Example sentences of "he be a kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind him was a kind of triptych with ferny foliage , to the left and right , enclosing a watery space in which rosy and silver fish shone between pond-weeds . |
| 2 | ‘ He is a kind man , certainly . ’ |
| 3 | He is a kind of missionary . |
| 4 | ‘ We do not usually see him but he is a kind man . |
| 5 | He explains : ‘ He is a kind of Everyman , who rises to heroism in the face of adversity and whose insignificance makes him appealing . ’ |
| 6 | In among his sense and his humour there are some difficult passages and words — we are not all as encyclopedic in our knowledge of language as M Lecercle ; I , for one , have to pause to remember exactly what " anamorphotic " means — and he is a kind of extremist too , but there is a quiet comprehensiveness here and an enjoyment of language that are most welcome after the turbulences we have been through . |
| 7 | He 's a kind and attractive man . |
| 8 | He 's a kind of Anglo-Saxon , tall , slender , good-looking chap . |
| 9 | And he 's a kind of consolation prize to me , in my change of life . " |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , it 's a wild horse , but he 's a kind boy , and animals like him , you see . |
| 11 | He 's a kind of Giant Holdfast who both loves and terrorizes his children . |
| 12 | There is an Investigating Officer — he 's a kind of control figure ; he has an Incident Room . |
| 13 | Because he 's a kind of a foreman now you see so er |
| 14 | Oh he 's a kind of , he gets released for favours done . |
| 15 | Yet he was a kind of Christ figure , who entered the lives of ordinary people in a rich , bored , bourgeois family , made love to them all indifferently , both male and female , inexplicably , then left as mysteriously as he had come , deserting them in the hours of their greatest need . |
| 16 | But he was a kind man and took the trouble to sit with her and show her the hope in the Bible , the comfort and joy as well as the gloom . |
| 17 | He was a kind of foreman ; and he had continually to be looking at his watch and calculating whether they were forward enough . |
| 18 | He was a kind of platonic lover , an admirer who 'd come round once a month and help her live out her fantasies . |
| 19 | His father 's religious belief was very strict , but he was a kind , honest man , and fond of his sons . |
| 20 | Although my father was six foot two , Geoffrey Archer seemed a real giant ; he must have been six foot four and broad in proportion , but he was a kind giant , having an instinctive sympathy with small boys . |
| 21 | They said at the trial that he was a kind husband , a good neighbour — why did he suddenly do this terrible thing ? |
| 22 | Probably Jordan had n't really spoken at all , he was a kind of doppelganger telling Coffin not only what he ought to do , but what he also knew . |
| 23 | He was a kind of punch-bag for Jack , as all Jack 's anger was taken out on Piggy . |