Example sentences of "[verb] he be very " in BNC.
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| 1 | We called at the cottage at night , and found he was very ill , and it was not till the factor assured him he was joking , and that he had swallowed none other than the best of whiskey , that he rose from bed , and Donald was himself again . |
| 2 | ‘ They all say he 's very good . |
| 3 | I mean yeah as you say he 's very high personable person , there must be some reason behind it er and a lot of the theoretical reasons that he says of |
| 4 | Say he 's very hot tempered . |
| 5 | Colin Dexter says he 's very pro-tourist . |
| 6 | The Mayor says he 's very pleased . |
| 7 | He says he 's very happy to be taking part . |
| 8 | She says he 's very happy and it 's very important to him that 's he 's arrived at Stoke Manceville because it 's well known . |
| 9 | The local Euro MP says he 's very concerned about the lack of notice given about the scheme . |
| 10 | Neil Walker says he is very pleased with how the system has been accepted , and so far , the IV workstations have been used by over 12,000 staff , amounting to 17,000 user hours . |
| 11 | He says he is very tempted . |
| 12 | He says he is very proud of his wife 's achievement , but is a bit worried she may become a better rider than him and he will end up being relegated to the pillion seat in future . |
| 13 | Hall says he was very lonely ( ’ my friends were Johnny Carson and the guys on all-night radio ’ ) , and the role of popular TV talk show host became his personal fantasy . |
| 14 | He says he was very nervous and had to pluck up courage because it 's so unusual for someone like him to register . |
| 15 | She says he was very good at his job . |
| 16 | The man whose suspension sparked the walk-out says he was very upset by two unexpected home visits from a manager |
| 17 | He says he was very ill and had difficulty climbing up the stairs . |
| 18 | Holmes sat forward in his excitement , and his eyes showed he was very interested indeed . |
| 19 | I do n't know , but I can see he 's very good . |
| 20 | ‘ I know he 's very durable and very fit and comes to fight . |
| 21 | As you know he is very confused and if he has wandered off by mistake who knows what will happen to him . |
| 22 | England B forward Williams , 27 , said : ‘ I do n't know too much about Chris but I know he is very fast . ‘ |
| 23 | ‘ I know he is very big , but I 'm pretty sure he 's a nice person , too . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I know he was very wrong to rob me but I 'm grateful he had a change of heart when I took ill . |
| 25 | And I know he was very good to us in the war cos my father was , got a terminal illness and er he used to see that I had a bottle of whisky for dad you know , er the manager did . |
| 26 | ‘ I know he was very angry , ’ ventured Ellen , shuddering at the memory . |
| 27 | The tension rose , and in the fighting that followed he was very lucky to get out alive . |
| 28 | During the first six months after the baby was born he was very helpful when he was around , as Tracy sometimes felt she could n't cope because her daughter cried so much . |
| 29 | ‘ When Thomas was born he was very healthy . |
| 30 | PETER ROLLINS sent off polite letters to GCHQ , MI5 , and the CIA , saying he was very interested in spying . |