Example sentences of "he be [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He were under these covers and erm |
| 2 | A real friendly fellow he were by all accounts , bought 'em all drinks . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Boggers ’ takes us for science and he is , by common agreement , a bit of a wimp — at least he is on some days . |
| 4 | Perhaps because he is in many ways an absolutely objective choreographer , he successfully exposes his deeply held views on society and its problems , in particular man 's inhumanity to man , through dance . |
| 5 | A character called Barny , an English hotelier , runs the Easo and he is in many ways our father figure in Benidorm . |
| 6 | Despite his inherited millions , he is in many ways anti-establishment , an anti-toff toff , agin the instinct of the mandarin and the power-broker to close ranks , irritated by Etonian complacency . |
| 7 | It makes him a hard man to place on the political spectrum , as he is in some respects an avowed admirer of Thatcher . |
| 8 | and then you see Adam he 's in these chairs , with his arms like that yeah and he 's kneeling down yeah and and it 's really good graphics yeah and then you see them outside |
| 9 | And what does he think he was during these years ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He was at all times placid , unruffled , cool , calm and collected . |
| 12 | 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 — . |
| 13 | And however well endowed he was with these qualities , he might still have difficulty on some points . |
| 14 | GRAMOPHONE has published a number of Rust 's discographical works , including British Dance Bands on Record , 1911–1945 ( in association with Sandy Forbes ) , and he was for many years a regular contributor to this magazine . |
| 15 | A tower of strength , he was for many years the Master in charge of the business side of the Library , supervising its odyssey around the School ; he had helped with lacrosse , with the School 's annual invasions of German-speaking Europe , with the financial side of the School Play . |
| 16 | He was for many years a JP for Bombay , and took a keen interest in municipal affairs . |
| 17 | He was for many years Brother Buccaneer to the literary dining club , The Sette of Odd Volumes , where his quick repartee was much appreciated . |
| 18 | None of these appointments brought a regular salary and he supplemented his income by medical journalism ; he was for many years medical correspondent to The Times . |
| 19 | However , Joseph Hepworth was better known as the editor of the British Deaf Times , which he was for some years up to his death . |
| 20 | ( It had surprised me to find how fussy he was about some things ; dust , and scrappy meals really bothered him . ) |
| 21 | He was among those barons who petitioned Edward for reform in March 1310 , and in 1312 he was ordered to surrender Bristol Castle , probably the sign of a more open opposition . |
| 22 | Crippled as he was from many falls , only lately taking their toll , he found in the lawn mower a kind of substitute for the experiences of earlier , dangerous days . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Warnie , though he was by all accounts a most delightful and courteous companion , was a clear case of arrested development . |
| 25 | But this past winter , when the A team job returned to him following injury to Martyn Moxon , he was by all accounts a revelation . |
| 26 | But he was honest enough to say that he was ‘ fascinated ’ by it too ; as he was by all forms of physical violence . |
| 27 | In fact , he was in many respects an enigma . |
| 28 | JH : Moving on to another great love of yours , Franz Schubert ; I have always felt that he was in many ways cut short in his prime , almost as thought he was on the verge of finding himself creatively . |
| 29 | The difference was that until 1688 loans had been made directly to the King : he ran the government as an extension of his private household and , although he was the richest individual in the country , he was in many ways just a private borrower like any other and a prudent lender would not trust him with a loan that would run for a long time . |
| 30 | Basil Rocke 's instincts were those of a countryman , as is most of his imagery , yet he was in many ways a very urban character . |