Example sentences of "he [modal v] be [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attractive he might be to some people , but he was out of her league and anyway , she was n't interested . |
| 2 | The fearsome riots that swept the inner cities in 1981 , in Brixton first , then Toxteth and Hansworth , Moss Side and Bristol , came as no surprise , and convinced Charles that this was the area where he could be of some use . |
| 3 | He had found milk at the ā gri 's house and the old man had come back with him to see if he could be of any use . |
| 4 | He 'd be with some woman , no doubt , a man like that . |
| 5 | The war had interrupted and postponed many a career , J's amongst them , and he had three years ' university ahead of him before he would be in any position to marry . |
| 6 | His acceptance of the condition was made with an easy mind — he did n't feel that distributing a newspaper , even a banned one , would be considered a particularly heinous offence for a young girl , and anyway he could not imagine that he would be in any danger himself if he admitted knowledge of the basket 's contents . |
| 7 | If a prisoner disobeys an instruction to place his laundry in a certain basket , he will be at some risk of being found guilty of mutiny under the Bill . |
| 8 | They say he can be in several places at once , can work magic , hypnotise with his eyes , cause death , resuscitate corpses , make women pregnant with a glance . |