Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think 'e 's owed that , ’ said Sprott , ‘ I think 'e 's owed a generous tribute . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ 'E 's taken a fancy to you , John mate . |
| 3 | Our Nancy might be only seventeen , but she 's already a full-growed woman to look at , and I know she 'd be pleased to be 'is wife , 'e 'd only 'ave to ask 'er , except 'e did say once that 'e 's waitin' a while before 'e gets married . |
| 4 | In 1305 it was only Edward 's intervention which prevented him being appointed a justice in Scotland . |
| 5 | Yeah , well the easy way for them to assess him is have a look at his tests , and if he has n't done any , then they 'll just assess him on what he can do . |
| 6 | Rather he is informed about the situation and the purpose of informing him is to provide a knowledge base from which he can work out his own actions . |
| 7 | This spotter was positioned on the canteen roof , and to house him was built a wooden structure somewhat like a pillbox with a hinged ‘ porthole ’ in the roof , to give him a clear 360 ° view . |
| 8 | To watch him was to see a master at work — each slice so thin and of unvarying thickness . |
| 9 | For the time being , what was left to him was called a reversion . |
| 10 | But what really did for him was losing a lot of money at Keyser Ullmann in the property crash of 1973 . |
| 11 | Whats more he s becoming a bit of a crowd favourite . |
| 12 | I do n't think I 've heard him speak before , he s got a great Yorkshire accent for a Welsh lad . |
| 13 | Why had n't he been given a medal ? |
| 14 | Had he been bearing a grudge against her since the previous Friday when she had pushed him against the door of Woolworth 's ? |
| 15 | In this city where everything is possible , and he cuts such a figure in his light suit and striped silk tie , and is 32 and full of self-confidence , and can walk up to a girl he has never seen before and with a disarming smile ask her when lighting-up time is — how can he be wearing a maroon crew-necked sweater , and cavalry twill trousers with turnups , and be 22 , and find himself running after a girl and being told that she may or may not see him tomorrow ? |
| 16 | I told him what I said to you on the phone about should n't he be given a bit more obvious humanity because priests are n't great box-office nowadays and Vic said we 'd talk about it nearer the time . |
| 17 | and he be 'd a fire engine |
| 18 | Why should he be visiting a London merchant ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Will he be having a party ? ’ |
| 20 | I understand that Mr. Millan is a socialist ; could he be making a party political point ? |
| 21 | One person on his own could not constitute a procession , but if a person were to march on his own , having publicised the fact widely in advance , it would seem that he might be said to be organising a procession if , Pied Piper like , he were to draw a crowd of supporters and followers . |
| 22 | He had a curious , heavy growth of fur on the crown of his head , which gave him an odd appearance , as though he were wearing a kind of cap . |
| 23 | When he spoke it was as if he were dictating a letter to her , concentrating on the correctness of his grammar and syntax . |
| 24 | She wanted him to feel as if he were kissing a lifeless rag doll . |
| 25 | He ran his eyes down the column of figures as if he were taking a good look at Voluptua Whoopee in a no-piece swimsuit and whistled ‘ Dixie . ’ |
| 26 | At Oxford he had gained a First in Greats , for which , according to a contemporary , he had worked as if he were taking a chartered accountancy exam . |
| 27 | He now sounded as though he were beginning a lecture and I thought he must have learned that intonation from his tutors . |
| 28 | No other book so well demonstrates the influence of the cinema on Minton 's art : he conceived each design as if he were composing a frame , making frequent use of close-up and distortion . |
| 29 | His movements were slow , his gaze abstracted , as if he were composing a poem in his head . |
| 30 | The boy crooked one arm and stuck out the other as if he were holding a gun . |