Example sentences of "he [be] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was Whistler , who strode doggedly on in a frayed tweed overcoat , summer and winter , always with his head down as if he were in the teeth of a gale , shrilly whistling — in perfect tune — a repertoire which extended from old music hall to Elgar . |
| 2 | Yeah , she er we went to the river shore , you know the bridge near o on our part of the road and he were behind the trees and er I was wo wo , it were one of his sons who were with us , you know , Tommy and he was shouting |
| 3 | he is on the streets if he makes a pass on Helen |
| 4 | He is in the throes of this awful thing , ca n't you see ? ’ |
| 5 | Faced with a client , his mental confidence and the alert efficiency it engenders must automatically be impressed upon the client , so that at once the client feels that he is in the hands of an expert , into whose capable hands all matters concerned with the funeral can be safely delivered . |
| 6 | Page fifty seven please your worship , Robert James , he is in the cells your worship sorry ! |
| 7 | He is in the cells Your Worships take an order for him to be brought up . |
| 8 | He is in the buildings , in the light , in the air . |
| 9 | He is refreshingly determined not to be pushed around by these men any more than he is by the whites . |
| 10 | Speaking for himself , Svidrigailov says he is after the women , which is n't untrue but we know what it 's worth . |
| 11 | What when he 's on the drugs , some of these painkillers ? |
| 12 | And we 're gon na be , he 's on the earlies next week , and the following week . |
| 13 | Sergeant Major , you 've been in the Army for about nigh on twenty years now , do you think that a soldier has to be able to cope with that sort of taunting and name calling when he 's on the streets of Belfast for example . |
| 14 | afternoon , one afternoon ringing round all agencies , I mean there was no vacancies , but erm will you send us a photograph so if you 've got a photograph together and sent it off and then he 's on the books |
| 15 | When he 's with the Lions , he says , he 'll be working towards a plan to suit that particular squad . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's in the visitors ’ room . |
| 17 | And do n't forget Geoff Thomas was a £4 million player just three months ago and now he 's in the reserves . |
| 18 | he 's in the hands of these people here , who tell him what to do and what not to do |
| 19 | He 's in the rolls royce . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's in the police station , that 's where , thanks to your crowd of raving maniacs . |
| 21 | ooh if they , cos me eldest lad he does the karate he 's in Wiltshire , he 's in the police force , he does karate , he 's got his own schools and he mixes with the Japs a lot |
| 22 | I ca n't remember , but Fred he 's in the police now |
| 23 | He 's heading towards death , he 's in the clutches of the authorities and probably the common people taking a few steps back . |
| 24 | He 's amongst the qualifiers for the Lancome trophy at Paris . |
| 25 | He 's behind the times . |
| 26 | He 's behind the bushes , or he sits in the church itself when it 's cold , and I do n't blame him because it 's been pretty cold the last , you know , few weeks . |
| 27 | To his relief he found he was above the trees and looking down into a murkiness that was beginning to map itself below him into defined and recognizable shapes . |
| 28 | Her door was set back so that she did n't see him until he was past the cars in the centre of the courtyard . |
| 29 | He forced his way through the rye till he was past the chestnuts , then turned to his right . |
| 30 | And then he was up the stairs to her room , to find there her few poor possessions — but still no Sally-Anne . |