Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Christ , should he be coming in that fast ? ’ |
| 2 | Huy would need Merymose 's help if he were to proceed in that direction . |
| 3 | If he were to reflect on that , I do not think the hon. Gentleman would want it to happen . |
| 4 | He were looking at that bus . |
| 5 | Oh , she knew well enough that if he were to walk through that door now , she would not entertain him ; her pride would not let her . |
| 6 | It would be hard to give a satisfactory explanation if he were found in that part of the house so late at night . |
| 7 | ‘ Everything 's more difficult these days , ’ grumbles a bed-ridden pensioner in a Chilean film ; and although , as it happens , he is referring to that day 's crossword , the comment itself speaks volumes . |
| 8 | He is born with that instinct , for no mother wasp ever taught him , nor does he possess the capacity to learn something so fundamental to his existence . |
| 9 | He is selected for that reason , because he will not be suspected by the police . ’ |
| 10 | He is looking for that quality which you must allow me to call ‘ modernity ’ ; for I know of no better word to express the idea I have in mind . |
| 11 | On some occasions it may not be of great importance to the patient 's health whether he is treated at that time or perhaps at all . |
| 12 | Will he tell the House what he is doing about that and what discussions he is having with the Treasury ? |
| 13 | If he is to build on that , he must seek means of reconciling still more Scots to the Conservative Party . |
| 14 | I have also mentioned our desire for cross-screen scrolling of KWIC and the ‘ more context ’ options ( screens £32 , £33 ) and he is to look into that as well . |
| 15 | ( e ) where a person is in police detention in one police area and his arrest is sought in another area and he is taken to that area for questioning , the relevant time is : ( i ) the time of his arrival at the police station in the second area , ( ii ) the time 24 hours after he leaves the police station in the first area , whichever is the earlier . |
| 16 | Oh , he 's looking at that lock there . |
| 17 | Okay , Skinner talks about scientific explanation in that , so that 's what he 's addressing in that particular paper . |
| 18 | I mean I think Mr Maxwell 's on the end of a very nasty hook at the moment with these houses and he 's wriggling off that and he 's offered these houses to us to avoid public embarrassment to his company and also to gain co-operation from us and the City Council in other areas . |
| 19 | Yes so and I reckon quite frankly cos he 's living on that lay by up the end and I reckon he was hiding , do a runner or something or he ai n't up to something no good ! |
| 20 | Mind if he 's coughing like that erm do n't know . |
| 21 | ‘ While he 's stewing over that information . ’ |
| 22 | He 's meant to get eleven grand so he 's sorting out that . |
| 23 | ’ We commended Mr Canning very highly for the work that he 's done on that particular churchyard . ’ |
| 24 | He 's speaking to it what he 's doing with that . |
| 25 | What do you think he 's doing with that ? |
| 26 | he 's waiting for that |
| 27 | He 's walking like that , it 's like walking round town with a bloody magnet on your back you know he 's there , he 's there . |
| 28 | Yeah , he 's got a posh one which the rest of the alarm he 's putting with that . |
| 29 | He 's lying about that . |
| 30 | The bear goes aargh ! and the man 's running out of the pub really fast , he 's running like that . |