Example sentences of "he [be] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's that crowd 'e 's runnin' aroun ’ wiv . |
| 2 | Under him are five deputy prime ministers , representing the CVP , which won the largest number of seats , but no majority , the Francophone Socialist Party ( PS ) , the Flemish Socialist Party ( SP ) , the Francophone Christian Social Party ( PSC ) and the Flemish People 's Union ( VU ) . |
| 3 | Below him are four Deputy Registrars who head the four main divisions of the central administrative service , namely the Secretary of Faculties ( Academic Division ) , a Deputy Registrar ( General Administrative Division ) , the Secretary of the Chest ( Finance Division ) , and the Surveyor to the University ( Buildings Division ) . |
| 4 | In the low bank behind him were three rabbit holes . |
| 5 | Gloucester was thus territorially the heir of the junior line , and the willingness of lord Neville , heir of the senior line , to ally with him is eloquent testimony to Gloucester 's domination of the north . |
| 6 | Gloucester was thus territorially the heir of the junior line , and the willingness of lord Neville , heir of the senior line , to ally with him is eloquent testimony to Gloucester 's domination of the north . |
| 7 | The only thing I can put on him is some talcum powder . |
| 8 | ‘ Probably the worst thing wrong with him is Frank Hardacre . ’ |
| 9 | The opposition against him was straight prejudice , and a commentary upon the social conservatism of mid-Victorian trade unionists . |
| 10 | The other time Artemis saw him was one day when she and Nanny were returning from a walk by the lake . |
| 11 | Marrying him was one thing ; loving him and defying her family and Father Dowd had taken more courage and determination than she knew was in her . |
| 12 | It had happened at a time when all I had to offer him was absolute misery for both of us . |
| 13 | The material which encased him was permeable foam and there was an air supply somewhere . |
| 14 | Just two minutes and 10 seconds behind him was fellow driver , Ken Burgess from the P&O Roadtanks depot in King 's Lynn , who was still looking fit and cheerful as he ran along The Mall , with just over one more mile to go . |
| 15 | C Hughes spoke against the parliamentary candidature of Barnes on the grounds that he was a member of the ILP , and ‘ for him to force the members to support him was downright tyranny ’ ( SE 31 January 20 ) ; he could muster little support . |
| 16 | WHEN Boris Yeltsin last visited Britain , one of the things that really impressed him was private health care , not exactly a socialist ideal . |
| 17 | Below him was another space which had once been a courtyard . |
| 18 | I think he s more use in the squad for the money wed get for him . |
| 19 | How can he be this world class player … when he is a winger but cant even cross the ball ? ? |
| 20 | ‘ So I thought if he were that kind of driver I would not get involved . |
| 21 | That is what the right hon. Gentleman has said that he would do if he were Prime Minister . |
| 22 | Yeah whether he were dark hair or light hair or tall or short . |
| 23 | It seems to me that the judgment must be read as a whole , and that paragraphs 19 to 20 , dealing with question 2(b) are completely inconsistent with Mr. Beazley 's construction , seeing that if he were right article 5(3) would become a ‘ catch-all ’ provision , and liability not based on tort , delict or quasi-delict would fall within it , notwithstanding the explicit statement to the contrary in the last two lines of paragraph 19 . |
| 24 | So it was a husband 's sacred duty not to refuse her on that day even if he were practising celibacy . |
| 25 | That was another thing — it did n't help her to maintain her own sense of proportion when the rest of the world treated Luke Hunter as if he were some kind of royalty … |
| 26 | It was the odd way he was looking at her , almost as if he were some kind of predatory animal waiting to pounce . |
| 27 | Behind her Rune remained silent , his presence oppressive as if he were some Superman radiating a special kind of beam which could put the world to rights if only one believed in it . |
| 28 | How dare this man demand his credentials as if he were some arriviste from the Colonies whose background had to be sniffed out and tracked down because his foreground was presumed to be so suspect ! |
| 29 | He treated her to a brief flash of his identity card before tucking it away out of sight ; people were still gaping at him as if he were some alien from outer space . |
| 30 | ‘ There 'll be an outcry , bring up a human baby as though he were some sort of experimental animal ! |