Example sentences of "he be [v-ing] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Any'ow my Billy ai n't got much , an' what 'e 'as got 'e 's keepin' it fer 'imself . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ As far as I know 'e was 'avin' it orf wiv one o' the young gels where 'e worked . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , for all that he 'd been around there was definitely something that was attractive and appealing about him ; only his eyes gave him away , because they could turn cold and introspective while those around him were whooping it up . |
| 4 | ‘ How has he been taking it ? ’ |
| 5 | He pays the small amount and in fact I keep on meaning at the back of my brain to get hold of him and say has he been paying it . |
| 6 | Would he be joining it ? |
| 7 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 8 | He lifted Patrick 's hands and arms and let them fall , he shook his shoulders and moved his head to and fro , then he began to stroke his face , carefully as if he were moulding it . |
| 9 | The name was spoken with a malevolent hiss , as though he were spitting it from his blood-smeared mouth , so hateful was its foul taste to him . |
| 10 | She went up with little lad and he were watching it and he says I would n't mind this , well Arthur says I 'd al he 'd already taped it off telly and so he says I 'll tell you what you can have it if you give me a blank |
| 11 | I 've moved that , I moved that so he did n't knock it over cos he were knocking it with his tail . |
| 12 | When he did rise in the chair it was slowly and grudgingly and he followed McQuaid out into the stone hallway as if he were finding it difficult to walk or move . |
| 13 | She lay still , quaking a little to start with , at the thought of him sitting down there , angrily riddling the fire as if he were punishing it because his sister had left him , and then she began to feel angry herself . |
| 14 | he seemed to think he 's the er , he were doing it to sell them |
| 15 | that time he took this fridge and you kept asking him if he were selling it cos w it were empty were n't it , and he says no it 's a load of rubbish . |
| 16 | Otherwise it was largely a stunt — the saxophonist acting like a contortionist while continuing to play , the bass-player straddling his instrument on the floor , as if he were raping it ; and it was de rigueur for the pianist to stand at his instrument , and play with one hand , thus giving himself freedom for muscular improvisation . |
| 17 | The extension of VAT was ‘ fairly predictable and he is phasing it in so it does not look quite so bad ’ . |
| 18 | Often the instructor or pilot knows the correct recovery and thinks that he is using it , but because of the unusual forces on the controls , he is failing to apply the full recovery action . |
| 19 | More likely he is using it in the more everyday usage of ‘ not sent or guided in any special direction ; having no definite aim or purpose ’ ( OED ) , which suggests that any such view of history must have no end , and therefore no teleology . |
| 20 | When the doctors broke it to him that he would need an operation , his son noted that ‘ he is taking it like a hero . ’ |
| 21 | He is taking it badly . ’ |
| 22 | Once he vigorously defended the CAP , now he is dismantling it . |
| 23 | First , he is privatising it . |
| 24 | He is hoping it may be possible to revive the idea after the general election . |
| 25 | He is telling it to go now look , you see he 's put on his lights . |
| 26 | Only one of the 15 still had his hair yesterday , and he is getting it shaved over the weekend . |
| 27 | He is getting it . |
| 28 | He is seeking the whole-hearted co-operation of every SAP employee and believes he is getting it . |
| 29 | ‘ A proposition was put to Owen , and he is considering it , ’ the source said . |
| 30 | The 28-year-old has made his first shift from children 's telly with the Friday evening showbiz slot ‘ Entertainment Express ’ where he works alongside Selina Scott — and he is loving it . |