Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ ( The European Parliament ) … considers that , in the absence of palliative care correctly provided at both psychological and medical level , each time a fully conscious patient insistently and repeatedly requests an end to an existence which has for him been robbed of all dignity , and each time a team of doctors created for that purpose , established the impossibility of providing further specific care , the request should be satisfied without thereby involving any breach of respect for human life . ’ |
2 | Unfortunately , the new baronet lived in India and no instructions from him were expected for many months . |
3 | They had only wanted to reduce the political power of Charles I and prevent him being manipulated by those who sought to return England to the Roman Catholicism . |
4 | ‘ I 've explained it to him and it 's not fair on him being exposed to some of our defending in recent weeks . ’ |
5 | You 're here , you 're on trial , you can see him being accused of all sorts of things , defend yourself , job your opportunity to clarify in front of us , we represent the people . |
6 | Thomas 's catalogue of crime resulted in him being tried before two different Old Bailey judges for rape . |
7 | Thompson , meanwhile , is giving King William the chance to redeem himself after the disappointments of Badminton in May , when a last day showjumping flop led to him being dropped from European Championship reckoning . |
8 | Tom Walkinshaw offers his personal guarantee for any shortfall , conditional upon him being released from any liabilities or claims under the Companies Act . |
9 | His campaign has led to him being held in two jails , Strangeways and Pentonville , and at least £2,000 in fines for public order offences which he stubbornly refuses to pay . |
10 | Even so , that does n't stop him being introduced by Russian coach Anton Pamchenko ( Roy Dotrice ) to bitchy ice-queen Kate Moseley ( Moira Kelly ) as a prospective dance partner . |
11 | A man who advertised for a woman to live on a desert island with him is looking for another female travelling companion to repeat the trip . |
12 | At the end , Josey settles down with Eastwood 's then-girlfriend Sondra Locke , whose public split with him is reflected in Unforgiven by the death of Bill Munny 's wife , the influence who led him away from violence . |
13 | An encouraging letter from him was followed by six weeks ' silence , so eventually she walked into his office and confronted him . |
14 | The space before him was formed from two segments of the crypt 's arcading — the room had been devised in the nineteenth century for use as an office for the vergers . |
15 | McCann suggests that the idea of having a march through the city centre to commemorate him was inspired by this desire to provoke the authorities ; but given the importance of the centenary , it is likely that some kind of parade would have been organised in any case . |
16 | He was offered a knighthood in 1847 when Queen Victoria visited Cambridge , but he declined it and the honour which came to him was accompanied by little emolument . |
17 | In the meantime he was accorded royal protection from his creditors and the Crown 's principal debt to him was discharged in 1637 . |
18 | There were pilots getting their aircraft away on two engines , with armourers hanging on underneath checking the bombs , incendiaries blazing and HE S exploding in all directions . |
19 | Nor had he been interviewed by any policeman or other official whatsoever during the five months of his stay in Long Kesh Detention Camp . |
20 | Never before had he been subjected to such a plethora of opinions — often form people with whom he had no real relationship , many of whom , bore him and his family substantial grudges . |
21 | What would he be doing at this moment ? |
22 | He would not be made to read , in fact , or to perform any formal educational exercises ; nor would he be crammed with useless theorizing . |
23 | Thus , the doctor , on this reasoning , incurs no liability under the civil law ; nor can he be accused of any crime . |
24 | ‘ Christ , should he be coming in that fast ? ’ |
25 | And will he be encouraged in future to do pets and their owners ? ) |
26 | Also , if a person chooses not to smoke why should he be subjected to such a poisonous , foul and unpleasant cocktail of several thousand gases in the form of tobacco smoke ? |
27 | Will he be caught at last , and put to death ? |
28 | Was he being treated for any medical condition ? ’ |
29 | He is human and so is she and all the marriage certificates in the world would not keep him faithful if he were tempted in those circumstances . ’ |
30 | And what if their occupants were already walking among us , keeping cautiously in the background to avoid notice and suspicion , just as twentieth-century man would need to do if he were thrust into another , and potentially hostile , age . |