Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun] [prep] he [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now there are calls for him to resign . |
| 2 | Indeed , the hard-liners who always argue that monetary stability has to be a higher priority than growth and jobs have claimed that the Chancellor would be irresponsible in not raising taxes as soon as there is scope for him to do so . |
| 3 | Provost John Cunningham admitted that Main had not possessed a commission as watchman and was indeed an extraordinary officer employed only when there was work for him to perform , but there seems little reason to doubt that Main 's removal was intended to serve the political interest of the Haldanes , for his removal was not an isolated case , and , moreover , when the Hamilton salt works resumed operations the excise supervisors did not in fact restore Main to his old post , but appointed an individual named Curinan to the vacancy . |
| 4 | Well , tell him it 's kind of him to agree to let me stay here , but I 'm turning down his invitation . ’ |
| 5 | whether it 's kind of him to keep her there |
| 6 | It 's time for him to match his maturity with his golf and realise he 's not going to win every time . |
| 7 | He must be able to stamp his authority not only on his team but on the peloton as a whole , directing the whole tenor of the race before it is time for him to go to the front and win . |
| 8 | He 's waitng for him to come back on his bike . |
| 9 | It was agony to him to dismiss her . |
| 10 | It was time for him to take action . |
| 11 | Soon it was time for him to return and it was arranged that Anne and Sarah who were both free would see him off at the station . |
| 12 | It was time for him to leave as well . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave . |
| 14 | I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else . |
| 15 | From long experience he knew the hangover would pass before it was time for him to stalk on stage and rebuke Hamlet for grieving overmuch for his father . |
| 16 | It was time for him to intervene . |
| 17 | There he was provisioned with every known variety of soft drink , and kept virtually incommunicado until it was time for him to travel to Broadcasting House . |