Example sentences of "be he [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 What 's he like to hold ?
2 ‘ What 's he like to look at ? ’
3 ‘ What 's he like doing ? ’
4 ‘ What 's he like to work for ? ’
5 Is he in want ?
6 Is he out looking for the bastards who stole my father ? ’
7 He made sure I knew it was him by flicking on his interior light and waving me towards him .
8 Corbett forgot about those around him so intent was he on watching the water .
9 He had used her Christian name without even realising it , so intent was he on pinning down the details of his own remembrance .
10 Max Beerbohm described Irving as having ‘ an incomparable power for eeriness , for stirring a dim sense of mystery ; and not less masterly was he in invoking a dim sense of horror ’ .
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