Example sentences of "be [adj] he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not , as he said on 9 December 1958 , when as owner of Be Careful he spoke at the Gimcrack dinner , object to bookmakers paying something towards the racing industry 's expenses . |
| 2 | I 'm afraid he met with an accident last night . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm glad he thought of that . ’ |
| 4 | Of course he 's a wild man , a fox , a seal , a sort of sprite — such a sweet man — I 'm glad he spoke to me , I did n't think he remembered . |
| 5 | Besides , it makes more sense to me to believe your brother was the victim of one of the many enemies I 'm sure he made in the course of his life . |
| 6 | He used to have us in stitches at times at Aberdeen , and I 'm sure he does at United . |
| 7 | I 'm sure he felt like attacking Woods — but , in fact , he also felt sorry for him . ’ |
| 8 | If Mick Jagger is feeling himself out on stage in tight clothing , I 'm sure he comes under attack in some way , er … |
| 9 | I 'm surprised he stuck to you for as long as he did . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm surprised he came to us ! |
| 11 | More likely , though , is my mates shopping me — I 'd end up in the back pages of 90 Minutes ( ‘ my mate 's sad cos he 's convinced he looks like Eric Cantona when in fact he 's got a face like an orangutan 's bum ’ ) or become the subject of an earnest letter in When Saturday Comes ( ‘ As a Whites fan since before my birth , I am appalled by the recent upsurge of so-called Canto lookalikes , I can no longer walk the streets without being overrun by people with sideburns and spurious French accents ’ , etc etc . ) |
| 12 | It 's urgent he speaks to you . ’ |
| 13 | It is all he thinks of . ’ |
| 14 | Otley was mentioned in the diary of 17th September 1816 , when he joined Green at Ennerdale for the evening and next morning ‘ Finished the tops of the mountains ’ is all he says of his work . |
| 15 | is all he has for sale . |
| 16 | That 's all he cared about . |
| 17 | That 's all he came into the library for , of course — to get that book . |
| 18 | That 's all he needed for everything to come pouring out . |
| 19 | Working long hours also means that er he also gets very tired and , as he now acknowledges , when he 's tired he tends to be short-tempered . |
| 20 | Until he was 70 he drew in pencil and in pen and wash with great neatness . |
| 21 | When he gave her his opinion of this , she merely replied that she was sorry he felt like that , and ended the conversation . |
| 22 | Since he has a very fluent running style , with little lateral arm movement and a very low leg lift , it is often hard to tell when Zarei is weary , but at the 6-Day race on the Gateshead Stadium track last October , it was clear he ran to his absolute limit . |
| 23 | He was glad he had at last found someone who believed in his natural superiority . |
| 24 | I seemed to have nothing to say to him and was glad he talked about his business . |
| 25 | Surely she was too thin by far for a man 's taste , yet the one at her side today was a toff and no mistake , and it was obvious he cared about the girl by the way he kept looking at her with concern in his eyes . |
| 26 | When he was twelve he lied about his age and went to sea as a cabin boy . ’ |
| 27 | When he was seventeen he returned to China for several months . |
| 28 | When the vicar got a new bishop who was Anglo-Catholic he appealed to him for his sanction , in the hope that the bishop 's approval would make up for the lack of faculty . |
| 29 | My father told me that when he was young he got in a fight with someone and nearly killed him , and that the man swore vengeance . |
| 30 | When Parrish was young he dreamt of his movie debut , envisaging a brooding , macho lead like De Niro in Raging Bull or Pacino in The Godfather . |