Example sentences of "he be [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the beginning , it is serene and peaceful , with lots of idyllic scenes and brilliant colours , but it ends with him being confronted by the nightmare of attending his own funeral . |
| 2 | The stallion ( left ) is relaxed but vigilant ; the mare next to him is bothered by the foal pushing between them from behind : her ears show the focus of her attention , while her wrinkled nostril betrays irritation . |
| 3 | The defence against him was supervised by the Archbishop of York , and three holy banners of St Peter of York , St John of Beverley and St Wilfrid of Ripon were flown from a standard in a cart , giving the subsequent engagement near Northallerton the name of ‘ Battle of the Standard ’ . |
| 4 | Where was he , had he been taken by the constables ? |
| 5 | ‘ So if he were poisoned by the entrée , he did n't display any symptoms for over an hour . |
| 6 | he were running by the shed to eat it ! |
| 7 | Where he is employed by the society , that will be indicated below the signature . |
| 8 | When acting in a judicial capacity he is thrown back on his own resources , whereas in his ministerial capacity he is assisted by the staff of a major department of state . |
| 9 | He is flanked by the Angels |
| 10 | His real crime is that he is suspected by the Radical Party and militant members of the ruling Socialists ( ex-communists ) of plotting with the army , of which he was the nominal head , to stage a coup . |
| 11 | In these vicissitudes he is supported by the cockney humour and sharpness of Sam Weller , ‘ boots ’ of the White Hart inn , whom he takes on as his servant . |
| 12 | He is consumed by the challenge of the world 's highest peaks , but this has been accompanied by a geographer 's fascination with visiting new places : a curiosity about the metaphysical undercurrents that accompany great risk ; a need to plumb the capabilities of mind and body and a corresponding empathy with mountain peoples who confront such tests in their everyday struggle with life . |
| 13 | His tall figure , spear held on his shoulder , strides back across the savannah until the moonlight gives out and he is consumed by the landscape . |
| 14 | When he arrives for his pleasure he is asked by the girl 's mother : ( " Have you brought the goods that you are to give to my girl ? " ) |
| 15 | He is commemorated by the Edinburgh Geological Society Clough memorial medal , awarded annually to geologists who have done significant original work in Scotland or northern England . |
| 16 | If he is bound by the judicial view in relation to the date of the first review for prisoners serving discretionary life sentences , he is also so bound in relation to those serving mandatory life sentences . |
| 17 | In the full flush of eager planning , in the excitement of disciplining intuition by stern reasoning , he is warned by the response of his subordinate to his behaviour : |
| 18 | If a detainee tells a FME that he wishes to give him confidential information , he is warned by the doctor that confidentiality does not apply to anything against the public interest , for it would be improper for the doctor to collude in deception . |
| 19 | Soon he is befriended by the kindly German ‘ Doc ’ ( Armin Mueller-Stahl ) who is interned in the local prison And we see him taught to box and fend fro himself by a likeable petty thief ( Morgan Freeman ) . |
| 20 | This is his favourite event , together with the Open — an event where he is as surprised as he is flattered by the support he gets from the British public . |
| 21 | Although it is not known for certain whether Yazid was present at Karbala , he is cast by the Shiites as the author of the incident , and the name is to this day a favourite Shiite epithet for a Sunni adversary — it was used in this sense during the 1980s war by the Tehran leadership when referring to that in Baghdad . |
| 22 | He is sent by the Father to glorify Jesus , to show Jesus ' attractiveness , and not to take the centre of the stage . |
| 23 | Defence Secretary Rifkind is reported to be grateful for support from the fourteen military minded Conservatives whose confidential letter to the Prime Minister was somehow left lying on a copying machine for a Labour researcher to find , but he is irritated by the leak , an insider murmurs that Malcolm 's notching up black marks for the future . |
| 24 | Although he is appointed by the council who pay his salary , he has nevertheless duties to the public to see that their rights are protected . |
| 25 | He is barred by the manager . |
| 26 | But , although he seeks a description in terms of a gradual development from one to many , simple to complex , cause to effect , he is perplexed by the continually shifting forms of external objects . |
| 27 | He is perplexed by the idea of effortless intercontinental telephoning and overnight shipment of packages . |
| 28 | When I ask him how he feels he is viewed by the medical profession these days , he replies , ‘ I used to be seen as someone who was totally way-out . |
| 29 | Any minister must rely on the operational advice he is given by the managers on the ground . |
| 30 | Little wonder then that he is criticized by the economist for adopting an ‘ ad hoc ’ approach which is , when applied , ‘ pragmatic ’ and ‘ anecdotal ’ . |