his way to Soviet gold . |
| 30 | He moved across to them , and when he was standing next to André she noticed how much taller and more powerfully built he was . |