Example sentences of "he be [prep] all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 2 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 3 | Er , he were in all day yesterday and , then he disappeared this morning . |
| 4 | A real friendly fellow he were by all accounts , bought 'em all drinks . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He is after all manager , and can not wish for a scandal … ’ |
| 7 | Despite the fact that he had worked for most of the period of his contract in England , lived in England , was paid in English currency and paid National Insurance contributions in the UK , he was at all times liable to be recalled to Dhaka . |
| 8 | He was at all times placid , unruffled , cool , calm and collected . |
| 9 | He was at all times happy , said his lordship , to give his assent to any measure that could relieve the unfortunate debtor without giving an opportunity to the adulterer , the swindler etc. to take advantage of the same law — . |
| 10 | Lord Anson , bombarded as he was from all directions by demands for favours , was hard to move towards action , and Lieutenant Home no doubt felt it would be a case of out of sight out of mind . |
| 11 | Warnie , though he was by all accounts a most delightful and courteous companion , was a clear case of arrested development . |
| 12 | But this past winter , when the A team job returned to him following injury to Martyn Moxon , he was by all accounts a revelation . |
| 13 | But he was honest enough to say that he was ‘ fascinated ’ by it too ; as he was by all forms of physical violence . |
| 14 | He was like all men , a liar and a cheat . |