Example sentences of "he be [adj] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor would he be able to let us know about the reversal of the thermodynamic arrow , or even bank his winnings , because he would be trapped behind the event horizon of the black hole . ) |
| 2 | Robert Maidment will contact you as soon as he is able to let you know how much footage we have . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's enough to make anyone feel a little insecure . ’ |
| 4 | Discussing with North in September 1986 how the arms-sales creditors could be paid off , he was alarmed to hear him say ‘ Well , maybe we 'll have to take it out of the reserves . ’ |
| 5 | When he sold him to Villa for £450,000 in 1988 , Ferguson made no secret of the fact that he was delighted to see him go . |
| 6 | He was content to let it go . |
| 7 | He was reluctant to let it go . |
| 8 | He walked to Hause Point twice a day and apart from that … he wrote one or two letters and delighted her father by franking one of his ; he waited for him to get a full free day so that they could go char fishing ; he declined all invitations and although he was irreproachably welcoming when Mr Skelton and his daughter made a surprise detour on one of their visits up the valley from Lorton to call in at the Fish , Mary thought that she could tell that he was happier to see them depart than he had been to see them arrive . |
| 9 | And even now , after Dr Neil 's healing influence , daily exerted , for although he could not make direct love to her he was able to let her know in a thousand different ways how much he loved her , and how precious she was to him , she still felt the odd shudder of shame and fear . |
| 10 | he was able to let it go |
| 11 | Not until he was dead did I dare to go in the direction I wanted . |
| 12 | ‘ He said he 'd never prescribed it before but he was willing to let me try it . |
| 13 | Only when he was naked did he take the edge of the covers and draw them gently off her body . |
| 14 | He was tired of wrestling with it , brooding about it , sometimes looking at his bride 's back with violent puzzlement ; but now , surrounded by this covert attention , he was glad to let it go : he would take tea like a lord with his family . |