Example sentences of "he be [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 In a voice full of virginal astonishment he said , ‘ 'E were touchin' me fookin' cock . ’
2 Halfway up the aisle the Ted turned his head again to the packed house and in the same pained voice of injured innocence repeated , ‘ 'E were touchin' me fookin' cock . ’
3 ‘ Any'ow my Billy ai n't got much , an' what 'e 'as got 'e 's keepin' it fer 'imself . ’
4 ‘ I thought I could pay a bit each week outa yower wages and Jack 's , but now 'e 's leavin' us , – she wept even louder .
5 ‘ As far as I know 'e was 'avin' it orf wiv one o' the young gels where 'e worked .
6 The politicians around him are encouraging him in his insistence on the levy because they want to stop Patros . ’
7 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 .
8 ‘ When I first read a small paragraph about him being arrested I remember my eyes popping out on stalks like a cartoon character . ’
9 Romans 8:29 tells us that God 's goal in our relationship with him is to conform us to the image of his Son .
10 Paul tells him about how John never got to go to Disneyland when he was little , and all his life John 's wanted to go , and Paul 's decided that the one thing they have to do for him is to take him to Disneyland .
11 In any piece of fiction there must be room for the reader — room for him to jump at a suggestion , to insert himself into a story , to respond to hints and clues : to be told what is offered to him is to encourage him to read passively and so to give him less than he deserves .
12 That is why to know him is to trust him , and to trust him is to begin to know ourselves .
13 Cos you , what you 've told him is did you talk about chapter eight ?
14 3.1 The only mechanism by which a court can seek to compensate a person who has suffered damage or loss in consequence of a wrong done to him is to award him monetary compensation , whatever the nature of the damage which he has in fact sustained .
15 The only way to stop him was to open it .
16 So one of the first things I did with Clive after hypnotizing him was to ask him simple questions — ‘ What is your full name ? ’ ,
17 He thought this was because he was bad and the evil in him was telling him to forget about them , but he would win , he would not forget .
18 PHILIP SAYER , TO KNOW HIM WAS TO LOVE HIM .
19 The immediate effect she had on him was to make him strong , sure , steadied on himself as never before .
20 And if he stays behind that door ’ — the mounting gale of voices behind him was lifting him as he spoke , he wanted to jump on the factor , grab his hair and swing him against the door like a battering ram — ‘ we will fire the roof ! and smoke him out ! ’
21 ‘ How has he been taking it ? ’
22 What the hell has he been telling you ? ’
23 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 .
24 ‘ What has he been asking you , Massimo ?
25 Has he been hassling you ?
26 Had he been following us all this time .
27 His exclamation endorsed her suspicion , but why should he be regarding her with such a look of furious triumph on his face ?
28 After all , would he be telling her all this now if this meeting had not been arranged ?
29 Would he be given it ?
30 Would he be joining it ?
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