Example sentences of "he [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If a son of mine 'as no feeling for this land , it 's better that 'e 's off it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ 'E 's over theer , ’ said the man , straightening up , and pointing to a thin , rather depressed-looking Asian standing beside a complicated piece of machinery . |
| 3 | Chopper looks more like 'e 's on the run from Dartmoor than a bloody Salvation Army bloke . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Bring 'em in , lad , ’ Mr Bean said to Hoomey. ‘ 'E 'll think 'e 's in paradise . ’ |
| 5 | 'E collapsed as 'e come out the Kings Arms an' they rushed 'im away ter the 'ospital. 'E 's in a bad way so Maisie Dingle told me . |
| 6 | After 'e 'as 'is tea 'e falls asleep in that chair an' 'e 's like that till it 's time for bed . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , if 'e was in the area it 's a foregone conclusion 'e 'd pop in . |
| 8 | P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place . |
| 9 | ‘ 'E was in a fire an' they 've took 'im ter Guy 's ‘ Ospital as a precaution . |
| 10 | 'E was after magpies ' eggs . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I fink 'e was after pinchin' somefing from yer bag , Sergeant Joe , only I come up an' caught him openin' it . ’ |
| 12 | New works by him are at Paula Cooper . |
| 13 | New bronzes by him are at Salander-O'Reilly ( until the 28th ) and the new forged iron pieces of Martin Chirino appear at Borgenicht until 2 May . |
| 14 | Ceilings decorated by him are at Compton Place , Sussex , c .1728 , with reliefs of mythological subjects in high relief , as well as a plaster medallion with a portrait of an architect , who might be Colin Campbell [ q.v . ] . |
| 15 | The family of a schoolboy who died when a derelict building fell on him are considering sueing for compensation . |
| 16 | No , I mean I know him , very well , I work with hi I work with his mother and his his mum and him are in my teams . |
| 17 | That 's what people like him are like . |
| 18 | That 's him been in this post for twelve years ? |
| 19 | On the evidence of the Aristotle File he seemed — potentially , at least — a curse , yet if the reports on him were to be believed , he might yet prove the greatest asset the Seven possessed . |
| 20 | But Polybius would of course have had to jettison his pet idea of the mixed constitution , and generally speaking he would have had to admit that those Romans whose minds appeared so transparent to him were in fact much more mysterious creatures . |
| 21 | At least two of the five he had brought back with him were in worse case than he ; and Adam , who had perhaps come off lightest in actual injuries , was by no means to be envied for that , for the same story Owen had to tell to the Prince , Adam was at this moment telling to Gilleis . |
| 22 | Yo you and him were in the upper . |
| 23 | She poured coffee , saying : ‘ He did n't pretend I was wrong about him being on the yacht that evening . ’ |
| 24 | Well , cos with him being on night , I do n't suppose he got up till about |
| 25 | The only fear is that the local authority who would retain responsibility for Paul 's schooling , after normal school leaving age , if he remains a child with a statement of special educational needs , might possibly say that they would no longer pay for him being at school . |
| 26 | The lads that are on strike well I mean you 'd think it 'd be vice versa him being like a blackleg er that 's er they 'd be agitating but he 's vice versa . |
| 27 | He just is , just totally different to what I remember him being like . |
| 28 | It was uncanny what he 'd said to his Mum about Uncle Walter phoning up about his bad chest and now him being in hospital for real . |
| 29 | I remember him being in a pub a while back and a woman saying to him , What 's your wife going to do ? |
| 30 | And er he went round and I do n't know I never heard him playing the fiddle , but they said he was very good at fiddling , but he was a grand one for old stories , , and er he was just doing farms here and there so Then eventually he turned so old he 'd only one dog and then er he died down at the D At a place called the Doonie And this man D Duncan , he had just an er one of the er I think one of the tramps from Blair Gowrie was working to him and he came up and told my father and my father went down to see about him , you see him being in the parish council . |