Example sentences of "[adj] he be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's quite nice how sensible he is in a way . |
| 2 | Speaking to defence writers , he made clear he was against the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation taking over responsibility for all peacekeeping in the former Yugoslavia should a ceasefire and peace be agreed . |
| 3 | She had his attention back , and noticed how good-looking he was with those bright blue eyes and brown skin against the black hair . |
| 4 | So they stand cheerfully by the carriage window revealing in loud voices the personal secrets of the wretched traveller , who winces as he realizes that he has to travel two hundred miles with a carriage full of strangers who know his family history , how prone he is to chills if he wears a damp vest , what he has to do when he arrives at his destination . |
| 5 | ‘ I would like to have seen how brave he is with players like Ron Yates and Norman Hunter about . |
| 6 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 7 | Owen would hear them as he sat at his desk ; and if by some incredible chance all the bearers at once were sent out with messages and the orderly room fell empty he was at once conscious of a gap . |
| 8 | She 'd known he was growing up peculiar — he did badly at school , and had no friends — but she 'd begun to see , from living in the same house as him again , how different he was from other kids . |
| 9 | She could n't help thinking how different he was from Giles , who had never missed an opportunity to pressure her , using compliments and charm like velvet hammers in an effort to get him what he wanted . |
| 10 | Rory still went occasionally to Mass with her , and sometimes , as a kind of acknowledgement of how different he was from Michael , she would talk to him about the Church , and its importance in their lives . |
| 11 | How different he was in his least gestures , even to his way of shaking your hand ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm afraid he 's in Nottingham just now . |
| 13 | They seemed to be personal constructions arising from his knowledge of Greek or Latin roots , and proving how clever he is with words . |
| 14 | Her eyes met his , saw the lazy mockery in their depths , and she felt her heart racing faster , realising anew how very dangerous he was to her family . |
| 15 | I was wondering what kind of problems I 'd come up against , having heard how impossible he was to be directed . |
| 16 | Otherwise , he 's been happy knocking over inferior opposition and now people wonder how serious he is about the whole thing . |
| 17 | The thing about Kennedy is that every time I hear he has done something outrageous I think ‘ Oh God ! ’ , but then I spend a few hours working with him and leave thinking what a good heart he has and how serious he is as a musician . |
| 18 | The absence , however , of any encouraging response from his interlocutors , even the minimal one of backchannel , indicates how unsuccessful he is in giving his advice . |
| 19 | But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie ! |
| 20 | Boyle spoke yesterday of how delighted he was for the two athletes and the satisfaction their golden double gave him . |
| 21 | ‘ But German Intelligence are convinced he 's on their side ? ’ |
| 22 | This point is proved by the officer or warden describing how visible he was to the driver , e.g. ‘ I was clearly visible to a driver approaching the crossroads etc … |
| 23 | PAMELA : I am glad he is in such good company and I wish him joy . |
| 24 | I 'm glad he 's at a nice place like this . ’ |
| 25 | " I 'm glad he 's with us , " said Hazel to Silver . |
| 26 | He began by saying how glad he was to be in Europe again , which gave him an opportunity to outline some of the developments taking place in other regions of the world , and to describe the next phase in the development of the world car . |
| 27 | Another officer said of him : ‘ I think we were just glad he was on our side . |
| 28 | ‘ There is a sick Jewish problem of voting for a black man no matter how unfit he is for the job , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Now , as he grew older and more mature , especially after his hectic and sometimes horrifying war experiences , he realised how lucky he was to be born and live in such a place . |
| 30 | Once again he thought how privileged he was as a policeman , given a special dispensation to walk into other people 's houses — whether rich or poor , criminal or victim — and ask intimate questions that would have led anyone else to be punched on the nose . |