Example sentences of "he [vb mod] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must be inside that tarted-up colony camp . |
| 2 | And if your victim happens to be conveniently close to the edge of a tall cliff , by the time he 's bounced down a couple of hundred metres on to the rocks , he 'll be in such a mess that the injury from the blow stands a good chance of being overlooked . |
| 3 | I do n't think he 'll be in any fit condition to do it every morning anyway . |
| 4 | Attractive he might be to some people , but he was out of her league and anyway , she was n't interested . |
| 5 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 6 | The fearsome riots that swept the inner cities in 1981 , in Brixton first , then Toxteth and Hansworth , Moss Side and Bristol , came as no surprise , and convinced Charles that this was the area where he could be of some use . |
| 7 | He had found milk at the ā gri 's house and the old man had come back with him to see if he could be of any use . |
| 8 | He 'd be with some woman , no doubt , a man like that . |
| 9 | He would be with this mysterious new contact of his well , she would bear about it all tomorrow . |
| 10 | The war had interrupted and postponed many a career , J's amongst them , and he had three years ' university ahead of him before he would be in any position to marry . |
| 11 | Waiting briefly for the lift he told himself that he was no more involved than he would be in any other case . |
| 12 | His acceptance of the condition was made with an easy mind — he did n't feel that distributing a newspaper , even a banned one , would be considered a particularly heinous offence for a young girl , and anyway he could not imagine that he would be in any danger himself if he admitted knowledge of the basket 's contents . |
| 13 | If a prisoner disobeys an instruction to place his laundry in a certain basket , he will be at some risk of being found guilty of mutiny under the Bill . |
| 14 | The hon. Member for South Ribble ( Mr. Atkins ) says that he will be among those abolished , but he has already abolished himself — there has never been such a secret and silent Minister for Sport . |
| 15 | They say he can be in several places at once , can work magic , hypnotise with his eyes , cause death , resuscitate corpses , make women pregnant with a glance . |