Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 'E was shot in the chest .
2 I says to him be prepared for a bill said I do n't mind paying for one , but
3 Why would a man like him be attracted to a girl who , for a lot of the time , looked rather like a gypsy ? those cool green eyes seemed to say .
4 The men grouped together ahead of him were hunched against the drizzle .
5 Lawrence Pearson was an outstanding man by any standards who gave prodigious service to the building industry , resulting in him being invested with the Order of the British Empire in 1976 .
6 Him being worshipped as a god .
7 If the accused was not seen to take the property such evidence as him being seen near the scene of the crime or being found in possession of the property is useful .
8 ‘ Can we stay and watch him being moved onto the trolley ? ’
9 That would lead to him being stripped of the WBC title and Lewis declared champion .
10 Wilson was a worried man , and I did n't care for him being stretched over a barrel .
11 erm , they saw him being indulged in a way they were not .
12 Liverpool manager Graeme Souness on the incident after the game with Moscow Spartak which led to him being suspended from the touchline for five European matches by UEFA
13 ‘ I heard him being interviewed on the news a few minutes ago , ’ Bridget added .
14 You say I ca n't go , and Father — well , look at him ; can you see him being taken to the Queen 's presence ? ’
15 You were right about him being mentioned in the Eye ; appeared a few times and I got the cuts up … ’
16 In the beginning , it is serene and peaceful , with lots of idyllic scenes and brilliant colours , but it ends with him being confronted by the nightmare of attending his own funeral .
17 Most of what is known about him is derived from a Life by Izaak Walton published in 1670 .
18 Mr Watson said : ‘ It is the intention of Coun Garvey as long as he retains control of his private prosecution to seek that it be directed to the crown court on the basis that the allegation against him is heading towards the crown court and it would be sensible to have the two alleged criminal acts tried arising out of the same incident tried before the same court . ’
19 The stallion ( left ) is relaxed but vigilant ; the mare next to him is bothered by the foal pushing between them from behind : her ears show the focus of her attention , while her wrinkled nostril betrays irritation .
20 That left an embarrassed home goalkeeper Ogrizovic to explain how all 6ft 4in of him was beaten by a chip by Arsenal 's substitue from 20 yards and from a daunting angle .
21 A doctor who 's just returned from helping victims of the civil war in Somalia has been describing how the surgeon next to him was shot in the operating theatre as they were trying to save a patient 's life .
22 And even now the closeness of him was acting like a drug on her tired senses , its effect heightened by a heady mixture of desire and fear .
23 Wyllie , who stood down as a candidate for the All Black job after a confidential letter from NZRFU Chairman Eddie Tonks criticising him was leaked to the press , returns to what he loves most , working with clubs to develop the skill and the knowledge of the average club player .
24 The defence against him was supervised by the Archbishop of York , and three holy banners of St Peter of York , St John of Beverley and St Wilfrid of Ripon were flown from a standard in a cart , giving the subsequent engagement near Northallerton the name of ‘ Battle of the Standard ’ .
25 I made a great bonfire of it and stood and watched it burn until every trace of him was wiped off the face of the earth . ’
26 Until recently he must have lived at Horton in Ivinghoe , where he had £2 a year in land , for the entry there concerning him was cancelled with the gloss ‘ quia in Edlesboro non computetor ? ’
27 Had he been interned until the end of the war in Tost or one of the other civilian camps , he would probably have faced no charges .
28 Thomas May 's earlier assumption would have been a perfectly natural one had he been dealing with a museum collection , but here at Templebrough , the sherds came from his own excavation , and the only conclusion to be drawn is that he had very little conception of the significance of stratified deposits .
29 Where was he , had he been taken by the constables ?
30 All right , he was what he was : he was n't fundamentally a nice man , yet , had he been greeted in the beginning by this old woman as Andrew Jones had , how different things might have been .
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