Example sentences of "[adj] he be in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 2 | In 1807 he was in the expedition that failed to take Buenos Aires and subsequently went with his battalion to India . |
| 3 | After all he 's in the yard . |
| 4 | If he was home at all he was in the flat . |
| 5 | " Not without knowing how long he was in the water . " |
| 6 | In 1858–9 he was in the service of the Admiralty , before returning to south Wales , where for ten years he was engineer-in-chief and general manager of the Sirhowy Tramroad , which he converted into a standard railway . |
| 7 | He was leaving behind the other children , the only friends he had , and he realized at that moment how lonely he was in the world . |
| 8 | By February 1469 he was in the company of his brother the king and took an active role in the trial for treason of Henry Courtenay and Thomas Hungerford . |
| 9 | By February 1469 he was in the company of his brother the king and took an active role in the trial for treason of Henry Courtenay and Thomas Hungerford . |
| 10 | As an ascetic he was in the mould of the medieval Christians , but when his heart overruled his intellect he would write warm , sensuous love poetry under the cloak of religion . |
| 11 | But even in this one instance , the way in which he introduced his quotation showed how little he was in the habit of being guided by it . |
| 12 | Well , the night after Sandy won his Open he was in the marquee , which was holding his celebration dinner , with his apron on , cleaning up and wishing everybody would go so he could get some peace and quiet . |
| 13 | The moment Carey was confident that Elizabeth had breathed her last he was in the saddle , racing for the Border . |