Example sentences of "he [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E told me 'e might be late an' not ter wait up , ’ Sadie went on . |
| 2 | But after a while he began to accept that what I told him must be true . |
| 3 | An old bachelor like him must be lonely . |
| 4 | Conversation with him could be exciting and enjoyable , but one was uneasily aware of potential explosions . |
| 5 | The don in him could be satisfied and its conscience allayed by having intellectually broken into the truth . |
| 6 | If he agreed , the threat of proceedings against him would be unnecessary . |
| 7 | The premium rate suggested by him would be equivalent to an amount in excess of £1 billion ( $1.95 billion ) for a syndicate with a capacity of £41m ; this in addition to the losses already paid and reserved . |
| 8 | The strange thing was that she knew it was Ernest 's bell , the bell she had tactfully told him would be unsuitable for the kind of school he had in mind . |
| 9 | She flattered herself this was done discreetly , and was noticed by no-one , though the yearning in her look as she gazed at him would be obvious to a child of five , and the staff made frequent jokes about her loving him with a love that made his life a burden . |
| 10 | Robyn glanced down at the chopping-board ; cooking for him would be bad enough , but others ? |
| 11 | Rebirth for him would be fatal , in the word of a later poem ‘ like Death , our death ’ . |
| 12 | Common sense suggests that a person who submits to an act only because he believes that otherwise he will be over-powered and have it done to him anyway does not consent in law , even though the force necessary to overpower him will be small and non-injurious . ’ |
| 13 | The overall leader of the various groups , ‘ George ’ has been forced to leave the country , and replacing him will be difficult . |
| 14 | ‘ I am simply Mr Nadirpur 's security adviser , which is one reason why any threat against him will be counterproductive . |
| 15 | He may be dangerous . |
| 16 | He may be right . |
| 17 | He may be right that the centre of gravity among that supposedly central group of Britons , the skilled workers , or C2s , has shifted back in favour of higher state spending . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , he may be right . |
| 19 | For what it is worth , I think he may be right because it is possible to find objects in space from remembered information . |
| 20 | He may be right , but nobody else has a chance to provide any input into the decisions which affect everybody in F1 . ’ |
| 21 | He may be right , but one or two large societies do look weaker in terms of bad debt experience and capital strength than the rest of the pack . |
| 22 | He may be right . |
| 23 | It is important to allow that he may be right about one thing . |
| 24 | I fear he may be right , and if it 's true of the profession then the publishers are right behind . |
| 25 | If the Minister is saying that the proposal is liable to bog down the entire system and cause administrative chaos , he may be right as regards some of the effects . |
| 26 | From the look of him , he may be right . |
| 27 | He may be right , he may not be able to recruit the ideal person . |
| 28 | ‘ Then he may be useful to us , ’ Edward said thoughtfully . |
| 29 | and in this latter he may be correct . |
| 30 | If your child finds reading difficult , do n't provide books aimed at younger children because he may be bored by them even though he can understand them . |