Example sentences of "he [be] [adj] [conj] [pron] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is frail and it is upsetting for her . ’ |
| 2 | Deep down , he is convinced that he is the best thing that has happened to his country since the invention of goulash . |
| 3 | On the personal front she has to choose between her one-time fiancé Paul whom she loves but can not marry because he is Catholic and she is divorced , and Bernard , a fellow philologist who attracts her physically but is selfish , emotionally dishonest , and married . |
| 4 | You tell me that Bill is at home and either he is drunk or he is sober . |
| 5 | He is content when he is working , because when he is working he is pleasing his owner and that is what a Rottweiler really loves to do . |
| 6 | She submits , not because she is threatened with or fears immediate violence , but because she feels helpless to resist in a situation in which he is all-powerful and she is powerless . |
| 7 | He is unemployed because he is ill , he gets £40.95 sickness benefit and the hostel takes £30 for bed and breakfast . |
| 8 | He is happiest when he is with his master or mistress . |
| 9 | Apparently " The twentieth century Salvationist is an activist … he is happiest when he is doing something . " |
| 10 | ‘ He is aggressive but he is a very honest person . |
| 11 | Of course we may say of someone that he is imaginative if he is original and spontaneous , and if his work is expressive . |
| 12 | Providing a coroner has considered the result of a post mortem examination and he is satisfied that there is no reasonable cause to suspect an unnatural death , then he is entitled to proceed under section 19(1) and to decline to hold an inquest . |
| 13 | However , a Commissioner may still investigate if he is satisfied that it is not reasonable to expect the complainant to use or have used this right . |
| 14 | He is single-minded and it is hard to communicate with him . |
| 15 | Or : because he is foreign and she is unused to his ways and meanings . |
| 16 | One night in hospital , but she thinks , she said after that , and he is improving and he 's doing P E now so |
| 17 | ‘ He is ideal because he is both a statesman and an artist [ he used to write rather stodgy plays ] , and we believe he shares the values we stand for , ’ says an ICA spokesman . |
| 18 | He is generic because it is unmarked , but if we ask why it is unmarked we are told , because it is generic . |
| 19 | Dr Kingdom is hiding something , though I am not sure he is aware that he is . |
| 20 | Though he is aware that there is another , more commonly accepted , way of working Owen is reluctant to compromise |
| 21 | Once established , even man finds it difficult to change his trend of mind , even if he is aware that it is leading to his downfall . |
| 22 | He is tough and he is tender , wrathful and ruthful . |
| 23 | To misquote you : he is itinerant because he is miserable . ’ |
| 24 | He 's he 's taller than me is n't he ? |
| 25 | ‘ By the way , Rob , ’ Merrill said quietly , ‘ Luke is here , but he 's tired and he 's taking a bath . |
| 26 | ‘ You ca n't pretend he 's normal and it 's no secret that he did n't see eye to eye with Alain . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ He 's upset because he 's seen people in the boathouse … |
| 28 | HE 'S BLACK SO IT 'S TO BE EXPECTED |
| 29 | They tend to say , oh well , he 's black so it 's to be expected , they 're bound to do that , so when they give you that kind of attitude , you think oh well , blow them , if that 's what they think , why not act like that . |
| 30 | Maybe there 's a chance that he 's better than he 's pretending . ’ |