Example sentences of "he [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had trod a very narrow path , fraught with danger ; had he been wrong on any detail , it would have spelt disaster . |
| 2 | He was so naturally modest ( some have described his so-called humility — ‘ the most difficult of Christian virtues ’ , as he put it — as an irritating pose ) that had he been aware of this silent hero-worship , he would no doubt have felt uneasy . |
| 3 | Has he been bad to that poor wee , wee'un again ? |
| 4 | Nor has he been idle since 1990 , when he was apparently left without a City role after relinquishing executive control of money-brokers R P Martin , and the closure of his Quadrex Securities . |
| 5 | In the last resort his conduct is in accord with ‘ Be aware ’ , because he would be acting the same if he were capable of full awareness both of the goal of saving life and of the temporary anguish he is inflicting , but being merely human he would lose sight of the goal if he let his mind dwell on the pain . |
| 6 | He likes it , and he is used to grooming sessions . |
| 7 | ( He is pivotal in other ways too , not least culturally , with Austrian roots and Slav and Mediterranean forebears . ) |
| 8 | Our ordinary sense of language suggests that it is not possible for a person to use words or conduct ‘ towards another person ’ if he is unaware of that person 's existence . |
| 9 | Shares in British&Commonwealth have dived from about 550p to 120p but Mr Gunn , said he is confident of captivating City confidence once more . |
| 10 | McHale 's budget boost would allow him to pay four players £400 a week , rather than £200 , and he is confident of tempting better players to the McCain Stadium . |
| 11 | He is critical of some of the excesses of self-protection that have occurred in the past , but is firm in his commitment to the cab-rank rule , under which , quoting Rumpole , it is the barrister 's ‘ sacred duty . |
| 12 | But he is derisive about English defenders and he has a descriptive way of saying so . |
| 13 | Since joining Peter Owen 's stable for this season he is unbeaten in three starts . |
| 14 | He is subject to constant sound-bite sniping by Mr Perot . |
| 15 | Granted , he does have five- bedroom house in Bayswater ; he is married to one of the most powerful women in publishing ; but his children go to state schools , a good deal of the time he wears clothes from Marks & Spencer and he does not drive a car . |
| 16 | He is married to another Birmingham alumnus — Susan Peters , who graduated in 1965 . |
| 17 | He is married with four sons . |
| 18 | He is married with two children , lives in South Croydon and as a hobby , is a keen fisherman . |
| 19 | He is married with two children and lives in Warrington . |
| 20 | He is married with two daughters . |
| 21 | He is married with two young children and will move to the area from Ingleton in Teesdale . |
| 22 | He is married with two grownup children and lives in Seamer , North Yorkshire . |
| 23 | He is married with one daughter and lives in Kings Lynn . |
| 24 | He is married with three children and lives in Four Marks . |
| 25 | He is married with three children . |
| 26 | He is married with three children and enjoys gardening and cricket . |
| 27 | He is married with three young children and enjoys golf , football , gardening and the theatre . |
| 28 | He is married with three children and likes woodworking and listening to organ music . |
| 29 | He is married with three children and is a member of the Felixstowe Ferry golf club . |
| 30 | He is married with three children and lives at Seaton Carew . |