Example sentences of "he [verb] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the men he approached was Spurgeon who gave him this characteristic response : ‘ I sit on my own gate , and whistle my own tunes , and am quite content . ’ |
| 2 | When he 'd appeared with her breakfast Penry Vaughan had been reasonably friendly — and in the middle of the night he 'd been kindness itself after her nightmare . |
| 3 | All he did was shoot his mouth off a little . |
| 4 | But he said all he did was people he 'd met quite a few times now , they say that you know like cos he 's very funny , he comes out with me , god Sally what 's the matter with you , you 've been drinking or something , I said no , that 's how he is he 's not |
| 5 | Another thing he did was picture himself and his wife in the drawing room receiving dinner guests . |
| 6 | How he had been Juan something living in a Mexican pueblo before the Apaches came raiding and took some of the women and children . |
| 7 | But as soon as I begin to be nice to him , a sort of self-satisfaction seems to creep into his voice and his manner ( very discreet , he 's been humility itself all day , no reproach about last night , of course ) and I begin to want to goad and slap him again . |