Example sentences of "he be [adv] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1990 Baron Thyssen bought an outstanding work , ‘ The Lock ’ at Sotheby 's for £10,780,000 a world record for a British painting but he is not considered a likely purchaser of further works by the artist . |
| 2 | He 's also launched a one-man fund raising campaign around Henley … he 's asking local businesses to back him . |
| 3 | Now , I hope I 've got these facts right and I 'm sure that not , that Eileen may correct me that er we have er forty hundred pounds in the budget , budget for this er the erm South Wales congregation has , has kindly erm given us grant of a thousand pounds and I understand from the secretary of con , Cardiff congregation , and he 's also offered a thousand pounds I do n't know whether we 've got that yet ? |
| 4 | I said to Sandra , well this job business Bev , he 's not said a bloody word to me this morning he 's , in actual fact he 's been |
| 5 | he 's not doing so well now is he ? , he used to , he 's not won a high ranking tournament since nineteen eighty nine |
| 6 | He says in 20 years he 's not known a similar accident . |
| 7 | He 's since made a full recovery and now has a realistic chance of becoming Lotus 's first world champion since Mario Andretti . |
| 8 | He 's since written a 4-volume history of wartime intelligence and has little doubt about Bletchley 's significance . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's now made a brave decision in many respects , because he 's been brought up playing for one club in one way . |
| 10 | He 's now done a hundred and seven thousand , I think , a hundred and eight thousand . |
| 11 | ‘ They think only about saving the guy 's life , so they chop the leg off by guillotine , even if he 's only lost a few toes . ’ |
| 12 | Ah well he 's always wanted a big one . |
| 13 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 14 | But he 's never found a better subject , than Alice 's underground adventures . |
| 15 | However secure he is in his own ability , the champion is upset by the most persistent accusation , that he 's never fought a genuine heavyweight . |
| 16 | He was effectively granted a blank cheque to conduct a war without Congressional authorization for up to 90 days . |
| 17 | He claimed he was not given a fair hearing . |
| 18 | He was not given a medical examination after he lodged his complaint ; however , he still bore scars from the torture one year after his arrest . |
| 19 | He was widely considered a strong supporter of further European integration . |
| 20 | He was also branded a nosy parker by some of his Abingdon neighbours . |
| 21 | He was also given a key role in the last election campaign as the Tories ' Mr Nasty who could be called upon to make all kinds of claims about Labour 's plans . |
| 22 | He was subsequently given a few walk-on parts . |
| 23 | Joey Kelly has become something of a racing machine for he was only beaten a short head at Enniskillen last Saturday , then won at Dromore on Wednesday before being turned out again yesterday . |
| 24 | He was only spared a long jail term when 24-year-old Lynn agreed to drop assault charges providing he went into therapy . |
| 25 | He was initially given a senior position at the Command Centre in the United Nations but when the head of the European operation died in a car crash … which was subsequently proved to have been an accident and not sabotage as originally thought … |
| 26 | He says he was initially paid a thousand pounds and at one point offered a further fifty . |