Example sentences of "he be [adj] [verb] [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not as if he were angry with Carrie but as if he were busy thinking his own thoughts … |
| 2 | In his weakened state he is unable to control his own metaphors , to keep the various terminologies he deploys distinct . |
| 3 | He is able to re-create his own world wherever he goes . |
| 4 | But it is this commercial work that he sees as fulfilling a far more important function — it is the means by which he is able to fund his own personal projects . |
| 5 | The tribunals are meant to provide simple informal justice in an atmosphere in which the ordinary man feels he is at home … an atmosphere which does not shut out the ordinary man so that he is prepared to conduct his own case before them with a reasonable prospect of success . |
| 6 | Partly he was desperate to earn his own living and vindicate his decision to be an artist , and , in spite of everything , to place in front of his father and mother the hard-won gift of his success . |
| 7 | He was due to read his own poems , but he prefaced the performance with remarking how extraordinary he found it that students obliged to attend lectures should want to turn up for more such talk after hours . |
| 8 | Like all former managers and station masters , he was keen to justify his own stewardship . |
| 9 | John Coffin was no exception ; a clever and practical man , he was unable to manage his own electric oven . |
| 10 | The bleeding into his pharynx was so massive that he was unable to maintain his own airway while lying supine . |
| 11 | You may wonder why it is reported that He seemed to resent them , which may suggest that he was unable to express his own resentment , which may limit your range of potential interpretations of the expression He . |
| 12 | The Prodigal Son becomes the pattern for us all ; he became so hungry that he was prepared to swallow his own pride . |
| 13 | Ethiopian radio reported that during a ceremony in the office of President Meles , Carter had said that he was ready to make his own contribution to convince the World Bank , the IMF and other international organizations " to take part in the country 's economic reconstruction " . |
| 14 | He was able to express his own upset at his mother 's absence and said that he thought she had gone away because he had been naughty . |
| 15 | I once asked Kalchu how he was able to tell his cows one from the other , and how he was able to distinguish his own from other people 's . |
| 16 | He was happy telling his own stories or listening to Orton 's . |