Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [conj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another backbencher was told his place on a Foreign Office organised trip would be withdrawn if he defied the Government . |
| 2 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 3 | As to Hugh , his complete disappearance could best be explained if he were still doggedly pursuing Marian through the deep tangles of the forest ; if he had lost track of her he would presumably find his way back to the highway and rejoin them later . |
| 4 | ‘ By about round four , I expect the height and weight advantage to be neutralised and he 'll start running the numbers on Bowe . ’ |
| 5 | His ca n't be traced because he does n't have a licence for it . ’ |
| 6 | Viscount Dilhorne had already decided that the appeal should be dismissed before he turned to it . |
| 7 | Betty 's classroom practice changed whilst she worked with the advisory teacher , but the lack of congruence between her beliefs about mathematics and about how children learn and those behind the innovation , made it unlikely that such changes would be sustained once he left . |
| 8 | With one of the slenderest majorities to defend anywhere in the country , Mr Forsyth could be forgiven if he looked worried . |
| 9 | WHEN Darren O'Leary plays for London against the North in the final round of the ADT Divisional Championship today he will be forgiven if he is caught day-dreaming of England training in sunny Lanzarote . |
| 10 | She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him . |
| 11 | What he saw he painted as exactly as could be painted but he certainly knew when to catch each view in its most romantic moment . |
| 12 | Born on April Fool 's Day 1809 , young Robert was destined not to be baptised until he was 13 years old ; his sister Elizabeth , the next of Ben and Elizabeth 's little brood , was similarly left unbaptised until six years after her birth in 1811 . |
| 13 | His parents , who were fair and liberal-minded people , were nonetheless confused and upset , and while giving Rajiv freedom to follow his convictions , they forbade him to be baptised until he had come of age . |
| 14 | He would be poisoned if he accepted food or sweets from them . |
| 15 | When political considerations took primacy over whether qualifications it is not surprising that some of the appointments were given to candidates ill-suited to the duties they were called upon to perform , such as the Lanarkshire freeholder appointed macer of the Court of Session who , according to James Boswell , ‘ had a constant hoarseness , so that he could scarcely be heard when he called the causes and the lawyers , and was indeed as unfit for a crier of court as a man could be . |
| 16 | Of course , if an individual chooses evil then it follows that he must be punished , but he must be punished because he , or she , has deliberately chosen to do evil . |
| 17 | She had taught him with the thrashing that he would be punished if he was caught ! |
| 18 | Alfred Rosmer gave an amusing but enlightening insight into Bukharin 's character and role in 1920 , and let it be recalled that he was only 32 years old in that year . |
| 19 | On the eve of the Lord 's Test , though , he was relaxing , hoping son Shoaib would be recalled before he returned to Lahore , pausing every so often to throw a plastic ball at his bat-wielding , knee-high grandson . |
| 20 | I , I want to talk to you about er the conversation I had with Alec yesterday , he seems to be inundated with having to get details about on his er , all his paperwork and so on , and he seems to be inundated and he sounded a bit low , quite frankly , to me yesterday on the phone that he was getting inundated with all this |
| 21 | He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle . |
| 22 | Turnour seems to be happy to be insulted as he enjoys putting people in their places and he was used to it and relished it . |
| 23 | But Basil encouraged and even found some tiny portion of my painting which could be developed though he agreed that I might copy more easily than imagine and he gave me a mounted butterfly to draw . |
| 24 | However knowledgeable a surveyor may be , his skills will be limited unless he can communicate . |
| 25 | After all , conversation with her would be limited and he could hardly hope to find out if her injury was real or not , short of tearing the bandage from her leg . |
| 26 | Dr Steel said it was difficult to estimate when the gene would be located but he thought it would be months rather than years . |
| 27 | I can not resist retelling one of the anecdotes : in 1963 , at a party to congratulate Cotton on an award he had just received , Lipscomb told Cotton that while he was delighted by the choice , it should not be supposed that he was on the ‘ cottonpickin' ’ committee . |
| 28 | It is the task of the Chief Commissioner to decide which decisions are to be reported and he or she is assisted by the Commissioners starring decisions they consider worthy of reporting . |
| 29 | If the main leak could be concealed by showing only at low tide , Willis thought that the equally serious problem of rain — for the weatherboards were particularly weak in one place — could be solved if he stood directly under the drip , wearing a sort of broad waterproof hat . |
| 30 | Four weeks later at Avus he was back behind the controls , even through he hobbled to his car on crutches and had to be lifted into the cockpit and the pedals had to be modified because he could use only one foot . |