Example sentences of "he be [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 'E collapsed as 'e come out the Kings Arms an' they rushed 'im away ter the 'ospital. 'E 's in a bad way so Maisie Dingle told me .
2 He is still referred to as Thatcherite but as that term begins to lose its currency my own view of him is of a free marketeer with a strong sense of economic realism .
3 Perhaps the best way to describe him is as a typical West Indian batsman , fundamentally very reliable and dependable yet always looking to attack if possible , always full of attractive stroke-play .
4 Number 47 looked as if he were in a conversational mood .
5 He felt slightly awkward , as though he were in a strange woman 's room .
6 His Mother tells me that he is of a mechanical turn , and I know that he has made some progress in mathematics .
7 If he is of a poetic turn of mind , will he even see a kind of justice in the eventual return to silicon-based life , with DNA no more than an interlude , albeit one that lasted longer than three aeons ?
8 Perhaps the most important question in the wake of IT Year must be : what will Kenneth Baker do now that he is at a loose end ?
9 He is at a significant stage in his development , but has had an excellent domestic season and also performed well for England ‘ B ’ .
10 Do you remember that day , Bernard , she come in the shop and he he here he is with a wee Pot Noodle and , and it 's going all over the floor !
11 Hoeness has recently made discreet enquiries about Robins , in action against Tottenham today , and believes he could prise him away from Carrow Road , where he is on a four-year contract , providing the terms were right .
12 He is on a constant crusade to take the church to the people .
13 He will almost always be in the life you describe what he is as a literary concept , a private investigator , a man with all the freedom of action of the amateur detective of old ( see how the blueprint formula still has its influence ) but who uses it actively .
14 Once instructions have been accepted by the solicitor he is under a professional duty ( and , for that matter , a contractual duty ) to carry out those instructions with all due skill and diligence and not to terminate his retainer without due cause and upon reasonable notice .
15 Thus if a member has a sound reason for believing that some malpractice is occurring in connection with the council 's funds , he is under a public duty to inform the council .
16 PRESIDENT George Bush as much as admitted yesterday that he is in a political bind over the abortion issue .
17 If a buyer has access to a seller 's cost structure then he is in a powerful position to negotiate a cheaper price , or at least avoid paying too high a price .
18 He is in a stable condition .
19 He is in a playful mood .
20 He is in a regular spot at the moment .
21 If the seller , in turn , is not dependent on the buyer , but has many attractive potential customers for his products , then again he is in a strong position .
22 Unfortunately , he 's in the position whereby , although I have got my work yet the problem I face is not just now , it 's come September , he is in a new school , he 's going to have new people , there 's new teachers , there 's new rules , there 's new policies .
23 If he finds it amusing that he did not unfreeze acquisition grants even in the years when he had the money to do so , he is in a bad way .
24 He is in a bad state of health , said his Romanian-born wife Fanica last night .
25 He is in a unique position at this moment .
26 For example , it is often the case that the essential characteristic of a " slave " is not that he is in a servile position or economically disadvantaged but that , not being a kinsman , he is denied the rights of a full human being .
27 He is like a poor man lifted into a limitless inheritance .
28 He is like a frightened rabbit staring into the headlights of the Tory juggernaut — he does n't know what to do about it , so he claims it 's unstoppable .
29 He is like a naked light .
30 He is like a trapped animal now .
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