Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [adv] [be] [vb pp] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The train driver was in such ‘ deep shock ’ he could not be interviewed and was being counselled by staff . |
| 4 | Brought up in the Seventh Day Adventist Church he would later be expelled and join the Branch Davidians . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ She knows he ca n't be prosecuted and so does he . |
| 8 | He can then be cautioned and reported for the ‘ using ’ offence . |