Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ did use ( or keep ) ’ A person ‘ keeps ’ a vehicle if he causes it to be stationary on a road when not in use . |
| 2 | The more ignorant the AE was , the easier he found it to be enthusiastic . |
| 3 | Venicoff it was held that when the Secretary of State was deporting a person where he deemed it to be conducive to the public good , he was acting in an executive and not in a judicial capacity . |
| 4 | He wants photographs of them , information , he wants them to be well . |
| 5 | ‘ Father is afraid I 'll die soon , you see , so he wants us to be married tomorrow morning . |
| 6 | With all Scotland quiet as a flat calm under his hand , he wants us to be quiet too , and let be the Mackinnons and the Maclaines of Lochbuie for a year or three . ’ |
| 7 | He blames himself for being naive about how such centres come into being , and about how they can be run . |
| 8 | He forces me to be changeable , to act . |
| 9 | And it had been easy to ignore them , not to listen , to walk away , when he believed them to be just dirt . |
| 10 | I looked at his face , which was something I did seldom , for I did n't like it , and saw that he did n't believe me ; that he found it inconceivable that I should n't love him ; that , ageing and unmarried though he was , he believed himself to be irresistible . |
| 11 | During the year they had been together , she had seen him time and again in the dark quiet hours when he believed himself to be unobserved . |
| 12 | The last and incomplete letter from Miller in the Darlington collection , dated 10 November 1769 , carried a wish for plants from Bartram 's garden , because he believed there to be new genera amongst them , but specimens had been ‘ so much compressed as to render the distinguishing characters very doubtful ’ . |
| 13 | There is every indication that he believed it to be true , whether it was or not . |
| 14 | He shows it by being angry and rude all the time to everyone . |
| 15 | In Have I Got News For You he showed himself to be quick , witty and well able to take jokes levelled against himself . |
| 16 | Rose stemmed the flow , encouraged the ebb , and he allowed it to be that way . |
| 17 | ( In the case of a fraudulent misrepresentation , the purchaser is allowed a reasonable length of time from when he discovers it to be untrue . ) |
| 18 | He guessed her to be worrying about money . |
| 19 | Although Price did not give his evidence on oath ( because under Swedish law an accomplice can not be required to give evidence on oath ) , he was reminded of his duty to speak the truth when questioned in court , and he declared himself to be aware of his duty of truthfulness . |
| 20 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 21 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 22 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 23 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 24 | He judges himself by being better . |
| 25 | Ron Barton , who had had a word with his editor at his regular table at the Savoy Grill , had been told he could pay five thousand for an exclusive if he thought her to be worthwhile . |
| 26 | One of the places he sent it to was Happy Towers in Edgbaston in Birmingham , which was a Mecca ballroom , and that was the first gig we did , complete with a revolving stage and everything . |
| 27 | He feels himself to be privileged . |
| 28 | Only if he knew her to be ready to take that risk herself . |
| 29 | He did not waste any energy in trying to break free of the mask , because he knew it to be pointless ; the Robemaker 's dark enchantments were seldom broken and he knew , as well , that there would be far worse torments ahead . |
| 30 | ( 104 ) … he did n't protest any more to say he loved her because he knew it to be untrue . |