Example sentences of "he a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Was he a member of the Triple A ? ’
2 Is he a member of the garrison ?
3 ‘ Was he a patient of yours ? ’
4 So was he a captive of his name — as d'Arquebus might well be of his ?
5 A film of his most recent novel , The Unbearable Lightness of Being , conveys little more than that he a master of the erotic situation .
6 It should be emphasised that occasional drug use may be simply a " normal " pattern of behaviour corresponding to " normal " drunkenness and not necessarily he a sign of delinquency , depravity or addictive disease .
7 ‘ Is n't he a friend of the Earl of Essex ? ’
8 Just to explode any lingering subtlety , Unberto Eco even has someone ask , ‘ Was n't he a character in Middlemarch ? ’
9 Lord Burlington was an outstanding and resplendent figure , not only was he a Knight of the Garter , but also Lord High Treasurer of Ireland ; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guards and Governor of Greenwich Hospital , and he made a serious contribution to that age , although it is his contribution to the arts and architecture for which he is most remembered .
10 Or was he a bit of both ?
11 Is he a man with ‘ appalling exterior ’ and no more , or is he , as the charge suggests , a murderer ?
12 But then I thought actually all this adds up to what you want is someone you feel safe with , someone you feel is going to look after the country and its people well , and I thought is Major somebody I feel safe with , and I thought well in some ways because I do n't think he 's going to turn round and do anything nasty to me , but on the other hand erm I wonder — I 'm going back to your question — is he a man of substance ?
13 ‘ Is he a man like you ? ’
14 Without directly embracing the ‘ protection ’ element in this argument , it can be suggested that there should he a duty on the man to ask the girl about her age before entering into sexual relations , even though the answers may be untruthful in some cases .
15 It is convenient to consider the third and fourth issues together : has the prisoner the right to make representations before the Secretary of State sets the date for the first review , and has he a right to be told the judicial view of his tariff ?
16 But has n't he a need to be loved by her ?
17 They had a need of him , he a need of them .
18 Had he a pain like that ?
19 It would only he a piece of information .
20 He a loader for him .
21 Sharon and Attilio Savasi met when she was a chef and he a waiter at the same hotel .
22 We soon found other things in common , amongst them that we both were Nottingham men — he a graduate of the University , I an ex-student of University College with an external degree .
23 Is he a danger to us ? ’
24 Was he a colleague of Roirbak 's ?
25 The convention you follow may be a matter of personal choice but nowadays it is more likely to he a matter of company house-style .
26 Was he an influence on you ?
27 ‘ Is he an heir to the throne ? ’
28 So you know , she was sleeping , he was laying beside her and he an egg from her hand or something .
29 Is he an aesthete of the subject ?
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