Example sentences of "he be [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
| 2 | He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way . |
| 3 | In a symbolic embrace of victims of suffering , he is making it a participation installation , inviting the public to bring along their own press cuttings and photos of loved ones to attach to the barbed-wire : ‘ That way , it 's like the Berlin wall where people leave messages . |
| 4 | He is giving it the look . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's teaching you the verses , is n't he ? ’ |
| 6 | He 's given you a new lease of life , has n't he , with his flattery , his sucking-up . ’ |
| 7 | He 's getting her a book . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's getting us a goose for Christmas , ’ she said , ‘ that 'll be nice , wo n't it ? |
| 9 | So he 's shouting it the boy like . |
| 10 | He 's sending me a message . ’ |
| 11 | Our man on the back page explains why he 's calling it a day |
| 12 | He 's costing me a fortune in tights — I wondered who 'd been taking them at first . |
| 13 | Dad said he 's buying me a hotel . |
| 14 | And he 's still , one bloke went bankrupt , and he only got amount off him , he 's telling me the other week , he 's , he 's still five thousand pounds owing to him , though , work he did twelve months ago |
| 15 | So he 's telling us a load of bull ! |
| 16 | He 's done you no harm . ’ |
| 17 | Obviously I would n't be happy with someone who is so selfish and so uninterested in me , so I suppose he 's doing me a favour , really , making it so clear . |
| 18 | and erm he 's doing us a favour and some round to get Patch and er he said he 'll get lots That 's all ready for Simon now and he forgot his bag . |
| 19 | He 's making you a visual image of the fox , is n't he ? |
| 20 | He 's giving me a lift to the airport . ’ |
| 21 | He 's giving me a three-month methadone course , to bring me down gradual … . |
| 22 | " He 's brought you a cat . " |
| 23 | " Do n't know whether he 's showing us the gun because he 's afraid of us , or so that we 'll be afraid of him . " |
| 24 | She knew he was leaving her the next day , perhaps for ever . |
| 25 | And all the while , while he was handing him the plate of meat and bread , and while he was holding the cup to the trembling lips , a little silvery voice was beating inside Fergus 's head : this is all wrong . |
| 26 | Throwing him a look of haughty disdain , she bent down to push her boots into the ski-bindings , furiously aware that he was watching her every move . |
| 27 | Horribly aware that he was watching her every move , she tentatively slid the skis forward , uttering up a silent word of thanks when they obeyed . |
| 28 | She flicked him a quick glance , then concentrated on lifting two green-patterned mugs from the cupboard and placing them neatly on the marble counter , all too aware that he was watching her every move . |
| 29 | But yesterday he announced he was calling it a day . |
| 30 | She thought he was throwing her a sop and it steeled her . |