Example sentences of "he be [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You come down 'ere now , Sergeant Joe wants a word with yer , and if it means 'e 's goin' to knock yer 'ead off , I 'll give 'im an 'and . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ E asked me to describe yer , which I did , thinkin' maybe 'e was goin' to tell yer you 'd come into some money , but 'e said you 'd taken in a young woman , that the pair of you 'ad nicked 'is wallet an' made off with it . |
| 3 | Many who disliked him are beginning to feel the same contempt and venom they felt for Baroness Bonkers . |
| 4 | Two men with their backs to him were trying to force open the cash-register . |
| 5 | The man with golden goal touch at the County Ground is still Craig Maskell … the two hundred and fifty thousand pounds that Swindon gave Reading for him is beginning to look chicken feed … 15 goals this season … the last two came last week against Southend … tomorrow he 's off to Ashton gate to shoot Bristol City down … |
| 6 | One problem that occupied him was trying to dissuade Hanns from joining the army : ‘ Do n't do anything so foolish … it seems a hopelessly idiotic and pointless idea , and I can not understand why you want to do this ? ’ |
| 7 | It seemed that just being around him was starting to get to her . |
| 8 | What had he been trying to tell her ? |
| 9 | How could he be trying to escape when he was already chained ? |
| 10 | The cryptic little comment sparked off a tiny glimmer of hope deep within her — could he be trying to tell her that she 'd proved distracting ? |
| 11 | Why else should he be seeking to eliminate her past to his own advantage ? |
| 12 | Erm so where would he be meaning to go if he does let you |
| 13 | Who else can he be going to see — except the prisoner ? |
| 14 | Er the next bed to me and he he were trying to talk to me and I er he and he wanted one of my buttons of my tunic . |
| 15 | For , after all , he had done nothing to bring on such an astonishing reaction , for behaving as though he were trying to rape her … |
| 16 | Greg got up , blundered round the tiny bedroom , and then went to the bathroom and showered noisily , as if he were trying to knock sense into his head . |
| 17 | Tessa could hear him breathing on the threshold outside for several minutes more , as if he were trying to summon up the courage to return and say something . |
| 18 | Tom 's head sank into his shoulders , as if he were trying to make himself invisible , but his eyes remained restlessly curious . |
| 19 | Ace thought the Doctor sounded as if he were trying to coax a dog to do a trick . |
| 20 | His sight was coming back but he still seemed to have some uneven blindness , as if he were trying to look at the world through a ragged hole in a postage stamp . |
| 21 | She felt the shrugging of his shoulders as if he were trying to forget for a little while the fear that never seemed quite to leave him . |
| 22 | Mister Johnny sat quiet and still as he always did when she talked , watching her mouth and moving his own as if he were trying to copy her . |
| 23 | Damian sat down slowly in his place , completely silenced by the rebuke , staring at Gawain as if he were trying to understand the thought-processes which had led up to it . |
| 24 | It was as if he were trying to read her thoughts . |
| 25 | He reckons that if he were getting paid on the same basis that he gets paid for GP beds , in a small GP unit , he could afford to employ the additional staff , and resources and back-up to help make it all happen . |
| 26 | I meant to ask him if he 'd decided if he were getting married or not and I forgot all about it . |
| 27 | The two of them leaned closer , across the table , and Tug found himself leaning forward too , as though he were helping to make their plan . |
| 28 | Hugh drove neatly into the straw-covered shelter as though he were coming to rest in a multi-storey car park ; then he switched off the engine and opened his door . |
| 29 | If he were going to humiliate her , he could not have picked a better opportunity . |
| 30 | He looked as if he were going to object , then did n't . |