Example sentences of "he be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The odds against him were all but unimaginable . |
| 2 | There to watch him were more than 200 invited guests , including textile designers , producers , analysts and journalists from America , Europe and Japan , and a clutch of local dignitaries . |
| 3 | His actions result in him being utterly and completely lost . |
| 4 | But he was a big man and for some reason I had an unhealthy picture of him being more than able to do something unspeakable to Tonka toys . |
| 5 | It is possible that he suspected Margaret 's love for him was more than just admiration or affection . |
| 6 | He was shifting in her mind suddenly , stepping out of the shadows she had so forcibly pushed him into in self-defence , and she realised her attraction to him was more than just physical . |
| 7 | What would he be now if he had become , say , a civil servant allotting housing finance , or a policeman , poring over bits of hair and skin and thumbball prints ? |
| 8 | Would he be there when he needed him out there in the unknown ? |
| 9 | He were that as well . |
| 10 | Another insight that has been coming to me consistently is that instead of beseeching God to undertake certain actions or to grant certain mercies or blessings we should state our faith that He is already and always at work in the way that we desire , so that our petition becomes an expansion of our address to Him , a relative clause expressing our conviction of faith that He is already doing what we were about to request Him to do . |
| 11 | The ex-Northern Ireland international — a star of Derry 's 1989 League and Cup double team — believes he is well and truly back in business after hitting 18 goals in a struggling Omagh side . |
| 12 | More importantly , however , considering the perilous economic climate and the number of people out of work , he is also considering kicking off an employment register of sorts where Uniforum members looking for jobs could avail themselves of free advertising in the group 's magazine Uniforum Monthly . |
| 13 | He is also as keen a European as you will find on the Government benches , especially the front bench . |
| 14 | He is here but nobody can see him , except me . ’ |
| 15 | He is politely but quite openly starting to mock her . |
| 16 | He is right that the Lords has a great deal of collective wisdom , and probably more talented minds than the House of Commons during this administration . |
| 17 | He is right that there are no outstanding issues with the Home Office . |
| 18 | He is right that any settlement must be based not just on discussions between India and Pakistan , as provided for in the Simla agreement , but on the political process in Kashmir . |
| 19 | He is right that parents as well as young people should know the dangers , and I will refer my hon. Friend 's suggestions to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department . |
| 20 | Of course he is right that funerals are often rather gloomy , and it can be quite a bore to visit people in hospital . |
| 21 | Thus the Metropolitan Commissioner 's testimony to a brand of tyre as a major contribution to road safety carries weight because of who he is rather than what he looks like . |
| 22 | Someone paid them good money , a lot of money , to do that — this so-called ‘ friend ’ they mentioned — so if I were you I 'd be trying to work out who he is rather than getting on my soapbox . |
| 23 | He makes it his business to know what is happening on the street — although he is rarely if ever seen there himself these days — and feeds these spontaneous trends into the crucible of high fashion , to make it fizz and bubble . |
| 24 | Armed with this terrible weapon he is all but invincible for a time . |
| 25 | ‘ Because if he really is the sort of reporter you claim he is then that would be playing right into his hands by making him think I 'm trying to hide something . |
| 26 | If Adam was speaking like he is now that pick it up . |
| 27 | And there he is now or I 'm a Dutchman . ’ |
| 28 | This presupposes that a person ( a ) is now conscious of the self he is now ; ( b ) is now conscious of the self he was at some time in the past ; and ( c ) can discern the identity of the self he is now and the self he was at some time in the past . |
| 29 | Reductions depend on what death benefit already applies under the policy , how old the policyholder was when he took out the policy , how old he is now and when the pension is to be taken . |
| 30 | He says he is now because April 's coming up . |