Example sentences of "[adv] he be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally he needs a working knowledge of property and company law and the law of procedure ; and the better his knowledge , the better he is at his job . |
| 2 | But suddenly he was at the door , swaying slightly , his pyjama jacket gaping open . |
| 3 | She found first gear and was about to let the clutch out when suddenly he was at the door beside her . |
| 4 | Suddenly he was on his feet , grabbing at her sleeve . |
| 5 | Suddenly he was into a totally new environment . |
| 6 | I do n't know what but suddenly he was like a child with a new toy . |
| 7 | Otley 's voice came from the trees on the river bank and suddenly he was in the water hauling me out . |
| 8 | There was a guy on the roof and then suddenly he was in the bath . ’ |
| 9 | Suddenly he was in the enemy 's trench and staring down into a young German 's eyes , a terrified boy even younger than himself . |
| 10 | Apparently he was under the impression that she had arranged to see Richard again tonight ; he was also under the delusion that Richard was a Belgian whom she had just happened to pick up . |
| 11 | Basically he is against carrying your holiday over , essentially . |
| 12 | ‘ He will sulk for a couple of days and promise never to do it again , but before long he 's at it as usual . |
| 13 | However long he was at Stockport — and it was not long — he is its only Master to be recorded ( as a poet ) in the Dictionary of National Biography . |
| 14 | They 'd danced to Michael 's band and her glossy pink trousers flashed and moved in the dimmed lights , and he had felt elated and mildly drunk , and had lost most of the inhibitions he 'd had about dancing , until it became clear to his confused brain that the drummer , who had soft dark hair and was probably a potential Celtic supporter , was getting on so well with Amanda that perhaps they should move on elsewhere , and he swayed out of the room , pushing her in front of him , and bumped into someone at the door , and had realised it was the man in the raincoat , only he was in a dark suit and a tie with geometric designs . |
| 15 | Yeah it 's a I would guess that this er we you know , when they come down and the strips and they go back up again , it looks as if perhaps that 's what 's happened here because the the rope has sort of got this twist in it and one imagines that when they jump down it 's not quite er er right and so perhaps he 's on his way back up again . |
| 16 | Perhaps he 's in mid- affaire with somebody else . |
| 17 | He has worked hard on it , and perhaps he is at his most content when he has something in his game on which to work . |
| 18 | Perhaps he is at his club . ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps he was with the group by the lake , or the others under the trees , or others still farther away on the terrace of the house . |
| 20 | That summer Lewis thought perhaps he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown . |
| 21 | Perhaps he was on leave or off sick . ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps he was on the point of leaving but the fracas caused by Waldegrave 's death prevented him . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps he was like the people who think they 're Napoleon , or that they 're in love with the Queen . |
| 24 | Perhaps he was in cahoots with the one who got in through a skylark ? |
| 25 | Or perhaps he was in shock . |
| 26 | Perhaps he was in some sort of store-room rather than the garage . |
| 27 | Perhaps he was in his office . |
| 28 | Obviously he 's in the media a lot now and he needs somebody behind him . |
| 29 | ‘ We will be interviewing him about what happened but obviously he is in no fit state for us to talk to him yet and we will be waiting until he is well enough , ’ a police spokesman said . |
| 30 | ‘ This one wanted to do my work , but when he started telling me that personally he was against all pet shops and would like to see them closed we did n't exactly see eye to eye . |