Example sentences of "[subord] he were " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where he were being accused . |
| 2 | ‘ I say that 'cause he were n't a ‘ appy man . |
| 3 | Although he were needed |
| 4 | He could not know that Sophia was taking a keen interest in him and had even been considering him — provided he were not divorced or otherwise unsuitable-as a husband for her sister . |
| 5 | Supposing he were not ill at all ? |
| 6 | And supposing he were not ill at all — how embarrassing that would be . |
| 7 | If he were alive today , he would have even more cause for satisfaction . |
| 8 | ‘ Nonsense , Peter , ’ his wife pounced down on him as if he were a hound that had misbehaved . |
| 9 | That there is something he does not know is shown by the fact that if he were to gain his sight , he would come to know something that he previously had not known . |
| 10 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 11 | It was as if he were memorizing her life so he could sail to New York , adopt a different accent , and claim to be a long lost relative due a piece of her fortune which had n't been considerable and might all be gone now . |
| 12 | If he were to conform to the strict rules of etiquette and combat guiding the danseurs nobles of the French opera-ballets , he would not demean himself by seizing the nearest thing at hand , the rudder from his boat , to put his adversary to flight . |
| 13 | There is a certain grudging margin , to be sure , about all that Mr Eliot writes — as if he were compensating himself for his limitations by a peevish assumption of superiority . |
| 14 | He could not do it if he were not the landlord , although in general you can not , in the late twentieth century , expect high-minded landlords to do your planning for you . |
| 15 | The move caused some surprise in Whitehall , where the belief is that it would be damaging to Mr de Klerk if he were seen to be making reformist moves because of external pressure . |
| 16 | Ramsey refused this invitation because if he were away it would be awkward for the holiday plans of the staff of Boston parish church . |
| 17 | He knew that he was not going to be happy if he were deprived of the chance to study . |
| 18 | If the official view in the Church cared nothing about the bishop in his function as apostolic teacher , anyone who was trained to teach had a duty to join the bishop 's bench if he were asked . |
| 19 | Macmillan asked if he were willing for Coggan at York and he said Yes . |
| 20 | Some will follow the example of Arthur C. Clarke , who has retired to Sri Lanka , because he says he can work better there , can enjoy the environment and is just as close to his numerous correspondents as if he were in America . |
| 21 | When he did rise in the chair it was slowly and grudgingly and he followed McQuaid out into the stone hallway as if he were finding it difficult to walk or move . |
| 22 | Though they loved him as if he were their own child they left him out of all things that mattered in the running of the house . |
| 23 | It was as if he were going to the edge again of something fresh and new . |
| 24 | It was as if he were truculently stating that he had gone as far towards her as he was prepared to go . |
| 25 | Then one evening as she was tidying up the room he said as quietly as if he were taking rifle aim , ‘ There 's no need for you to go turning the whole place upside down . |
| 26 | Each night he would be more red-eyed , hardly able to drag his feet with tiredness , his face caked white with lime , lime in his eyes and ears and nostrils , his throat dry , lime thick through his hair and clothes and when he sat down to the table he felt as if he were eating lime . |
| 27 | He moved gingerly about the kitchen , putting away crockery , as if he were afraid his touch might damage or contaminate the pristine glory of its equipment . |
| 28 | But how strange it was , the changes which the past two or three weeks had brought : not merely the changes of circumstances ; her father and his hoped for promotion , herself going to the Stadium , Omi talking about herself , Fritz … but the whole relationship inside the family had altered , and she herself had changed , and it had begun with the arrival of Uncle Karl , as if he were a sorcerer , a wave of whose manicured hands could transform life , as alchemists thought they could transform base metal into gold or , with a certain sinister frisson , perhaps the other way around . |
| 29 | ‘ I will stay here if I may , ’ she said , looking at Marx as if he were an unpleasant insect . |
| 30 | After this strange sensation he felt as if he were a snowman ‘ at last beginning to melt ’ . |