Example sentences of "he be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why would a man like him be attracted to a girl who , for a lot of the time , looked rather like a gypsy ? those cool green eyes seemed to say . |
| 2 | Instead of the compensation payable to him being limited to £15,000 as the maximum amount of compensation payable to any one depositor , each of his five assignees could look to the fund for payment of £15,000 in respect of the £20,000 share of the deposit assigned to him . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've explained it to him and it 's not fair on him being exposed to some of our defending in recent weeks . ’ |
| 4 | You say I ca n't go , and Father — well , look at him ; can you see him being taken to the Queen 's presence ? ’ |
| 5 | The sympathy of all who knew him is extended to his wife Jean . |
| 6 | He was further informed that the main charge against him was amended to what in reality was a new charge . |
| 7 | Wyllie , who stood down as a candidate for the All Black job after a confidential letter from NZRFU Chairman Eddie Tonks criticising him was leaked to the press , returns to what he loves most , working with clubs to develop the skill and the knowledge of the average club player . |
| 8 | The Adjutant and Charles had suffered together the Colonel 's frequent fits of bad temper in earlier weeks , so a little hasty advice about humouring him was offered to Charles on his way to the CO 's office . |
| 9 | ‘ My interest in him was confined to his seamanship . |
| 10 | Why , Mr M wanted to know , had he been sent to Sanday at all ? |
| 11 | Never before had he been subjected to such a plethora of opinions — often form people with whom he had no real relationship , many of whom , bore him and his family substantial grudges . |
| 12 | Only if the client is still unhappy would he be directed to the Solicitors Complaints Bureau . |
| 13 | Also , if a person chooses not to smoke why should he be subjected to such a poisonous , foul and unpleasant cocktail of several thousand gases in the form of tobacco smoke ? |
| 14 | Why was he being taken to a government building ? |
| 15 | The move caused some surprise in Whitehall , where the belief is that it would be damaging to Mr de Klerk if he were seen to be making reformist moves because of external pressure . |
| 16 | As many practitioners know only too well , many pleas in mitigation would hardly get off the ground if they were not able to point to the possibility of the accused losing his job if he were sent to prison or were to have his driving licence suspended . |
| 17 | If he were a safety representative on a platform and , without explanation , he were transferred to another platform run by the same operator or service company , how would an industrial tribunal or any other organisation be able to prove that the reason for his transfer was that he was making a nuisance of himself over safety matters ? |
| 18 | Soering applied to the European Commission of Human Rights on the grounds that there was a serious likelihood that if he were extradited to the United States he would be executed . |
| 19 | It would certainly damage the apostle 's prophecy of future judgment of the world by God if he were found to be making reference to events which were only myth and legend . |
| 20 | However , it would help the student if he were introduced to it briefly and with simplicity , not only because a knowledge of serialism is essential to an understanding of today 's music , but also because so many aspects of it can enrich other methods of composition , even in other styles and idioms . |
| 21 | It is true that God is not yet totally banished from his creation , but having made it and all that is in it , rather like a watchmaker constructs a timepiece , he is felt to be no longer necessary to explain the inner workings of the mechanism . |
| 22 | To the Nuer , god appears both as lofty and remote , though omnipotent , while sometimes approachable and near-at-hand : indeed on some occasions he is felt to be too close for comfort and is earnestly beseeched to withdraw his presence and leave his people in peace . |
| 23 | Instead , he is limited to a sum which reflects the difference between what he actually paid for the property , and what the Court thinks he would have paid had he known of the defect at the time he bought it . |
| 24 | In praising the Nun 's Priest , however , he is limited to a motif of sexual worth that inescapably recalls the fabliau : which is what he had imagined of the Monk ( VII : 1945 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ He is lost to you ; he is utterly bewitched ! |
| 26 | The appeals court ruling greatly reduces the chances that Peter McMullen , who claims he will be killed by the IRA if he is deported to Britain , will be allowed to stay in the United States . |
| 27 | It stars Victoria Abril as a sexy young widow who rents a room to Paco ( Jorge Sanz ) and despite the fact he is engaged to his virginal girlfriend , he is more than happy to be seduced by his landlady . |
| 28 | a manager might have to change his leadership style as the circumstances of his job change ( eg. when he is moved to a new job ) . |
| 29 | He is called to the realisation that he is part of the force , the force is god , and therefore he is god . |
| 30 | When there is an appeal from the decision of the benchers , the judges of the Common Pleas join in sitting upon that appeal ; and if the candidate be called to the Bar , I say , he is called to the Bar — by the judges of the Common Pleas . |