Example sentences of "[conj] he be [adj] the [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 | Mr Kelloway says there have only been minor teething problems and he is satisfied the machine is ready for production . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And he 's all the family you 've got ! ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He says he 's been in terrible pain and he 's glad the operation is going ahead . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He was only here himself because he liked Paddy and he was glad the lad had got through all his studies and everything . |
| 14 | Mr Mieno does not want to let up until he is sure the job is done . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ We must be polite to him , ’ whispered Coggan , ‘ if he 's married the mistress . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | It seems like if he is asleep the rest of them have a 90m kip too . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | He had no proof but he was certain the ditcher was a member of the Great Community and carried secret messages to its leaders . |
| 23 | Hurley already knew that , but he was sure the logistics could be worked out if Coleman agreed . |
| 24 | If he 's been largely absent from the small screen for the last two years ( the South Bank Show spoof , Norbert Smith , was a revamp of an old idea ) , that 's because he 's unplugged the phone , taken time out with his two old drinking pals and got down to the serious business of mucking about . |
| 25 | In the package was the few bob he got extra , because he was half the team . |
| 26 | When he was upset the noise was all inside him . |
| 27 | When he was seven the boy almost died of typhoid . |
| 28 | RFU Secretary Dudley Wood said that as far as he was concerned the tour is still on . |
| 29 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
| 30 | In Goldring 's case , the customer had done something clearly conveying to the finance company that he did not own the van and that so far as he was concerned the seller ( the trader ) had every right to sell it . |