Example sentences of "[pron] he be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to tell himself he was being ridiculous . |
| 2 | He is too relaxed for all the questions with which he is being bombarded , and full of wonder at how golfers such as Nicklaus and Watson have coped with it for all these years . |
| 3 | When an owner of property against whom an order has been made under the Act comes into this court and complains that there has been some irregularity in the proceedings , and that he is not liable to have his property taken away , it is right , I think , that his case should be entertained sympathetically and that a statute under which he is being deprived of his rights to property should be construed strictly against the local authority and favourably towards the interest of the applicant , in as much as he for the benefit of the community is undoubtedly suffering a substantial loss , which in my view must not be inflicted upon him unless it is quite clear that Parliament has intended that it shall . |
| 4 | He had been up since five to meet the boat from which he was being exploited . |
| 5 | On the hearing of the appeal the Court of Appeal imposed an injunction restraining ( 1 ) publication of the identification of J. , his parents , his carers , any establishment at which he was being cared for and the local and health authorities , and of any other matter in a manner calculated to lead to their identification , and ( 2 ) the soliciting of any such information . |
| 6 | He thought about the position which he was being forced to take , and decided that he was unhappy about the whole situation . |
| 7 | Jehan saw where this was leading , and he knew that parin also saw the path down which he was being led . |
| 8 | Again , Jeremiah was doing the Lord 's work as a servant ; in the passage we heard a few moments ago , he expressed his dismay at the manner in which he was being treated by the people . |
| 9 | He made me know that I was growing old , and that everything he was was slipping out of my hands . |
| 10 | Come on , do n't tell him he 's being recorded on tape , you know |
| 11 | Pc Masheder chased and caught him and told him he was being arrested on suspicion of theft . |
| 12 | ‘ I told him he was being silly but he 'd grow out of it . ’ |
| 13 | She signed it because her husband pressed her to do so and told her he was being pressed by Campbell , and because she believed that if she would sign it … it would enable her husband to settle the beer contract . … |
| 14 | But towards her he was being punctilious in a way which seemed slightly out of character , as though he did not quite know how to approach her , even though it was he who had brought her here . |
| 15 | She arranged with the friend beside whom he was being rehoused to do his shopping on a regular basis . |
| 16 | ‘ What he is is a rude and arrogant bully , ’ Rory shot back , irritated anew by Candy 's persistence in probing for details about Adam Burns . |
| 17 | It should be within the competence of everyone of moderate ability who has worked properly and who directs his mind to what he is being asked . |
| 18 | Though he does speak a lot it is hard to distinguish the jokes from what he is being serious about . |
| 19 | Cos look what he 's being shown . |
| 20 | The voice at the other end was plainly over-excited and it took him a minute to disentangle what he was being told . |
| 21 | I did not see why he should have piano lessons when I was told I was too young ; so I hid behind the curtains and listened to what he was being taught . |
| 22 | When Miss P said this to him Boy realised that he could n't actually imagine a man proposing something that he would n't want to do , or would n't at least want to try just once , but he understood what he was being told and he learnt that lesson well , thank God . |
| 23 | His excuse that he did not realise what he was being given was laughed at . |
| 24 | But that was what he was being paid for and after hearing Mobuto at the United Nations he was now more determined than ever to ensure his safety . |