Example sentences of "he be [adj -er] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of us try to improve our other halves from time to time — perhaps you wish he were tidier while he would prefer you a little slimmer . |
| 2 | No he were younger than that . |
| 3 | He is wheezier but |
| 4 | Kevin is smaller , weaker and in great danger from them but he is smarter and quicker . |
| 5 | Except on the vital matter of Europe , where the outcome is not yet clear , but where , at least , he is better than his opponents , I am quite confident that he will not do anything damaging to Britain . |
| 6 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
| 7 | Fortunately he is now fully recovered and will take all the beating as he is better than form figures indicate . |
| 8 | Jesus is seen as fulfilling the Old Testament in the sense that he is greater than the Jewish Law . |
| 9 | ‘ He is thinner than Hess , he is stupider than Hess , and he thinks like a peasant . |
| 10 | He is worse than this . |
| 11 | ‘ He is taller than me and he has a sense of humour but I keep that side of my life very private , ’ she said . |
| 12 | He is taller than the light bulb . |
| 13 | In the big second-subject melody of the finale he is broader than most , but sustains his speed with moving results . |
| 14 | He is shorter than the tallest of men , yet taller and more noble than those of middle height . |
| 15 | Rivers is unusual among Softwright 's staff — at 54 , he is older than most . |
| 16 | I wonder if his father … but no , he is older than I am . |
| 17 | I was never given the chance to write Stephen a letter explaining why I gave him up for when he is older or anything . |
| 18 | Since he is smaller than either of us I wonder who frightens him most . |
| 19 | He is younger than Howard expected , with crisp curly hair , full smooth cheeks which are just about to smile , at his own jokes , but never quite do , and thick horn-rimmed spectacles through which his magnified eyes watch carefully to estimate audience reaction . |
| 20 | Latin phrases , of which he is fonder than most former punk rockers , are pronounced in the same accent which once allowed him to rhyme ‘ Trevor ’ with ‘ feather ’ . |
| 21 | The charioteer is the nearest , but he is earlier and surely from another school , a man , and wearing a different , lighter garment . |
| 22 | Cut through the Arch Duke 's sleevenotes and poems ( a bit hippy ) to discover that he is funnier and more inventive than at any time in the intervening years . |
| 23 | There remain doubts about Mason 's stamina but encouraged by greater attention since Bruno 's career was put on hold , he is fitter than at any other time in his career and is undoubtably the heavier puncher . |
| 24 | He 's he 's taller than me is n't he ? |
| 25 | Ah well that do n't take Brian get up there , she said well he 's taller than you , I thought |
| 26 | You do n't like him because he 's better-looking than you ! ’ she accused . |
| 27 | Now 32 , Christie is convinced that he 's better than ever . |
| 28 | He made such an impact that Laughton soon admitted : ‘ He 's better than I ever dreamed . ’ |
| 29 | Maybe there 's a chance that he 's better than he 's pretending . ’ |
| 30 | In fairness to Beeny he not done bad although seems susceptible to letting the ball rebound of him to opposition strikers but he 's better than big John . |