Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] be [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old zeks say that if a man has a nightmare then he should not be disturbed because the awakened life of the camps is more awful than the pain of any dream . |
| 2 | He should never be regarded as someone only to be approached when a prescription is required or when some serious breakdown in health occurs . |
| 3 | Moreover , if a pilot decides not to launch in a situation like this , he must never be overruled or criticised for playing it safe . |
| 4 | Up to , you know , few hours where we 've been together , he 'll actually be prepared or at least to the rest of us , who the hell he 's talking about . |
| 5 | So you see I could n't fight with them too much cos I thought they 'd take it out on dad , so I said look I do n't want him here , I do n't need all this but I said another thing that got my goat , you asked my mum to help turn my dad , they asked my mum if she could help turn him because they did n't have enough staff or he could n't be turned and when my mum turned him she come out and was sick and cried her eyes out cos he had no skin from the top of his spine to the bottom , and he had a water blister like that Joy yellow on his arm , his penis was nearly the width of my arm pouring with blood , and septic from the catheter , oh and the smell , you 've never smelled nothing like it from the sores and the wounds , cos he was cut from here right the way down to here and they had a , all his legs were festering and gangrene in his legs |
| 6 | So long as he was in the limelight , he could n't be attacked or abducted . |
| 7 | He was n't a bore or a boor , he could n't be typecast or even neatly slotted within the underground , from which he always maintained an apparently effortless sense of distance . |
| 8 | Even though he had accepted general responsibility for his company 's operations , and would probably have agreed to print the books had the decision been referred to him , he could not be convicted unless he had been given specific notice of the offensive material . |
| 9 | BOSNIA 'S Muslim president yesterday suspended temporarily his participation in international peace talks in New York , saying he could not be involved as long as Serbs continued their offensive in eastern Bosnia and Sarajevo . |
| 10 | A physically brave man ( he was a noted wrestler and had instructed Harry Pascoe in the art at one time ) he was doctrinally circumspect , so he conducted the marriage service in such a way that he could not be labelled as either a papist or a puritan . |
| 11 | He could not be described as handsome , and , in later years , with his weight fluctuating to in excess of fifteen stone through his appetite for junkish food between pictures , he showed signs of a middle-aged spread ; not being tall , at five feet , nine inches , it tends to be obvious . |
| 12 | Since he held by patent he could not be displaced and the work was executed by his deputy , Thomas Atkins , who turned out to be as dishonest and self-seeking as his principal . |
| 13 | The train driver was in such ‘ deep shock ’ he could not be interviewed and was being counselled by staff . |
| 14 | When political considerations took primacy over whether qualifications it is not surprising that some of the appointments were given to candidates ill-suited to the duties they were called upon to perform , such as the Lanarkshire freeholder appointed macer of the Court of Session who , according to James Boswell , ‘ had a constant hoarseness , so that he could scarcely be heard when he called the causes and the lawyers , and was indeed as unfit for a crier of court as a man could be . |
| 15 | either committed suicide he took a throw himself off beside the boat hoping he 'd never be found or he erm was murdered cos you know , people do n't like him oh Reg came up with a good one , he said we possibly he wanted to disappear you see |
| 16 | He would not be prepared when she asked him why he had sent two men to beat up a pathetic hotel clerk and frighten a vulnerable old woman . |
| 17 | But he would be quite safe because he would keep a sharp look-out for anything and everything , and he would not be captured because no Longhand ever had been captured . |
| 18 | Brought up in the Seventh Day Adventist Church he would later be expelled and join the Branch Davidians . |
| 19 | If that journalist had attempted to inspect any files relating to Crabb 's ‘ accident ’ he would either be told that no such files existed or , if they did , were classified in the interests of national security . |
| 20 | She was teasing , but I answered , ‘ I 'd guess Mercer assured the waiter he would n't be fired and took him aside and gave him twenty dollars . ’ |
| 21 | But he would n't be delayed or denied . |
| 22 | Mike would be hurrying along , anxious to get home , carrying his training bag and once a week , sometimes twice , he would inevitably be stopped and be antagonistically grilled : where have you been … where are you going … what 's in this bag … training gear , a likely story , and then they would search the bag before reluctantly letting him go on his way . |
| 23 | ‘ She knows he ca n't be prosecuted and so does he . |
| 24 | That of course will go and what 's more there 's going to be some drag hunting on his land of which he will not be consulted because if you had to negotiate with organisations for controlled access to its land for the use of drag hunting . |
| 25 | He now feels that he will never be liked or respected by anyone in this school again . |
| 26 | ‘ He will never be sold while I am chairman — which will be a long time yet — or while Barry Fry is manager , ’ he added . |
| 27 | He will always be remembered as one of a kind , a rare British winner of The Open who will be missed by all in the world of golf . |
| 28 | He will chiefly be remembered as creator of the cycle of paintings called ‘ wooden theatres ’ in which Camaro recalled his earlier career as a dancer in some of the oldest of Germany 's theatres , such as the Ekhof-Buhner in Schloss Friedenstein . |
| 29 | Do n't expect Pleat to get Luton out of trouble because of his perfectionist approach , but he wo n't be fired because the board and supporters know he 's never had money to spend and had to sell his stars . |
| 30 | Eighteen months later , Thomas is making a good recovery , though he can not be diagnosed as being clear of leukaemia for another three years . |