Example sentences of "he [modal v] [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be a bit ropey at times but he plays his best for us and do n't forget the goals he scored , including one which put paid to the scouse red shite in 1991 . |
| 2 | We have already seen the phallic symbolism of the plough in Dame Sirith and the Shipman 's Tale ; it is thematically appropriate that the Miller should swear by " " the oxen in my plogh " " when considering in his prologue whether he may be a cuckold or not ( 3151 – 62 ) . |
| 3 | Its permanent members tended to turn a myopic eye to brutal domestic behaviour on the argument that ‘ he may be a sonofabitch but he 's our sonofabitch . ’ |
| 4 | Well that brings us back to the idea that he may be a man of style , rather than substance , in terms of differentiating himself from Mrs Thatcher . |
| 5 | HE MAY be a pensioner but pop icon Alan Freeman is still a teenager at heart . |
| 6 | The Noble Lord , Lord said on many occasions Justices of the Peace do not in fact become involved in matters of this sort and the Home Secretary of the day of whatever party he may be a member , will then have his majority on very nearly every police authority in England and Wales . |
| 7 | ‘ Sayeth the protector — and pray God he may be a protector ! — that the king doth lack a playfellow ? ’ |
| 8 | Articles 85 and 86 of Table A ( prescribed pursuant to the Companies Act 1985 ) provide that so long as a director has disclosed his interest to the company , he may be a party to or interested in any transaction , and shall not by reason of his office be accountable to the company for any benefit he receives from such a transaction . |
| 9 | It seems , then , that not only may an entrepreneur-producer be a monopolist because he happens at the same time to be a monopolist resource owner , he may be a monopolist because he has made himself a monopolist resource owner in the course of his entrepreneurial activities . |
| 10 | He may be a grandfather who has survived heart surgery and likes nothing better than spending time with his family but , like a retired gunslinger who can only be pushed so far , he gives the impression of still being capable of strapping on a Colt 45 and facing up to a gaggle of tobacco-stained desperadoes . |
| 11 | I mean , he may be a prick , but he 's not an absolute fool . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He may be a lord but he 's no gentleman , ’ said Mr Eames Loftily . |
| 13 | ‘ I believe it possible he may be an agent for one of your creditors . |
| 14 | He may be an MBE , but Moorhouse has little time for Britain 's sporting establishment . |
| 15 | If he makes statements from the Dispatch Box , he should be a man of honour and honour his promises . |
| 16 | And it is convenient in practice that he should be a member , since this obviates the frequent summoning of the Law Officers for advice on points of Law . |
| 17 | I said to her my husbands on he should be a bit careful ! |
| 18 | The first is a quote from Al Deere , one of the most famous Battle of Britain pilots : Fate is a strange master and I have always been a fatalist , — he should be a fatalist he has baled out nine times in his air-lighting life . |
| 19 | The latter seemed to hold the view that , if there had to be an Archbishop of Canterbury at all , it were best that he should be a socialist . |
| 20 | The evergreen heart-throb thought he should be an expert on the subject having been wed three times . |
| 21 | You need at least one Shaman , and if you can only afford one he should be an Orc or Forest Goblin ( assuming you have Forest Goblins in your army to allow you to choose him ) . |
| 22 | Section 230(2) of the Act of 1986 provides that , where an administrative receiver of a company is appointed , he must be a person who is qualified to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to that company . |
| 23 | No doubt it had a great deal of appeal because it suggested that , if someone could afford air travel , he must be a bit of a swinger and must be with it . |
| 24 | Plumfield continued talking in a nasal voice and she decided that he must be a demon to live with . |
| 25 | He must be a magician |
| 26 | He must be a mosquito brain to say that . |
| 27 | The commissioner who conducts the inquiry is appointed by the Lord Chancellor ( in England ) and he must be a barrister of not less than ten years ' standing . |
| 28 | He must be a physician , having books of physick and a herbal by him . |
| 29 | He must be a fool to ask you , after you were so rude and violent this afternoon . ’ |
| 30 | He must be a man now , and she , Cynthia , had not the slightest idea where in the world he was . |