Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [conj] he [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These two cases , then , make it perfectly clear that when he is sued , as in the present case , on the covenants contained in the original lease , the original tenant 's only possible defences are either : ( 1 ) that he has performed the covenants ; or ( 2 ) that the relevant assignee has performed the covenants ; or ( 3 ) there has been some other operation conducted upon the lease — for example surrender of the whole — which has put a complete end to the liability to pay rent . |
| 2 | No-one knows any longer when Morrissey is being sarcastic and when he is trying to awaken us to something . |
| 3 | This time it looks serious and if he is forced to resign then my own position could be in jeopardy . |
| 4 | And he 's never happier than when he 's falling flying , floating through the air . |
| 5 | She wrote , with an unaccustomed fluency , which made her sister wonder if the words had been thought up by her alone , that : — it would not be good for Oreste to leave here at this moment since he has been ill and though he is making a good recovery the doctor who you can be sure I was quick to call and no expense being spared but your money put to good use has said it would injure his general well-being to travel in his weakened state . |
| 6 | Will my right hon. Friend tell me how best to reply to a constituent of mine who has recently completed a course of treatment at Broomfield hospital in Chelmsford and who tells me that the nurses and doctors were fantastic , that the treatment was magnificent and that he is fed up to the back teeth with the constant efforts of the Labour party to undermine and talk down the achievements of the health service ? |
| 7 | Well if he keeps , if he looks after the car and keeps himself right och it 'll be okay but if he 's gon na mess about and wreck the car well he 's he 's no way of getting to work . |
| 8 | The game can be played in a more limited form in the little bowl-type individual urinals which are more fashionable these days , but Jamie has never tried this himself , being so short that if he is to use one of those he has to stand about a metre back from it and lob his waste water in . |
| 9 | When a pupil who is visually impaired is writing or drawing , his work position is as important as when he is reading . |
| 10 | These points are similar to points 2 and 3 ante but vary slightly in the content of the call , e.g. for point 4 examples would include falsely telling a woman her husband was dead or that he is having an affair . |