Example sentences of "he be [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him .
2 His lips even moved a little , as if he were giving himself a consultation .
3 He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way .
4 In a symbolic embrace of victims of suffering , he is making it a participation installation , inviting the public to bring along their own press cuttings and photos of loved ones to attach to the barbed-wire : ‘ That way , it 's like the Berlin wall where people leave messages .
5 Steve Richardson , who had a 72 yesterday , says he is giving himself no chances at all on the greens , Severiano Ballesteros has temporarily lost his iron play , Jose-Maria Olazabal ( 74 yesterday ) his driving and Sandy Lyle and Montgomerie , both of whom missed the cut , their confidence .
6 He is giving it the look .
7 He 's teaching you the verses , is n't he ? ’
8 Glenn Hoddle wo n't be naming his side , until he 's given himself a fitness test on a calf strain .
9 He 's given you a new lease of life , has n't he , with his flattery , his sucking-up . ’
10 He 's getting her a book .
11 He 's getting us a goose for Christmas , ’ she said , ‘ that 'll be nice , wo n't it ?
12 So he 's shouting it the boy like .
13 He 's sending me a message . ’
14 Our man on the back page explains why he 's calling it a day
15 He 's costing me a fortune in tights — I wondered who 'd been taking them at first .
16 Dad said he 's buying me a hotel .
17 And he 's still , one bloke went bankrupt , and he only got amount off him , he 's telling me the other week , he 's , he 's still five thousand pounds owing to him , though , work he did twelve months ago
18 So he 's telling us a load of bull !
19 He 's done you no harm . ’
20 He 's doing himself no good at all — just harm . ’
21 He 's doing himself no favours .
22 Obviously I would n't be happy with someone who is so selfish and so uninterested in me , so I suppose he 's doing me a favour , really , making it so clear .
23 First opportunity , real opportunity he gets he 's doing everything the town clerk wants him to do .
24 and erm he 's doing us a favour and some round to get Patch and er he said he 'll get lots That 's all ready for Simon now and he forgot his bag .
25 He 's making you a visual image of the fox , is n't he ?
26 He 's giving me a lift to the airport . ’
27 He 's giving me a three-month methadone course , to bring me down gradual … .
28 " He 's brought you a cat . "
29 " Do n't know whether he 's showing us the gun because he 's afraid of us , or so that we 'll be afraid of him . "
30 Clough added : ‘ He 's earned himself a contract not because of how well he has done for us , but because I think he can carry on after 32 . ’
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