Example sentences of "he [be] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So if you approach a sympathetic , but so far neutral , person and start telling him that he ought to give his support because of x , y and z policies he is likely to be bored and irritated .
2 As West has 6 Hearts , he is likely to be short in all the other suits , and with East returning the King of Clubs , there is a suggestion that he has a fairly long suit .
3 As he points out , the other man was killed and he knows he is lucky to be alive .
4 He is lucky to be alive . ’
5 During over 30 years of adventures Bonington has faced great danger — he admits he is lucky to be alive — and lost many friends .
6 Doctors say he is lucky to be alive .
7 I would like to say a last word about Amis 's voices , and about the long words which have been or might be laid on his confident art — a terminology for which he is unlikely to be grateful .
8 And he is unlikely to be disappointed .
9 In the voting case , he may choose not to vote because he calculates that he is unlikely to be decisive ( i.e. , there will be a majority for one outcome independently of his vote ) .
10 He is unlikely to be satisfied with an offer to re-run the reselection procedure if it can be proved that there have been any serious breaches of the party 's rules .
11 But he is unlikely to be satisfied forever with the illusion of power .
12 Unless the traveller has some idea of where he is starting from and the conditions he may meet along the way , he is unlikely to be able to decide upon a satisfactory route .
13 He is unlikely to be startled by the kind of evidence or hypothesis presented by us and by other writers .
14 He is first and foremost a brilliant engineer and he is happy to be free to concentrate on research and development while I get on with marketing . ’
15 I think any serious climber has got to admit that he 's lucky to be alive , not that he 's skilful to be alive .
16 " He 's fortunate to be alive , " said Fat Vince , " eating what he eats .
17 One can tell from his present ability that he 's right to be sorry , he might have gone on to be a famous international .
18 He really took it out of this photographer , and I can tell you he 's lucky to be alive today .
19 I think any serious climber has got to admit that he 's lucky to be alive , not that he 's skilful to be alive .
20 His mother says he 's lucky to be alive :
21 Two women in the car escaped unhurt , but the home owner says he 's lucky to be alive .
22 It 's the third such accident at the same spot and the owner says he 's lucky to be alive .
23 A happy and healthy little boy today — he 's lucky to be alive .
24 All they know about Tweed is he 's supposed to be Chief Claims Investigator for an insurance company with a lot of business abroad .
25 Well I , other week I got this beds er not bedspread duvet cover and he 's supposed to be slight second and I can 's see nowt wrong with that .
26 ours and apparently he 's supposed to be brilliant on it !
27 ‘ Well , ’ Ian said , ‘ he 's supposed to be responsible to the Dean and Chapter for Cathedral security .
28 Because he 's cheeky and hates his work and is successful with women , he 's supposed to be vital .
29 He 's afraid to be alone with her .
30 He was right to be gloomy , and he should have remained gloomy to the end .
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