Example sentences of "he [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And talking about next door , why is it that neighbours , just like friends , always seem to turn up unannounced when you and he are in the middle of the most flaming and spectacular row ?
2 He s on duty with England U18 side .
3 He s on loan , how long for I do nt know .
4 Nothing at all about Rocky … except he s in the 17 man squad ( which we already knew ) .
5 Suffice to say that not only are Leeds a better side when he s in it , but his influence will rub off onto all the players at Leeds , young and old .
6 Has he been on any recent training courses to discuss this ? .
7 Had he been on his own , Harry thought as he drove out of Melton Mowbray market town towards Saxby , he would have taken Mrs Appleby with him to Maythorpe House .
8 Even Dalziel , who was facing him , had not noticed his arrival , so intent had he been on catching Marcus 's words .
9 The crucial question was : where had he been on the eleventh ?
10 Had he been on the Cardinal 's business or lying in ambush for Irvine ?
11 Has he been on it ?
12 He personified the pre-war amateur at his peak , a kindly engaging man who was well placed to have been a major influence in the game had he been of a more forceful character .
13 If it is stretching the imagination to describe any West Indian fast bowler as a gentle giant he is nevertheless mild-mannered and easy-going , and it is significant that while the likes of Croft and Marshall were doing unpleasant things to batsmen 's heads , the damage that Garner inflicted was mostly confined to arms and hands ; obviously any broken bone is bad and obviously he sent down his share of bouncers , but there was never the suggestion that he was using his physical advantages maliciously ; six feet eight inches 12 metres ) tall and weighing seventeen stones ( 108 kilograms ) , the prospect of the carnage he might have caused had he been of an aggressive nature hardly bears thinking about .
14 Has he been to .
15 Has he been to the show yet ?
16 He been with people who had lain on the tracks to try to stop the special trains bringing out 7,600 refugees from Prague and climb on board .
17 On his day Gerry was as good a centre-forward as any in the land and would almost certainly have won a string of Scottish International caps had he been with a more successful club .
18 And never once has he been for Instruction . ’
19 Deakin was a striker who found the net regularly and the evidence suggests that , had he been at a bigger club , he would have benefited from a better service and become a prolific scorer .
20 She even thought up ways in which — had he been at home — he might have managed the rescue more easily and with far greater certainty .
21 ‘ The question is , Gran , what has he been at already ?
22 Sandy McGlashan — why had he been off work that Tuesday ?
23 he been like ?
24 Resenence Jeopardy still expected him to work hard , was still friendly and attentive , but had n't he been like that the day before ?
25 ‘ How long has he been like this ? ’
26 He would not have bought it had he been by himself but Maidstone assured him it was the right choice — ‘ Absolutely first rate , dear fellow . ’
27 ‘ How long 's he been in hospital ? ’
28 Had he been in children 's homes ?
29 I mean , has he been in trouble before ?
30 Wellington , had he been in the Emperor 's boots , would have chosen that strategy .
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