Example sentences of "he be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he followed her from the room , he said , ‘ Has he been using any new chemicals ? ’ |
| 2 | Had he been facing any of the big cat family , with their formidable armoury of fang , claw , power and speed , he would , for all his martial arts training , have been in with very little chance of survival , let alone victory . |
| 3 | I found his blend of assurance , diffidence and wit beguiling , and I have often wondered what he might have done had he been born free . |
| 4 | Had Waddell 's trial in Edinburgh not been the farce it was , had he been found guilty of the murder of Mrs Ross as he should have been and sentenced by Lord Robertson to life imprisonment , as he should have been , it would seem likely that Mrs Chipperfield would be alive today . |
| 5 | So erm w if Had he been doing digging graves when he was in Suffolk ? |
| 6 | Who had he been making beautiful ? |
| 7 | ‘ Has he been left any money by somebody ? ’ |
| 8 | Can your Centre Forward put one in against Fatty Phil , or will he be playing Left Back in the changing rooms ? |
| 9 | Why should he be lying asleep when I 'm working to try and save us ? |
| 10 | Will he be having any talks with the Cairns group of countries , which involves major food producers such as Australia and New Zealand and is dedicated to getting rid of all subsidies , tariffs and quotas which put extra costs on food , and getting good-quality , cheap food back on the shelves — policies from which our farmers have absolutely nothing to fear ? |
| 11 | How could he be making small talk when their bodies were pressed together like this ? |
| 12 | If he were to lie flat , associated reactions might be stimulated by the pressure of the couch against the back of his head and upper back . |
| 13 | If he were taking several of you out why did n't you say to one of the other girls why do n't you come ? |
| 14 | It was as if he were scouring all the weakness out of himself by an equivalent to giving himself the disease . |
| 15 | Indeed the Court of Appeal has strongly disapproved of judges telling a defendant what the sentence would be if he were to plead guilty . |
| 16 | He fired his pistol in the air and charged over the top as if he were chasing some errant fox . |
| 17 | Before this interrogation , he had reluctantly agreed to allow his wife to conduct it , being unable to argue against her contention that if he were to perform that duty , his questioning would inevitably be biased in the girl 's favour . |
| 18 | If he were to ask many people in the north-east where they come from , they would say ’ the north-east ’ . |
| 19 | By the time they had risen above the storm , there was a slight smile on his lips , as if he were thinking pleasant thoughts . |
| 20 | He had all the ladders were out the van , and he were using all George 's tools . |
| 21 | We have also made it absolutely clear that we will ensure that our deterrent is effective and absolutely credible , and that it puts real fear into any potential aggressor about the damage that he could suffer if he were to attack this country . |
| 22 | The ‘ miscellaneous ’ sounded weary , as though he were growing tired of the proceedings already . |
| 23 | When we were talking to the builders tha he were putting that in . |
| 24 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that if he were to convert all loans under the social fund to grants , as has been promised by the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) , the cost would be about £130 million and would greatly prejudice the operation of the social fund as it now works ? |
| 25 | As to the visit to Merstham , I had hoped that if he were to come all that way , he ought to see something of the country , as it was then still of an unspoilt rural character and in autumn especially beautiful . |
| 26 | If a fighter 's expression were to show fear , or if he were to appear nervous , his opponent would take advantage of his lack of confidence during the fight . |
| 27 | ‘ The language of Newton ! ’ he cried , scribbling figures on the blackboard and immediately wiping them off with a damp rag as though he were doing vanishing tricks . |
| 28 | even though they had that on , with having to march and run , and he were doing these fifteen miles half , well sort of jogging and running and with the forty |
| 29 | looked like a great big piano , you know , with like the buttons and he were doing this and they 've got every country within range on the wa on whatever it was , wall or a gantry , and if that was n't too , too good he , he were doing something and it come up . |
| 30 | Did you see t what do you make of that blackie with that lovely lovely young girl , pretty as a picture , and he were doing this round her and leaning back , and his great big lips ooh ooh ! |