Example sentences of "he [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A man who puts 'is stock first is acting for what 'e thinks is t'best , ’ he snapped . |
| 2 | ‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’ |
| 3 | In any case , 'e would n't be in 'ere terday if 'e 'd been lucky . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 'E 'd been saying ‘ ow 's you 's coming hover . |
| 5 | ‘ 'E 's been lookin' in Sergeant Joe 's private bag . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Everyone calls 'im Sergeant Joe , 'e 's been in the Army , yer see . ’ |
| 7 | A MENTALLY handicapped man who spent almost a month in Barlinnie Prison because there was nowhere else for him to go is to be transferred to the Royal National Hospital in Larbert today . |
| 8 | With reference to War Office letter of 3rd March 1945 regarding your husband Lieutenant L. G. Cairns , Army Air Corps , I am directed to inform you that in view of the length of time which has elapsed since Lieutenant Cairns was reported missing , during which no news of him has been received from any source , the Department has reluctantly , and with deep regret , reached the conclusion that he lost his life . |
| 9 | Thousands of books have been written about the poet 's life and work , his family and friends have been scrutinised , and every place connected with him has been sought out . |
| 10 | GREENE 'S '50s novel of a naively evil American agent in Indo-China and the cynical English hack who befriends him has been timely ever since it was published . |
| 11 | Richard 's second victim , Clarence , is also taken in by the hypocrite 's feigned concern , but since the real plot against him has been done through intermediaries he may seem less blameworthy . |
| 12 | I left him in charge of the whole of my affairs during my absence from England , with a perfect conviction that he would zealously exert himself for my interest , and the confidence I reposed in him has been fully realised , not only during my absence , but during the long period of eighteen years . ’ |
| 13 | " Yes , I do , " says the shepherd , " but the only thing I could do to express my love for Him has been taken away from me . " |
| 14 | Oh , so you think that the whole appreciation of John Major , the whole perception of him has been knocked sideways by the press 's need |
| 15 | She had been right about Short ; the way to get him to listen was to treat him as if he were a human being , which he clearly was n't . |
| 16 | Pete Harvey flies … races … and competes for fun … for him hangliding is more than a sport … more than a hobby … it 's a passion |
| 17 | The form in which they had found him lying was but one of many places which he used . |
| 18 | For him teaching was a ‘ calling ’ — a career which , though academic , had at its core the concept of service to others . |
| 19 | He decided that the best thing for him to do was to leave as soon as possible , before other people arrived and the situation became very complicated . |
| 20 | So all that remained for him to do was to demonstrate that Lucy 's organ of Amativeness was extraordinarily well developed . |
| 21 | " In the end , what made him decide was the thought that time was running out . " |
| 22 | Albert said , ‘ I 'm sure he did see Mr Evans and I think what he saw him take was an envelope . |
| 23 | It is thought he might have hitched a lift and motorists who saw him have been asked to come forward . |
| 24 | The thought of staying here and watching him drown was too horrific to contemplate . |
| 25 | What was beyond him to understand was why any man in his right mind would want to buy . |
| 26 | Which meant that he must have been watched … and that made him wonder was he still being watched ? |
| 27 | All the evidence points to him having been selected by South Africa 's white military intelligence arm as their puppet . |
| 28 | v. Lindley Lord Reid said , ‘ A case where a defendant presents to the plaintiff the alternative of doing what the defendant wants him to do or suffering loss which the defendant can cause him to incur is not necessarily in pari casu and may involve questions which can not arise where there is intimidation of a third person . ’ |
| 29 | Earlier on in the same piece of writing , in the same letter to the Philippians he had said that for him to die was gain . |
| 30 | Asking him to deliver is like expected a chameleon to stay the same colour whatever its environment . |