Example sentences of "he is [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He is exactly like a person , ’ Gustave wrote . |
| 2 | Everybody hates a bad leaver but , whereas in the West you can usually close the door on a guest who has finally reached the garden gate , in the islands it is impolite to stop waving and chanting until he is either round a corner and out of sight , or else too distant to be able to see the whites of his eyes . |
| 3 | ‘ Here he is again as a page at Col 's wedding . |
| 4 | If he will forgive me he is rather like a graduate from the Shirley Williams institute for the caring and compassionate politician . |
| 5 | ‘ Since , however , he is away for a couple of days , there is little possibility of your doing that ! ’ |
| 6 | If , as is sometimes the case , he is actually in a position to influence the course of events , how should he then act ? |
| 7 | ‘ I believe he is smart and intelligent enough to realise he is now at a club which can satisfy him emotionally . |
| 8 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food whether he is now in a position to reveal the latest survey regarding dioxin levels in milk in the Bolsover area ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 9 | Perhaps he is now in a position to be more precise . |
| 10 | So he is now in a position he can either take them to court or he 's forgetting it . |
| 11 | However an agent often holds no money or property for his principal unlike a trustee ; if he does receive money from or for his principal he is merely in a position of debtor to his principal in respect of it and if he receives goods he may hold them as bailee only ( see Lister v Stubbs [ 1890 ] 45 Ch 1 ) . |
| 12 | Chapman ( too old and frankly has lost what it takes ) Hodge ( we do n't need any more midfielders and he is still worth a bob or two ) Rod Wallace ( unless he bucks his ideas up ) |