Example sentences of "he [be] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E collapsed as 'e come out the Kings Arms an' they rushed 'im away ter the 'ospital. 'E 's in a bad way so Maisie Dingle told me . |
| 2 | ‘ 'E was in a fire an' they 've took 'im ter Guy 's ‘ Ospital as a precaution . |
| 3 | The lads that are on strike well I mean you 'd think it 'd be vice versa him being like a blackleg er that 's er they 'd be agitating but he 's vice versa . |
| 4 | I remember him being in a pub a while back and a woman saying to him , What 's your wife going to do ? |
| 5 | He is still referred to as Thatcherite but as that term begins to lose its currency my own view of him is of a free marketeer with a strong sense of economic realism . |
| 6 | Perhaps the best way to describe him is as a typical West Indian batsman , fundamentally very reliable and dependable yet always looking to attack if possible , always full of attractive stroke-play . |
| 7 | Sure , he is told , steady travel can make a person feel like that for an instant ; yet it is obvious that short-term memory for him is like a labyrinth . |
| 8 | Everyone around him is like a member of the family . |
| 9 | The only occasion that the present writer met him was as a member of a deputation to appeal for troop protection for Protestant homes that were being stoned and shot into by the Provisional IRA . |
| 10 | The next time I met him was under an awning in the Campo San Polo in Venice , where he was quietly discoursing to a bunch of very young German anarcho-punks . |
| 11 | ‘ Just a few minutes alone with him was like a tonic . |
| 12 | He personified the pre-war amateur at his peak , a kindly engaging man who was well placed to have been a major influence in the game had he been of a more forceful character . |
| 13 | If it is stretching the imagination to describe any West Indian fast bowler as a gentle giant he is nevertheless mild-mannered and easy-going , and it is significant that while the likes of Croft and Marshall were doing unpleasant things to batsmen 's heads , the damage that Garner inflicted was mostly confined to arms and hands ; obviously any broken bone is bad and obviously he sent down his share of bouncers , but there was never the suggestion that he was using his physical advantages maliciously ; six feet eight inches 12 metres ) tall and weighing seventeen stones ( 108 kilograms ) , the prospect of the carnage he might have caused had he been of an aggressive nature hardly bears thinking about . |
| 14 | On his day Gerry was as good a centre-forward as any in the land and would almost certainly have won a string of Scottish International caps had he been with a more successful club . |
| 15 | Deakin was a striker who found the net regularly and the evidence suggests that , had he been at a bigger club , he would have benefited from a better service and become a prolific scorer . |
| 16 | She wondered what his comment would have been had he been in a position to make one . |
| 17 | He also knew that never in his life would he be in a position to own one like it . |
| 18 | When will he be in a position to make a firm announcement about the placing of an order for the fourth Trident submarine ? |
| 19 | He used to carry on as though he were on a level with Dersingham . |
| 20 | For a moment he did not know where he was : the darkness lay upon him like a leaden weight , crushing him as if he were under a ton of river-water . |
| 21 | ‘ Forgot a lot o' things , did old Blackberry ! ’ observed Forest , addressing Richard as if he were of a sudden a force to be reckoned with . |
| 22 | Number 47 looked as if he were in a conversational mood . |
| 23 | He felt as if he were in a trance , speaking the words of someone else ; the pressure of this rare ocean heave of happiness had re-baptised him , and the words came from out of the air . |
| 24 | He felt slightly awkward , as though he were in a strange woman 's room . |
| 25 | ‘ To have gone to such lengths to destroy — ’ Meredith heard his muttered expletive , but he said no more — just began to pace the room with a restless air as if he were in a prison and desperate to get out . |
| 26 | By nightfall , Alec felt as though he were inside a fort under attack . |
| 27 | ‘ He is worth a hundred workaday mortals . |
| 28 | Swindon say as a player he is worth a million pounds , and they should be compensated accordingly . |
| 29 | Jon Gittens was the main victim of Rosenthal 's latest attempt to convince Souness he is worth a place in Liverpool 's starting line-up . |
| 30 | At 43 , he is worth an estimated £110 million . |