Example sentences of "be [subord] he [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | If the facts actually were as he believed them to be , he would be entitled to act as he did . |
2 | He was fascinated by those deepest drives which were as he put it in 1919 ‘ canalizations of something … simple , terrible and unknown ’ . |
3 | In general , whether someone is shifting viewpoints or not , the test of whether he is aware of the look and feel of something , not merely of the facts about it , is whether he takes it into account in choices of ends as well as of means . |
4 | In Phekoo by contrast the Court of Appeal went directly to the general principle , asking themselves Brett 's question , ‘ What would the position of the accused have been if the facts had been as he believed them to be ? ’ |
5 | It was held that Williams was not guilty , since had the facts been as he believed them to be , he would have been acting in defence of the other . |
6 | If he committed the crime under an insane delusion , his liability depends on the question whether he would have been liable had the facts been as he imagined them to be . |
7 | Choices of ends , as of means , are debatable in terms of public tests ( of whether things are in fact as the agent imagines them , whether his reactions as observed in his behaviour are as he feels them to be ) , but can take account of public observations only to the extent that they are subjectively confirmed . |
8 | It was like he had something on his mind the whole time . ’ |
9 | But within twenty-four hours I told Ted that his only chance of carrying on as Leader was if he submitted himself to an early election through the 1922 Committee . |
10 | It was because he fucked her at the beginning of her blood , she said . |
11 | Maybe it was because he had me with him . |
12 | This was because he used them as guidebooks . |
13 | Finally , it was because he wanted me to be part of his world of music . |
14 | On the facts the sole issue was whether he believed himself to be the beneficiary . |
15 | It was as he escorted her through the hall that he quietly suggested a drink after work . |