Example sentences of "he [be] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why had he been witness to these events ? |
| 2 | He were boss of her . |
| 3 | I know one fellow called Ashworth , he were bit of a coal merchant , I remember him shouting one day across to somebody , ‘ I backed a winner . ’ |
| 4 | Riding , she had noticed how straight he held himself in the saddle , how unruffled he had been when leading his horse across a fast-flowing stream , how easily he brought his mount to jump a wall ; as though he were part of the animal he rode . |
| 5 | On this occasion , he said that if he were Secretary of State he would introduce compulsory competitive tendering only in extremis . |
| 6 | If he were master of the house , no maid would address a senior employee of the master 's by his Christian name . |
| 7 | But Nocker , the part he played in Camel was no Bilko , even though he threw his weight around just as though he were head of the transport squad at Fort Baxter . |
| 8 | My elder brother he does n't work hard but I suppose he is kind of quite . |
| 9 | He is Warden of Wadham College , Oxford , and sometime Professor of Statistics at the LSE . |
| 10 | At 28 he will also be the oldest man on the field and defends the fact that he is way past the age when most students go to university . |
| 11 | He is champion of the sceptics , and he sallies forth with his banners flying . |
| 12 | He is keeper to the fifth prizewinner Mr Alistair Haywood , and they came with Mr and Mrs Haywood . |
| 13 | In his youth he is dusters of beasts : hungry to see Ernest Chevalier , he is ‘ a lion , a tiger — a tiger from India , a boa constrictor ’ ( 1841 ) ; feeling a rare plenitude of strength , he is ‘ an ox , sphinx , bittern , elephant , whale ’ ( 1841 ) . |
| 14 | On the PGCE course he is tutor on the Mother Tongue method course ( 11 students , 16 recruits for 1986–7 ) . |
| 15 | If a court bailiff fails to effect service , a notice of non-service ( N 216 ) is sent by the court of which he is bailiff to the plaintiff or other party issuing the process ( Ord 7 , rr 2 – 6 ) . |
| 16 | He is part-owner of a Tiger Moth . |
| 17 | Notice also how he is sheeting in the sail since even at this speed the apparent wind effect still plays a part in the turn . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh yes , ’ she said , very quietly , ‘ he is expert at that , sir . |
| 19 | He is expert at a disarming variety of self-mockery , as his fortieth birthday speech in the Birmingham tram shed demonstrated beyond doubt . |
| 20 | The proper scientist sees reality through a glass darkly — and believeth all facts , heareth all facts and seeth all facts , but still has to reckon with the fact that he is part of the experiment and may be seeing the reflection of his own opinions . |
| 21 | He is called to the realisation that he is part of the force , the force is god , and therefore he is god . |
| 22 | He is part of a multidisciplinary team which has been working together since 1984 . |
| 23 | Forced on to what she really meant to say , Kate fumbles for words , absurdly feeling she has to simplify , patronise in order for him to understand her in a language foreign to him , that she must not hurt his feelings , he is part of the oppressed majority , colonised daily by the people she has come to work for . |
| 24 | But George , calmly , will impress on him how he is part of a team and the profound effect his actions are having on the success of the club . |
| 25 | If the rest of his regiment is also mounted , he may ride in a two-horse chariot at a cost of +56 points if he is part of a unit of Tiranoc Charioteers . |
| 26 | He can usually take for granted initial student motivation , educational level and intelligence ; he is part of a system which already expects the student to spend a considerable proportion of his time in private study , and which usually provides at least minimal facilities for this to take place . |
| 27 | On the whole speculation is frowned upon because it sometimes drives prices up in a monopolistic fashion ( through the cornering of some market ) and because it creates volatility ; yet where the speculator is a skilled trader in risks he is part of the system . |
| 28 | Does he realize that he is part of Tite 's plans — as I now dimly begin to perceive — to revive the flagging fortunes of the Government Commission ? |
| 29 | We are extremely pleased that he is part of the family . ’ |
| 30 | So when Simon says that they are all bad , they all fear each other , Piggy refuses to believe that he is part of ‘ the beast ’ , therefore , he abruptly answers Simon 's thoughts by shouting |