Example sentences of "he be [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has he been working for a long time ? |
| 2 | Well , ca n't he be moved into a different class ? |
| 3 | What would he be doing on a scientific installation ? ’ |
| 4 | His swollen upper lip felt enormous and stiff , as though he were recovering from a dental injection . |
| 5 | He felt half excited , half afraid , as though he were delving into a hidden world ; a world which preferred to remain undiscovered ; which might go to any lengths to protect its secrets . |
| 6 | He affirms once again his belief that " our period is one of decline " but then mutters his exequies in a curiously dispassionate manner , as if he were engaged in an intellectual exercise of no particular consequence . |
| 7 | And now Martha and he were united in a strange fellow feeling , which neither of them had expected , and which they had to shake off with difficulty . |
| 8 | He felt as if he were pressing against a strong , polarised magnetic force . |
| 9 | He is served by a lovely cast who lift a gossamer-thin veil to show the misunderstandings and subtle warrings which make up human relations in all their glory . |
| 10 | How , for example , can a man be a British citizen when he is born in a foreign country of foreign parents and has never been naturalised ? |
| 11 | He is assisted by a technical director , Allan Cook , formerly head of accounting research at Shell , and seven other members . |
| 12 | And he is blessed with a beautiful , evenly produced , voice . |
| 13 | He is kept under a wholesome course of discipline by Lavinia and her august mamma . |
| 14 | I can confirm that he is supported by a competent staff , and has never actually been convicted of being foreign or of committing serial buttock fondling in his office or elsewhere . |
| 15 | He is supported by a wonderful cast which graces a movie that deserves the label of epic . |
| 16 | Of course , as he is moving in a random direction at a random speed , he is quite likely to whirl out of control and hit either side . |
| 17 | And manager David Hughes said : ‘ He is bowling like an express and swinging it ’ . |
| 18 | This Devonian is more than a useful one-day cricketer who does his stuff as a medium-pace seamer. he is rated as a sound technical batsman , sure-footed against the spinner and able to get the short-pitched bowling away . |
| 19 | One of the members of his staff , Wing Commander Ken Underwood Ground , has been on so many accident investigations now that he is regarded as an unofficial honorary Inspector of Accidents by AIB . |
| 20 | a manager might have to change his leadership style as the circumstances of his job change ( eg. when he is moved to a new job ) . |
| 21 | He is looking at a bewitched forest of crystal trees and jewelled flowers , rooted in black soil , breathing black air . |
| 22 | He is looking for an easy rapport , but he does not want it to be too easy . |
| 23 | If the candidate makes the grade in the Hawk , where he learns to handle fast jets and basic skills in bombing and dogfighting , he is posted to a Tactical Weapons Unit where these skills are honed . |
| 24 | Both these are sometimes slightly exaggerated : there has been some decentralisation since 1983 and , as the period of cohabitation demonstrated , the President 's power can be compromised if he is faced by a hostile majority in the Assemblée Nationale . |
| 25 | However , when he is transferred to a strange yard with different handlers , even if it is a good establishment , his natural nervous temperament will reappear , explaining why so many new owners think their horse may have been drugged when they bought it . |
| 26 | Otherwise a very ‘ macho ’ man might feel embarrassed at having to say that he feels he is living as a fragile teenage girl . |
| 27 | Now , with filming still going on , he is living in a converted barn just 10 miles from Mayle 's own home . |
| 28 | One character , Camille , can not pronounce them until he is fitted with a false palate one more object to get comically lost . |
| 29 | One character , Camille , can not pronounce them until he is fitted with a false palate : one more object to get comically lost . |
| 30 | At least by implication he is calling for a social market economy . |