Example sentences of "he be on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had he been on the Cardinal 's business or lying in ambush for Irvine ? |
| 2 | He were on the shed roof ? |
| 3 | No , stuck it over David 's head , he were on the phone to a client , we took a photo , somebody took a photo of it , we knocked on the door we said David have you got a minute ? |
| 4 | Marek 's tremble quickened , as though he were on the verge of taking a decision . |
| 5 | The drunken miller 's incoherency , " " as he were on the quakke " " ( 4152 ) recalls how Nicholas puts the equivalent of an ass 's head on John the carpenter by portraying him , absurdly , as a duck swimming above the Second Flood ( 3575 – 6 ) . |
| 6 | When in the course of my explanation I mentioned the word pagan , he jerked as if he were on the end of a wire . |
| 7 | He was a thin , brown man with a brass stud at the neck of his striped shirt and a sad expression as if he were on the point of tears . |
| 8 | SCOTTISH Ambulance Service fleet manager Ed Hodson believes he is on the way to knocking £1 million a year off fuel bills by gradually switching totally to diesel . |
| 9 | I know that when I see the books of a hitherto-collected writer being grouped in a catalogue in half-dozens and tens , instead of being offered singly , he is on the way out so far as the collecting world counts for anything . |
| 10 | Admittedly , he does n't yet earn a fraction of the money a man of his age and experience would expect to earn outside , but he is on the way to the real big-time . |
| 11 | This sounds like a beg for someone to come in for him and I reckon Wilko 's phone will soon be ringing and he is on the way out . |
| 12 | ‘ There is obviously long-term rehabilitation for Mick , but he is on the way back . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ There is obviously long-term rehabilitation for Mick , but he is on the way back . ’ |
| 14 | He is on the brink of breakdown , sobbing and incoherent . ’ |
| 15 | He is on the brink of taking it . |
| 16 | They also think he must be dominant , decisive and virile but he 's not , he 's just as he is on the field . |
| 17 | He is on the lookout for cars — smart , chauffeur-driven cars . |
| 18 | Pausanias says he is on the god 's left , and I conclude that he is using the words from the spectator 's point of view , as I believe he does in his account of Polygnotos 's paintings at Delphi . |
| 19 | That will depend on how good he is on the day . |
| 20 | He is on the road to a conversion he would rather not have . |
| 21 | So , at the age of 31 , instead of standing in court in a pinstripe making pleas in mitigation for the Saturday night disorderly drunks , he is on the road to fame , suitcase and guitar in hand . |
| 22 | He is on the board of a number of City companies , and is a former Master of the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers . |
| 23 | I enabled him to free the angel and the demon that he is on the inside . |
| 24 | Now , six months later , he is on the verge of being capped for New Zealand . |
| 25 | He is on the verge of being too dedicated . |
| 26 | He has denied he is on the verge of quitting — ‘ Im suprised if people thought I am the sort who takes my bat and ball home if I do nt get my way ’ . |
| 27 | When Celtic equalised , bringing about a result that caused Aberdeen to lose ground in the championship race , there was that involuntary twitching movement , spreading from Aitken 's head to his toes , which signals that he is on the verge of doing someone a mischief unless he gets a satisfactory explanation in a very short space of time . |
| 28 | It is only when he is on the ship bound for England away from mental setbacks such as this at court , that give Hamlet the courage to return to kill Claudius . |
| 29 | The terminology used to address Tom when he is on the witness stand is not very complimentary , phrases such as ‘ boy ’ or ‘ nigger ’ are the norm . |
| 30 | What a different man he is on the page ! |