Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [be] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must be in his early forties , Belinda decided , while Faye , she knew was thirty-eight — fairly old to be having a first child , which added a greater sense of urgency and importance to the task of keeping her pregnancy on track . |
| 2 | IN THE 1920s when John was regularly crossing the world to finalize his deals , he always arranged that every trip ended in New York so that he might be with his darling Mary Read . |
| 3 | Malicious , slanderous stories which claim the Lady Eleanor was murdered by your son so he could be with his beloved companion , the Gascon , Piers Gaveston . ’ |
| 4 | I knew he 'd be inside his ground-floor flat with the door locked before I could get into the hall , no matter how fast I was . |
| 5 | Ferdinando was far too old , but only mention the cause and he would be into his old daydreams , seeing himself at the head of a column moving relentlessly on the Austrians . |
| 6 | He would be in his early fifties , was tall and well built with a craggy face . |