Example sentences of "[conj] he be [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The London-born barrister points out that he is half the age of the Labour Party hopeful , Coun. John Scott , who he says , at 66 is no spring chicken .
2 Asked about reports this week that the line was faced with closure before the end of the decade if money were not spent on resignalling , he said that he was confident the finance would be found .
3 Lipski said he would repeat the offer to Colonel Beck in Warsaw , but that he was sure the answer would be ‘ no ’ .
4 However , Mr Girling admitted that he was disappointed the Chancellor had done nothing to reduce inheritance tax on residential property .
5 He came round to find a hostile Maltese crowd around him , but when he made it clear that he was English the mood changed .
6 He is still unconscious and he is sick every time they move him .
7 Mr Kelloway says there have only been minor teething problems and he is satisfied the machine is ready for production .
8 Yeah well we 've got a little antique box a jewellery box and it 's embossed the pattern round it , and the pattern round it is a boar hunt and it 's beautiful , there 's a little boar galloping his heart out with horsemen after him with spears and he 's all the way round the box and I thought of adding him on to the copper kettle you know as engraved all round the outside .
9 And he 's all the family you 've got ! ’
10 But this is the interest rate dip we 're in here , I mean we 've seen , we 've seen I reckon we 're somewhere around here , we could be either side of that , but I think what we 're going to find next year is that the Chancellor , because he 's had to keep interest rates low and he 's stimulating the economy , er you 're going to find that eventually he 's going to have to push interest rates up to control inflation .
11 And he 's such a hooligan , you know , he 's knackered one of his claws again !
12 He says he 's been in terrible pain and he 's glad the operation is going ahead .
13 And he was such a hypocrite was n't he ?
14 A bid would be subject to the family raising the £20million needed to finance the purchase of the shares it does not already own , but Mr Roger De Haan , who is leading the bid approach , said discussions were already under way with a bank and he was confident the money would be available .
15 He had kicked the old Jew in the face whilst he was grovelling after his glasses , and kept on doing so until the whimpering had stopped and he was satisfied the man could not live .
16 He was only here himself because he liked Paddy and he was glad the lad had got through all his studies and everything .
17 Mr Mieno does not want to let up until he is sure the job is done .
18 The man 's face had turned black , his eyes were bulging , and at last he crashed to the ground , with such force that he almost shook Fleury off … but Fleury remained dragging on the violin until he was certain the sepoy was dead .
19 ‘ We must be polite to him , ’ whispered Coggan , ‘ if he 's married the mistress . ’
20 If he 's such a threat , I ca n't understand why you have n't dealt with him before now .
21 Barry knows that 's where I 'll be , and if he 's half the sprout I know he is , he 'll meet up with me again . ’
22 It seems like if he is asleep the rest of them have a 90m kip too .
23 He will at a very early stage have taken steps to preserve evidence , possibly by photographic and other means , of an ephemeral or fleeting nature such as ice ( if he is lucky the temperature on the ground since the crash could still be below freezing ) , or fuel leaking away from a damaged tank or fuel filter , or soot deposits indicative of fire in the air which could be washed away by rain or other disturbance .
24 But as he emerged from the polling booth in the gym of St Mary 's seminary , Houston , at 8.37 am , he was asked if he was relieved the campaigning was all over .
25 Cos he 's such a friendly I
26 The midwife laid the little scrap in Tamar 's arms and said , ‘ 'E 's a lovely lad , Lady Lassiter. 'E 's not big , but 'e 's all the world ti grow in . ’
27 But he 's such a dork I 'm taking him off it .
28 We do a lot of road work with him to keep him fit , but he 's such a liability ; I 'm always worried that he 'll come down on his knees .
29 He had no proof but he was certain the ditcher was a member of the Great Community and carried secret messages to its leaders .
30 Hurley already knew that , but he was sure the logistics could be worked out if Coleman agreed .
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