Example sentences of "he be [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And had he been almost anyone else , that 's how the day might have ended because anyone else would n't have mattered . |
| 2 | Yeah no I did n't realise he were n't there said to see you tomorrow , they never said nothing and John said what 's the matter with Ken ? |
| 3 | If he were n't my son-in-law I would n't lift a finger to help him . |
| 4 | Ee and last week when he were 'ere we paid forty six a packet did n't we ? |
| 5 | Ramsey refused this invitation because if he were away it would be awkward for the holiday plans of the staff of Boston parish church . |
| 6 | it 'll be different if he were here I mean they could , he 'd take her all over would n't he and every weekend he 'd take her |
| 7 | Mungo wished he were inside it , cosy in the leather-smell under the drumming roof . |
| 8 | HE IS EXACTLY what the media find hard to deal with : a mixture of self-containment and outspokenness that demands that it be taken , or left , for what it is . |
| 9 | For example , even if one accepts that a man ought to pay his mistress , to require him to support her children , even if he is not their father , seems outrageous . |
| 10 | He is not one among equals . |
| 11 | ‘ He can be violent , I admit , ’ Mr Browning said , ‘ but he is not himself when he launches into these diatribes and you must remember that , Wilson . ’ |
| 12 | He is not himself now , |
| 13 | He is not a Scotsman , and he is not her husband . |
| 14 | I mean you remember I told you about my cousin , mm , now he is not somebody I 'd recommend an au pair , au pair to work |
| 15 | You will be moving round the room from child to child because every child is doing something different , different as an individual — if he is not it is perhaps your fault . |
| 16 | In some senses you know when it happens to a male student , he is not he does n't have confirmed for him the sense that he is only a sexual object and that this is yet more of the way in which he is always perceived . |
| 17 | Anyway , he is not mine , this Manrico . ’ |
| 18 | Mrs Georgina Docherty , Mother Glasgow to the end , said ‘ He is not anyone . |
| 19 | He is not my brother but I am his keeper . |
| 20 | ‘ He is not my lover , ’ protested Joan . |
| 21 | ‘ He is not my nearest and dearest . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He is not my Tutilo , ’ said Daalny . |
| 23 | ‘ He is not my Tutilo , ’ she repeated , almost absently , still pondering . |
| 24 | ‘ He is not my father , ’ it said , ‘ and since you married him I do n't think of you as my mother . ’ |
| 25 | I tell you , he is not my brother . |
| 26 | ‘ He is not my brother , ’ she repeated . |
| 27 | ‘ And he is not my brother . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He is not my lover , ’ Ruth stated emphatically , ‘ but yes , I am upset at the thought of him spending time with Maria Luisa . |
| 29 | ‘ He is not my friend . |
| 30 | The ramifications of these doubts are reflected in a poll by Time magazine and CNN , which shows 53 per cent of voters do not think Mr Clinton is honest and trustworthy enough to be president ; 67 per cent think he would say anything to be elected president ; and 62 per cent say he is not someone they would be proud to have as president . |