Example sentences of "he be on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Rincewind took a few steps forward , cupidity moving him as easily as if he were on little wheels . |
2 | He is on good terms with Bardul , who tactfully does n't refer to his being dead , and will brief the adventurers on this point . |
3 | Perhaps his former master will allow him to continue to read his papers ; or he may be permitted to read the papers of another in his own chambers with whom he is on friendly terms . |
4 | ‘ Boggers ’ takes us for science and he is , by common agreement , a bit of a wimp — at least he is on some days . |
5 | ‘ Their manager Carl Harris used to play professional football in the South , and he 's on first-name terms with people at bigger clubs , which Northern clubs ca n't compete with , ’ he says . |
6 | In 1640 he was on familiar terms with John Pym [ q.v. ] , his colleague as treasurer of the Providence Island Company . |
7 | Well I thought he was on eight days then . |
8 | Mr Singh could take him to the bus when he was on late shifts and collect him on early shifts . |
9 | Indeed , his authority in the Loire region derived partly from the ineffectiveness of both royal power ( though he was on good terms with King Robert of France ) and episcopal power ( he was on bad terms with the bishop of Orléans ) . |
10 | He was on good terms with Marcus , content to know both that they would talk again , and that it was impossible to do so at the moment . |
11 | He was on good terms with Cenwealh , king of the Thames valley Saxons ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 7 ) , whose first bishop was Agilbert , a Frank and later bishop of Paris , a Catholic bishop , therefore , observing the customs and practices of the Roman Church . |
12 | Perhaps the financial strain is reflected in Fitzjohn 's sale of Ringwood Manor ( Hampshire ) for 2,250 marks ; but he was on good terms with Clare , in and after 1267 appearing as a member of his entourage . |
13 | As a diocesan bishop he was on good terms with his learned and active neighbour Arnulf of Lisieux [ q.v . ] . |
14 | Whilst I was behind Desmond he was on two engines and landed heavily ; one of his engines came adrift and preceded him along the flarepath . |
15 | I thought he was on two days . |
16 | Well I thought he was on two days . |
17 | Thought he was on two days four times . |
18 | At one time he was on 25 committees , over and above those within the University , and was chairman of many of these . |
19 | Indeed , his authority in the Loire region derived partly from the ineffectiveness of both royal power ( though he was on good terms with King Robert of France ) and episcopal power ( he was on bad terms with the bishop of Orléans ) . |
20 | ‘ He told his contact he was on Olympic Airways ’ seven o'clock flight to Athens . |
21 | Although he had four years of orgies with Debbie Harry and Joan Jett at the paper between 1978 and '82 , he never kidded himself that he was on first-name terms with pop . |
22 | He was on happier terms in his favourite restaurants . |