Example sentences of "he be [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Number 47 looked as if he were in a conversational mood . |
| 2 | He felt slightly awkward , as though he were in a strange woman 's room . |
| 3 | His Mother tells me that he is of a mechanical turn , and I know that he has made some progress in mathematics . |
| 4 | If he is of a poetic turn of mind , will he even see a kind of justice in the eventual return to silicon-based life , with DNA no more than an interlude , albeit one that lasted longer than three aeons ? |
| 5 | Perhaps the most important question in the wake of IT Year must be : what will Kenneth Baker do now that he is at a loose end ? |
| 6 | He is at a significant stage in his development , but has had an excellent domestic season and also performed well for England ‘ B ’ . |
| 7 | Do you remember that day , Bernard , she come in the shop and he he here he is with a wee Pot Noodle and , and it 's going all over the floor ! |
| 8 | Hoeness has recently made discreet enquiries about Robins , in action against Tottenham today , and believes he could prise him away from Carrow Road , where he is on a four-year contract , providing the terms were right . |
| 9 | He is on a constant crusade to take the church to the people . |
| 10 | He will almost always be in the life you describe what he is as a literary concept , a private investigator , a man with all the freedom of action of the amateur detective of old ( see how the blueprint formula still has its influence ) but who uses it actively . |
| 11 | Once instructions have been accepted by the solicitor he is under a professional duty ( and , for that matter , a contractual duty ) to carry out those instructions with all due skill and diligence and not to terminate his retainer without due cause and upon reasonable notice . |
| 12 | Thus if a member has a sound reason for believing that some malpractice is occurring in connection with the council 's funds , he is under a public duty to inform the council . |
| 13 | PRESIDENT George Bush as much as admitted yesterday that he is in a political bind over the abortion issue . |
| 14 | If a buyer has access to a seller 's cost structure then he is in a powerful position to negotiate a cheaper price , or at least avoid paying too high a price . |
| 15 | He is in a stable condition . |
| 16 | He is in a playful mood . |
| 17 | He is in a regular spot at the moment . |
| 18 | If the seller , in turn , is not dependent on the buyer , but has many attractive potential customers for his products , then again he is in a strong position . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , he 's in the position whereby , although I have got my work yet the problem I face is not just now , it 's come September , he is in a new school , he 's going to have new people , there 's new teachers , there 's new rules , there 's new policies . |
| 20 | If he finds it amusing that he did not unfreeze acquisition grants even in the years when he had the money to do so , he is in a bad way . |
| 21 | He is in a bad state of health , said his Romanian-born wife Fanica last night . |
| 22 | He is in a unique position at this moment . |
| 23 | For example , it is often the case that the essential characteristic of a " slave " is not that he is in a servile position or economically disadvantaged but that , not being a kinsman , he is denied the rights of a full human being . |
| 24 | He is like a poor man lifted into a limitless inheritance . |
| 25 | He is like a frightened rabbit staring into the headlights of the Tory juggernaut — he does n't know what to do about it , so he claims it 's unstoppable . |
| 26 | He is like a naked light . |
| 27 | He is like a trapped animal now . |
| 28 | He knows very well , because he is against a single currency in principle , like his predecessor , the right hon. Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) , who clearly expressed his views — which , I think , are shared by the present Chancellor — in an article in one of the tabloid newspapers . |
| 29 | If he 's on a hot streak he could come home in twenty-nine . ’ |
| 30 | Spock 's father dies , Spock seems to have turned traitor but in fact he 's on a personal peace mission to unite Romulans and Vulcans ( basically the same race ) . |