Example sentences of "he be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has he been on any recent training courses to discuss this ? . |
| 2 | Resenence Jeopardy still expected him to work hard , was still friendly and attentive , but had n't he been like that the day before ? |
| 3 | ‘ How long has he been like this ? ’ |
| 4 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 5 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 6 | ‘ What 'll he be at next ? ’ |
| 7 | Will he be at this meeting tonight ? ’ |
| 8 | You will sit anxiously on an undersized chair at parents ' evening , asking a teacher whether the child 's reading is really up to scratch and should n't he be on Blue Book Three by now ? |
| 9 | Ca n't he be of any help at all ? ’ |
| 10 | He 'd , would he be into one of these ? |
| 11 | For why else , I thought would he be in that position , sensuously embracing a vicious criminal who had tried to kill her partner ? |
| 12 | So without working it out , but using the graph now , how far would he be after three and a half hours ? |
| 13 | I spoke of the matter to Sir Thomas Vaughan , he being of like age to my lord and a close friend from boyhood , ’ Elizabeth Mowbray told her . |
| 14 | Rincewind took a few steps forward , cupidity moving him as easily as if he were on little wheels . |
| 15 | Deep gashes of black under the eyes , skin the colour of ashes , a slight wobbliness to his movements , His speech is fastidious , precise in a way that would seem pompous if he were at all ebullient ; but with his small , gave voice — sometimes withering , always withered — the impression is of a wary distrust of words and the ways they can be misconstrued . |
| 16 | He felt as if he were at one of Mama 's evenings . |
| 17 | He were under these covers and erm |
| 18 | I come in and put the bedside light on , and he lies there with his eyes half-open , conscious but immobilized , as if he were under some strange paralysing drug , unable to tell me what the trouble was , unable to nod or smile or shake off his dream . |
| 19 | ‘ ( 1 ) The consent of a minor who has attained the age of 16 years to any surgical , medical or dental treatment which , in the absence of consent , would constitute a trespass to his person , shall be as effective as it would be if he were of full age ; and where a minor has by virtue of this section given an effective consent to any treatment it shall not be necessary to obtain any consent for it from his parent or guardian . |
| 20 | The most promising argument in favour of W. having an exclusive right to consent to treatment and thus , by refusing consent , to attract the protection of the law on trespass to the person , lies in concentrating upon the words ‘ as effective as it would be if he were of full age . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ ( 1 ) The consent of a minor who has attained the age of 16 years to any … medical … treatment which , in the absence of consent , would constitute a trespass to his person , shall be as effective as it would be if he were of full age ; and where a minor has by virtue of this section given an effective consent to any treatment it shall not be necessary to obtain any consent for it from his parent or guardian . |
| 22 | It was as if he were in two minds about something and must select his words with care . |
| 23 | Er , he were in all day yesterday and , then he disappeared this morning . |
| 24 | As he stared at her he actually did feel as if he were in short pants , and he could n't find words to answer her . |
| 25 | He were in this morning he 's er had summat to eat , well he 's made it obvious . |
| 26 | And he were in next bed to me , the truckle beds you know . |
| 27 | Aye , he were in last night . |
| 28 | A real friendly fellow he were by all accounts , bought 'em all drinks . ’ |
| 29 | Well what , I 'll never forget this chap do up on Avenue Road he were like that ! |
| 30 | Tried him with anything the other day when he were like this . |