Example sentences of "he be doing " in BNC.

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1 What had he been doing ?
2 ‘ But what 's he been doing today , then ? ’
3 So erm w if Had he been doing digging graves when he was in Suffolk ?
4 Had he been doing the same job when he was in Suffolk ?
5 a police officer , what 's he been doing for the last
6 But what would he be doing in the middle of nowhere … unless he was keeping an eye on Mungo , to see that he was safe ?
7 ‘ What on earth would he be doing there ? ’
8 What could he be doing ?
9 What would he be doing at this moment ?
10 What would he be doing on a scientific installation ? ’
11 What else , she thought , tormented , would he be doing here ?
12 ‘ The language of Newton ! ’ he cried , scribbling figures on the blackboard and immediately wiping them off with a damp rag as though he were doing vanishing tricks .
13 even though they had that on , with having to march and run , and he were doing these fifteen miles half , well sort of jogging and running and with the forty
14 looked like a great big piano , you know , with like the buttons and he were doing this and they 've got every country within range on the wa on whatever it was , wall or a gantry , and if that was n't too , too good he , he were doing something and it come up .
15 looked like a great big piano , you know , with like the buttons and he were doing this and they 've got every country within range on the wa on whatever it was , wall or a gantry , and if that was n't too , too good he , he were doing something and it come up .
16 Did you see t what do you make of that blackie with that lovely lovely young girl , pretty as a picture , and he were doing this round her and leaning back , and his great big lips ooh ooh !
17 he seemed to think he 's the er , he were doing it to sell them
18 I saw him this morning and he were doing press up !
19 If there were not this evidence that at this point he is only hazily in command of what he is doing , we might ask — though to no purpose , I think — whether Eleanor 's fiddling of her uncle into the see of Canterbury is presented to us for our approval , or the reverse .
20 But Mr Abbell is adamant that he is doing nothing untoward .
21 What you fear most is an opponent who will point to a few simple but undeniable facts , and this is why the economists , and above all that wonderful race of men the economic journalists great and small , are such indispensable allies to the politician : they enable the politician to fog up what he is doing , so as to escape the blame and often even criticism for his actions .
22 ‘ Your man warned her not to say anything about what he is doing .
23 ‘ We view Brown 's behaviour very seriously , ’ said the presiding official , ‘ he is doing a disservice to the PGA [ Professional Golfers ' Association ] and to everyone concerned with the game . ’
24 However , Sir Lewis has made great efforts to dispel an admitted ‘ deep scepticism ’ at his appointment among the group 's staff of more than 7,000 , and there is growing confidence among them in what he is doing .
25 He is not altogether happy with what he is doing .
26 If he is doing what is against conscience , he is injuring his soul — remember that the Chancellor is an ecclesiastic — and it is better that he should be prevented from inflicting such injury on himself .
27 If he protests his innocence , he is doing just what he would do if he were guilty .
28 ‘ The best coach is the athlete looking at what he is doing , ’ says Wilson .
29 ‘ There is a gap between what he says he is doing with film and what he actually does .
30 Then he turns towards the wizened , worn-out figure of the 87-year-old woman sitting beside him and says : ‘ He is doing all right , there seems to be some response .
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