Example sentences of "he [be] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The question is , Gran , what has he been at already ? |
| 2 | How long has he been in there doing nothing ? |
| 3 | Oh , has he been in there , Colin ? |
| 4 | He felt as if he were at yet another family wedding . |
| 5 | He were in there quick were n't he ? |
| 6 | He were in there eight weeks |
| 7 | He is for ever asking questions . |
| 8 | He is for ever issuing his four-line stanzas predicting the future for individuals or even entire families . |
| 9 | He remembered the ancient and persistent belief that once any living creature has walked in the Black Fields of Sorcery and dined at the tables of the Lords of the Dark Ireland , he is for ever lost to the true Ireland . |
| 10 | It can be imagined that the soul of such a man will be laved always by waves from the ocean of his love ; he is at once carried away from all bitterness ; and enmity has no meaning for him . |
| 11 | His choice is wealth : he is at once the traditional hero of British fiction in search of a happy marriage and prosperity — Tom Jones or David Copperfield — and , in his brisk competitive zeal , the first fictional yuppie . |
| 12 | If a Rottweiler is eligible for registration with the AKC , he can compete at any licensed dog show , as long as he is at least six months old and does not have a disqualifying fault . |
| 13 | He may not in fact manage to produce what meets the requirement , even when something he knows about would meet the requirement ; but that is simply a failure in a sort of performance in which he is at least sometimes capable of success , while no instrument is ever capable of it at all . |
| 14 | We do not suggest he would be the right Labour leader , but he is at least an honest and fearlessly outspoken politician . ’ |
| 15 | A person is not now guilty of the offence unless he is at least aware that his conduct may be insulting . |
| 16 | I ca n't help noting that , whatever Summerchild is going to say , he is at least going to say it in his own way . |
| 17 | erm I do n't have a relative in the Gulf erm but I for my own peace of mind , I wanted to keep up to date with things that were going on erm and also for my husband really , he is at out at work all day and I , you know it was nice when he came home from work for me to be able to tell him exactly what went on . |
| 18 | The kind of promises each party to the contract makes will vary , but one fairly typical example is for the teenager to promise to tidy his bedroom once a week , to let parents know when he will be late home from school or where he is and who he is with when he goes out . |
| 19 | What an underrated pianist he is over here ! |
| 20 | Ivy had gone on to ask about me : ‘ I believe he is in rather low spirits . |
| 21 | But for their patience and understanding , The Committee would not be in the position he is in today . ’ |
| 22 | He is in exactly the right job : streets ahead of most others in the UK in his number-crunching agility — ‘ in the country 's top 5 per cent , at least ’ , Bloch says — and ‘ unbelievably good ’ at critical reasoning , with a score of 90 . |
| 23 | ‘ He is in exactly the right frame of mind to do the business . |
| 24 | A spokesman said : ‘ He is in fairly good condition considering what he has has been through . ’ |
| 25 | He is in still in Intensive Care at Coleraine Hospital . |
| 26 | If he is in there , then he is in there , and they might as well bring each other what comfort they can . |
| 27 | If he is in there , then he is in there , and they might as well bring each other what comfort they can . |
| 28 | God is not as interested in getting us through a conflict as he is in how we respond to it . |
| 29 | Sir J. Franklin desires me to give his compliments — he is in very good health & hopes you are the same . ’ |
| 30 | Despite the tough measures of May 10th , the opinion polls say he is by far France 's favourite politician . |