Example sentences of "it be [noun sg] [prep] he " in BNC.

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1 As a Cheltenham magistrate Cranog Jones has sat in judgement of many but tonight he 's waiting for a jury to delever it 's verdict on him .
2 Well , tell him it 's kind of him to agree to let me stay here , but I 'm turning down his invitation . ’
3 whether it 's kind of him to keep her there
4 It 's time for him to match his maturity with his golf and realise he 's not going to win every time .
5 But er it 's taking it 's , taking it 's toll on him .
6 He must be able to stamp his authority not only on his team but on the peloton as a whole , directing the whole tenor of the race before it is time for him to go to the front and win .
7 With his few belongings it was home to him wherever he went .
8 It was agony to him to dismiss her .
9 He thought of Julian in her drab housewife 's gown , with her still , tense body and her hungry eyes , and he said , hardly knowing why , or whether it was mischief in him or mercy : ‘ If you need me , apply to the girl .
10 Mr Eames was just getting up , convinced that juniors and upstarts were usurping the stage and it was time for him to be where the action was , when he was interrupted by the bell .
11 From long experience he knew the hangover would pass before it was time for him to stalk on stage and rebuke Hamlet for grieving overmuch for his father .
12 It was time for him to leave as well .
13 It was time for him to intervene .
14 There he was provisioned with every known variety of soft drink , and kept virtually incommunicado until it was time for him to travel to Broadcasting House .
15 ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave .
16 I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else .
17 Soon it was time for him to return and it was arranged that Anne and Sarah who were both free would see him off at the station .
18 It was time for him to take action .
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