Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was possible that even a reject like him could be of use in such a godforsaken spot . |
| 2 | Yet the longer she spent with Nathan Bryce the harder it was to accept that for the next four weeks her only escape from him would be in sleep . |
| 3 | I debated with myself whether it was right to have lunch with an aristocrat but I was also very curious to see what lunch with him would be like and accepted the invitation . |
| 4 | Dish-king him would be like kicking a puppy . |
| 5 | But my recollection of him will be as a friend and food expert . |
| 6 | Wimbledon without him will be like having its famous strawberries — without cream . |
| 7 | The promise and the fulfilment , let me just give you a couple of verses there in John fourteen , John make er , Jesus he makes this statement to his disciples , in John fourteen , in verses sixteen and seventeen , and I will ask the Father and he will give you another helper , another word for the Holy Spirit , that he may be with you forever . |
| 8 | ‘ He may be on the other team . |
| 9 | For instance , the manager of an airline , however committed he may be to an efficient seat reservation system , may be obliged to withdraw seats already allocated in favour of a minister and his train of attendants . |
| 10 | He may be to Ally McCoist what Jimmy Millar was to Ralph Brand , he may possess the aerial threat of a Willie Thornton , a Derek Johnstone , but Hateley contributes skill where those previous Rangers centre-forwards lent mainly bravado . |
| 11 | If Steel Chimes does n't run at Downpatrick on Monday he may be worth following here . |
| 12 | ‘ But if you 're anxious to see Frank he may be over here soon . |
| 13 | It is , therefore , appropriate for the liquidator , when he thinks that he may be under a duty to try to recover something from some officer or employee of a company , or some other person who is , in some way , concerned with the company 's affairs , to be able to discover , with as little expense as possible and with as much ease as possible , the facts surrounding any such possible claim . |
| 14 | Where the landlord retains a roadway he may be under a positive duty to the tenant to prevent obstruction of it ( Hilton v Smith ( James ) & Sons ( Norwood ) Ltd ( 1979 ) 257 EG 1063 ) . |
| 15 | He was apparently found to be running a temperature , but after a long season of competing in the best company , he may be past his best . |
| 16 | 130 and H167 seem to have made good starts , but Z114 better watch out since before long he may be in H167 's dirty wind . |
| 17 | He must have a full knowledge of the local Bye-laws , local Acts of Parliament and Standing Orders of the council , so that he may be in a position at any time to advise the local authority on their functions and powers . |
| 18 | Word is out that he may be in the same class as Chris Armstrong , sold to Palace for £1m after just a handful of games . |
| 19 | We do this by assuming that it is in fact cooperative , and then asking ourselves what possible connection there could be between the location of Bill and the location of a yellow VW , and thus arrive at the suggestion ( which B effectively conveys ) that , if Bill has a yellow VW , he may be in Sue 's house . |
| 20 | If he does not do so , he may be in breach of his contract and liable to the parties in damages for the consequences . |
| 21 | He may be behind you or opposite , on the other side of the road . |
| 22 | He may be like a banana tree or a coconut tree , half human in appearance , revolting in every way , but caring for him is still a woman 's duty if he 's her husband . |
| 23 | I 've talked with him on the telephone and with any luck he should be over here on Monday . |
| 24 | ‘ To have intercourse with a woman who is not your wife is , even today , not generally considered to be a course of conduct which the law ought positively to encourage and it can be argued with force that it is only fair to the woman and not in the least unfair to the man that he should be under a duty to take reasonable care to ascertain that she is consenting to the intercourse and be at the risk of a prosecution if he fails to take such care . ’ |
| 25 | This kind of gossip and these misunderstandings only served to bring home to him how grateful he should be to Theo , who was now a believer and supported him willingly . |
| 26 | He should be with her . |
| 27 | I mean he 's in the auction when he should be with them writing the labels . |
| 28 | The Boy does not have that rather hoarse sound that Falla wanted , but sounds merely like a well-trained choirboy. master peter sounds neither servile , which he is at the start , nor terrified , which he should be at the end . |
| 29 | He felt himself passing his tongue over his lips ; it was unreal , everything that was happening ; he should be at home in the parlour , playing the piano , staring at the |
| 30 | He should be at home in his father 's mansion , not listening to the ranting of some deranged maniac on the eve of what must surely be the one of the largest battles in the Empire 's history . |