Example sentences of "he [be] [vb pp] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I always remember him being asked why a chap with his responsibility spent his evenings with people like Jill St John and he replied , ‘ Well , if you spent the whole day with Indira Ghandi you do n't want to spend the night with Golda Meir … . ’ |
2 | He s got quite a dry sense of humour and was probably ‘ joking ’ about the Norwich match … and lets face it it was a bit of a horror show defensively ! |
3 | He is seen here a year later with his Tomahawk fighter when once more serving in North Africa . |
4 | He is permitted absolutely no contact with other inmates . |
5 | He has an injection of concentrated Vitamin B so he can play that night 's gig at CBGB 's , but he is put on a special diet for three weeks — with strictly no drink . |
6 | Now Henry lives near Henley , and while he would sneer at the Hooray Henries crowding that town 's regatta ( in true , no-frills , Aussie style ) , he 's become quite a showman himself . |
7 | He 's about my height but he 's filled out a bit since he came here and he has a kind of stoop now which makes him look smaller and older than he is . |
8 | Hnatiuk at the bank said he 's always had quite a good balance in his savings account — for a kid — and he 's deposited quite a bit of money recently . |
9 | And if your victim happens to be conveniently close to the edge of a tall cliff , by the time he 's bounced down a couple of hundred metres on to the rocks , he 'll be in such a mess that the injury from the blow stands a good chance of being overlooked . |
10 | Anyway , he sees this fat cunt with some of his mates with some tea — and he 's moved along a bit to the end and he 's pissing down and out through the open bit and its all blowing down on these cunts ’ heads and into their |
11 | ‘ Because he turned down this one offer , I do n't think that means he 's turned down the fight . ’ |
12 | I understand he 's done quite a lot of his work in Venice . ’ |
13 | Llewellyn sportingly admitted : ‘ I have got to feel sorry for Andy Adams — he 's done all the work . ’ |
14 | He 's done all the work at the scene — all anyone can do — and then he has to cool his heels with the rest of us , waiting for God 's gift to forensic pathology to come screaming up with a police escort and break the news to us that what we all thought was a corpse is — surprise , surprise indeed a corpse , and that we can safely move the body . " |
15 | In other words , a sea burial in Coral Pastures.Just in case there 's any confusion , ’ and he smiled , ‘ he 's written down the exact co-ordinates . ’ |
16 | He likes Elland Road , he 's built up a squad that looks like it could develop into a REAL force over the next few years & he 'd be mad to leave for a job where he has a competition every 2 years/a draw 's a bad result/and nobody likes him ! |
17 | ‘ He 's changed quite a bit in these last few weeks . ’ |
18 | He 's bought up a lot of small UK firms in the past , mostly to close them down ; been the subject of a question in the House . |
19 | He 's drawn up a route for a walk to the South Pole … of Mars , that is . |
20 | For the time being , he 's nailed up the back door , just in case anyone feels like trying again . |
21 | ‘ He 's put up a reward for Mahoney 's killer . |
22 | He 's put away the wild times , joined a twelve-step programme and willed himself sober . |
23 | As well as sorting out Stamford Bridge , he 's put together a good management team in Porterfield and Don Howe . |
24 | ‘ When he 's cleaned up a bit , he can look quite presentable , ’ she laughed . |
25 | I 'm told the nursemaid takes the child 's food away from him after he 's taken only a bite or so . |
26 | TROUBLED John Major was accused yesterday of having ‘ little confidence ’ in keeping down interest rates — because he 's taken out a cheap FIXED mortgage . |
27 | And like a magician he 's conjured up the spirit to keep going after horrific abuse . |
28 | ‘ He 's sawn up the logs. , |
29 | He 's set up a meeting for tomorrow with his financial boys , and I get the impression he 's very keen , but it 's all down to what he wants for the equity investment and how much I 'm prepared to give him . ’ |
30 | He 's set up a fundraising appeal . |