Example sentences of "[verb] he be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect he was like all the rest indoors , could n't find his way out of a paper bag . |
| 2 | Has he been on any recent training courses to discuss this ? . |
| 3 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 4 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 5 | ‘ How long has he been like this ? ’ |
| 6 | For a moment he imagined he was in another world , a simple uncomplicated world : a world where there was no place down below in the valley where men were being prepared for war ; that there was no place in Northumberland where a woman sat in a room all day with only her thoughts for company ; that there was no one called Carrie Smith ; that the world had dwindled and there was only this secluded garden and a secluded house , as had been said , with the hills to the back of it and the river at its feet and two women so unalike , yet alike : so understanding , so thoughtful of each other , and not only of each other , but of him . |
| 7 | And however well endowed he was with these qualities , he might still have difficulty on some points . |
| 8 | Some of the nurses are saying he 's like that because of voodoo . ’ |
| 9 | Do you reckon he 's with some young lady , enjoying an al fresco lunch ? ’ |
| 10 | Just because he knew about her it did not mean he was at all reliable . |
| 11 | They thought he was going to die he was in such a bad way . ’ |
| 12 | For past all doubt he was on that path , he did find the poor soul dead , he did run to the castle , like an honest man , and tell the sheriff what he had found . |
| 13 | I thought he was about that . |
| 14 | Oh I thought he was like that . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think he 's on this wavelength , ’ she said , ‘ I had thought of having a holiday in one of the Martello towers if I do n't see him soon . ’ |
| 16 | Oh I do n't think he is at this rate na , Jonathan ! |
| 17 | And what does he think he was during these years ? |
| 18 | Do you think he was under any pressure from any source — financial , from relatives , from the staff ? |
| 19 | I do n't think he was at all well known abroad but in Austria he was famous for his wit . |
| 20 | Just who did he think he was with that arrogant , contemptuous expression on his face ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why do you think he was like that ? ’ |
| 22 | That lightness of his , each step as though he might take off altogether ! — and then , how he stood there , at the foot of the stairs , straight and slender ; you 'd think he was from another world , he was so pale and fine , with his glistening cropped hair … but he was scowling most horribly . |
| 23 | MONEY TALKS ENGLAND star Stuart Pearce thinks he 's worth more at Forest — but his manager Brian Clough refuses to pay up |
| 24 | He thinks he 's on some sort of blacklist because he was in the International Brigade . ’ |
| 25 | Even when you wish he was on another planet . |
| 26 | Agriculture Minister John Gummer has also stated he is against those who frighten the country about the safety of food with false alarms . |
| 27 | ‘ Mr Boyd was engaged , in 1745 — 6 , on the same side with many unfortunate mistaken noblemen and gentlemen ’ — meaning he was among those on the Stuart side at Culloden and elsewhere . |