Example sentences of "he be at " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 ‘ The question is , Gran , what has he been at already ?
4 Will he be at this meeting tonight ? ’
5 ‘ What 'll he be at next ? ’
6 Deep gashes of black under the eyes , skin the colour of ashes , a slight wobbliness to his movements , His speech is fastidious , precise in a way that would seem pompous if he were at all ebullient ; but with his small , gave voice — sometimes withering , always withered — the impression is of a wary distrust of words and the ways they can be misconstrued .
7 For a moment , he almost wished he were at home , but then he shook his head as if to rid himself of the thought .
8 He felt as if he were at one of Mama 's evenings .
9 He felt as if he were at yet another family wedding .
10 He were at pub .
11 Well , he 's not a mate , he wo n't , he 's working with him when he were at er over in Brad oh , here 's Richard now .
12 Indeed , he is at his most virulent when attacking his fellow-poets , so caught up is he in the seriousness of the poetic task .
13 Five years after the fire , his work now nearing its end , he is at the centre of a specialist team of restorers replacing the recarving swags and pendants which had adorned the King 's Bedchamber and adjoining rooms since the time of Charles II and which now lie boxed or in pieces on shelves and benches at the South East corner of the palace .
14 In this he is at one with most Christian Democrats and most Social Democrats in Europe today .
15 And one feels this even when he is at his most learned .
16 After years of being thought a crank , he is at last being taken seriously .
17 The theological answer is that He feels at home anywhere because He is at home everywhere .
18 He is at his best on soft ground and would be a danger to all off his present mark if he could find his best form .
19 But he is at pains to stress that it is not philosophical knowledge , not true science .
20 The extent to which this is an objection to Locke 's actual views will depend , as in the case of the brave officer , on whether they concern what makes a person at one time the same as he is at another , or concern moral matters of praise and blame .
21 At this point he does turn to God , but only to show him that he is at his wits ' end , and to express his fear .
22 It seems he is at play while I am asleep .
23 Banks is an immensely amiable , bearded ex-beatnik who feels that he is at last putting his past behind him .
24 Such a response seems understandable given that it allows McFaul to explain why he is at odds with the Party while still maintaining that he is loyal to its principles and to its founder , but it can not stand as a general proposition .
25 But the feeling about Faldo is that if he is at the top of his game , he should win it .
26 He has worked hard on it , and perhaps he is at his most content when he has something in his game on which to work .
27 At 26 , he is at the height of his powers and ranked fourth in the world , holds the unofficial title of ‘ best in the west ’ since only three former Soviets ; Kasparov , Karpov and Vassily Ivanchuk are ahead of him in the rankings .
28 He is at last , and to his evident relief , his own man .
29 Perhaps he is at his club . ’
30 If a Rottweiler is eligible for registration with the AKC , he can compete at any licensed dog show , as long as he is at least six months old and does not have a disqualifying fault .
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