Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] he is [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Terence adds that he is enclosing for Christopher Patten a copy of the rules which the Cabinet Office has issued for the guidance of officials ‘ on such exercises ’ . |
| 2 | The difference is the eyes : this Christ looks like he is pursued by demons . |
| 3 | Letterman thinks that he is failing in love with her but he has the impression that she is using his cosseted and lineamented body in some sinister fashion . |
| 4 | Managing director David Crisp says that he is talking to three potential manufacturers at the moment , one of which is presumably Amstrad . |
| 5 | Mr. Browne says that he is standing as constituency candidate , free to speak and act for the area and with the strength to resist party orders that are against the interests of grass roots people . |
| 6 | Later Scandinavian sources suggest a date of 1027 for the battle of Holy River , but this is rendered implausible by chapter 13 of the Letter sent by Cnut to England in that year , which mentions people who had tried to deprive him of his kingdom and his life , but whose power had been destroyed by God , and says that he is returning from Rome to Denmark to make peace with them . |
| 7 | The epitomist himself emphasizes that he is writing at a certain distance from the events because he concludes his story with the words : " From this time Jerusalem has been in the possession of the Jews . " |
| 8 | In April , while on a protracted stay with Janet 's parents in Walsall , she complains of his extremely hard work , and in early May she first states that he is working for Oxford entrance . |
| 9 | Bob Collicutt acknowledges that he is presiding over a mature , commodity business with limited growth opportunities , but sees the free-standing role as an opportunity for it to remain profitable in the longer term . |
| 10 | If an accused person hears that he is going to be sentenced to one year in jail , it is argued that it would be distinctly unfair for a prosecutor to appeal . |
| 11 | Now , when I touch his cheek with my finger , he responds normally , but not as quickly as he responds when he is held to the breast . |
| 12 | The plot is more than faintly ludicrous but the music is Rossini at his most inspired — even when one suspects that he is writing with tongue in cheek . |
| 13 | He indicates that he is looking for £150m.The defence division had appeared as a ‘ blot on our copy books ’ , he said — pre-tax profits at the business plunged to £1.5m from £13.2m , and turnover slipped to £425m from the £436.5m of a year ago . |
| 14 | I hope that that unclarity means that he is moving towards us . |
| 15 | This means that he is protected against any action of defamation provided he speaks in good faith and without malice ( Beach v. Freeson ( H.C. , 1972 ) ) , and provided there is a common interest between the parties . |
| 16 | The descriptions and explanations leave no questions unanswered , the graphics are extremely well drawn so you can see clearly what the author means when he is talking about planting etc . |
| 17 | Saunders ( 1986 : 156 ) distinguishes his account from traditional Weberian approaches to stratification and contends that he is dealing with : |
| 18 | But these photographs are misleading to the amateur who forgets that he is looking at a ‘ frozen ’ action captured part of a swing . |
| 19 | If a person knows that he is confronted by a policeman and comes to the conclusion , wrongly , that the policeman is acting outside the scope of his duty , he acts at his peril if he chooses to use force to escape from his predicament . |