Example sentences of "he [modal v] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , he must be of their kind … |
| 2 | He 'd been given a position in prison administration in Paris , and Sylvia thought he might be of help to her in finding Madeleine and Jeanne . |
| 3 | ‘ Good luck , ’ he murmured , and then suggested that he might be of further help to her . |
| 4 | The fearsome riots that swept the inner cities in 1981 , in Brixton first , then Toxteth and Hansworth , Moss Side and Bristol , came as no surprise , and convinced Charles that this was the area where he could be of some use . |
| 5 | He visited the horrible flat every day to see if he could be of use . |
| 6 | He had found milk at the ā gri 's house and the old man had come back with him to see if he could be of any use . |
| 7 | It was March 1917 , and the young officer-to-be immediately went north to Petrograd ( now St Petersburg ) to see if he could be of help to the royal family . |
| 8 | He was as sure as he could be of anything that Taheb was an ally to cultivate . |
| 9 | What particularly touched me was that , practical as always and among the most financially-shrewd of men he said that perhaps he could be of material help over the longer tour . |
| 10 | Whether or not he 'd be of similar help in the present case , Lewis did n't know , of course . |
| 11 | And as a matter of fact , as a matter of fact , the Germans th th th had thought that he would be of value to them at a later stage , because he was er he was shipped to Germany , and er er I understand that he died in Germany er at the latter end of er of of er of the of the war , the Second World War . |
| 12 | ‘ He would be of help , ’ said Merymose . |
| 13 | If he is drunken and disillusioned , owns a taxi or spends most of his time chasing higher academic qualifications with the express view of escaping from the job he is doing ( and all this happens very frequently in practice ) , he will be of considerably less value to the children under his care than a man or woman with humbler qualifications but greater maturity , integrity and interest in children . |
| 14 | ‘ The time will soon pass and then he will be of a suitable age to marry . ’ |
| 15 | Think how much more appreciative he will be of your place within it when you are suitably arrayed to complement him . ’ |