Example sentences of "he be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's him been in this post for twelve years ? |
| 2 | At least two of the five he had brought back with him were in worse case than he ; and Adam , who had perhaps come off lightest in actual injuries , was by no means to be envied for that , for the same story Owen had to tell to the Prince , Adam was at this moment telling to Gilleis . |
| 3 | Among his successors as Duke of Aquitaine only Richard is known to have written verse and certainly neither of the two surviving poems attributed to him is of this quality . |
| 4 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 5 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 6 | Will he be at this meeting tonight ? ’ |
| 7 | You will sit anxiously on an undersized chair at parents ' evening , asking a teacher whether the child 's reading is really up to scratch and should n't he be on Blue Book Three by now ? |
| 8 | Ca n't he be of any help at all ? ’ |
| 9 | For why else , I thought would he be in that position , sensuously embracing a vicious criminal who had tried to kill her partner ? |
| 10 | I spoke of the matter to Sir Thomas Vaughan , he being of like age to my lord and a close friend from boyhood , ’ Elizabeth Mowbray told her . |
| 11 | Rincewind took a few steps forward , cupidity moving him as easily as if he were on little wheels . |
| 12 | He were under these covers and erm |
| 13 | ‘ ( 1 ) The consent of a minor who has attained the age of 16 years to any surgical , medical or dental treatment which , in the absence of consent , would constitute a trespass to his person , shall be as effective as it would be if he were of full age ; and where a minor has by virtue of this section given an effective consent to any treatment it shall not be necessary to obtain any consent for it from his parent or guardian . |
| 14 | The most promising argument in favour of W. having an exclusive right to consent to treatment and thus , by refusing consent , to attract the protection of the law on trespass to the person , lies in concentrating upon the words ‘ as effective as it would be if he were of full age . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ ( 1 ) The consent of a minor who has attained the age of 16 years to any … medical … treatment which , in the absence of consent , would constitute a trespass to his person , shall be as effective as it would be if he were of full age ; and where a minor has by virtue of this section given an effective consent to any treatment it shall not be necessary to obtain any consent for it from his parent or guardian . |
| 16 | It was as if he were in two minds about something and must select his words with care . |
| 17 | Er , he were in all day yesterday and , then he disappeared this morning . |
| 18 | As he stared at her he actually did feel as if he were in short pants , and he could n't find words to answer her . |
| 19 | He were in this morning he 's er had summat to eat , well he 's made it obvious . |
| 20 | And he were in next bed to me , the truckle beds you know . |
| 21 | Aye , he were in last night . |
| 22 | A real friendly fellow he were by all accounts , bought 'em all drinks . ’ |
| 23 | Once he is in the grip of a real temper tantrum , it is useless to try punishing him , since he is beyond all reason , unable to understand what he is doing or what you are saying . |
| 24 | He is a collector 's item as full of hot air as he is of magical ideas . |
| 25 | He is of good family ( genus ) , he is articulate , with the command of language necessary for the conduct of affairs in political assemblies and the lawcourts ( ) , and he has pietas , meaning active virtue , a strenuous and selfless pursuit of what he believes to be right . |
| 26 | He is of good family , educated , rich and therefore a perfect match . |
| 27 | ‘ When you read his report , you will see that he is of Russian descent . |
| 28 | He is of Hindu stock , grew up amid the elaborate racial estrangements of Trinidad , and now lives in England . |
| 29 | Section 34(2) provides for the application to be made by the authority or the child and the question has been raised whether the child , in that context , means the child himself if he is of sufficient age and understanding to make the application . |
| 30 | In this case the solicitor and the child , if he is of sufficient understanding , must have an opportunity to make representations . |