Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] he [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Such a bore to find he 's on duty . ’ |
| 2 | She 's been out with enough lads to know he 's the right one for her , ’ Maureen said . |
| 3 | The idea that a minister should have a political associate to assist him is not new . |
| 4 | As well as Sunday 's League match , there is an Italian Cup tie the following Wednesday for Gazza to prove he 's in a good enough condition to make some contribution against Norway . |
| 5 | Hong Kong 's decision to free him is understood to have been made after talks involving the governor , Sir David Wilson , and the territory 's political adviser , William Ehrman . |
| 6 | Unless he has a part to play he is unlikely to attend after the first appearance . |
| 7 | Furthermore , Gregor Townsend , the 19-year-old fly-half , had an excellent match to confirm he is a player of rich potential . |
| 8 | Usually , it is assumed that Clovis must be the monarch in question , but if so the failure to name him is peculiar : his reputation might have been expected to add lustre to the code . |
| 9 | We should look behind the artificially magnified scope of the devil to discover he is not so deserved of our admiration as once we supposed . |
| 10 | I 've given him some some things to play he 's going to play with his pennies and make patterns and work out his tables . |
| 11 | It is sometimes argued that an experienced programmer can detect the ‘ general shape ’ of a particular high-level language X from blocks of machine code , just by hunch and judgement , but this ignores the possibility that the code may have been written in language Y with the syntactic style of X precisely in order to create this confusion ; just as one can murmur English with a German intonation and cause a distant listener to believe he is listening to unintelligible German . |
| 12 | Corunna 's Civil Governor , Pilar Lledo , said : ‘ There is evidence to show he is at fault . ’ |
| 13 | Today , closer to Clapton ( geographically ) than he 's been in a long while , Anthony Newley is relishing the chance to prove he 's still up to a tough dramatic performance eight shows a week and , to follow , he has plans for a musicalised Richard III . |
| 14 | On Wednesday , Taylor hopes they can make fools out of World Cup rivals Turkey because , with David Batty out , Palmer looks certain of an eighth cap and the chance to prove he is more than a court jester . |
| 15 | If what I say leads a buyer to believe he 's acquiring an original , that , I assure you , is mainly because it 's what he wishes to believe . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ He who when being killed bears no anger against his murderer and even asks God to forgive him is truly non-violent . |
| 17 | Delighted England manager Taylor said : ‘ That 's great news to hear he is training . |
| 18 | The Government 's decision to deport him is regrettable , but the matter is out of our hands . ’ |
| 19 | What possesses a grown man to pretend he is sitting in a psychiatrist 's chair on radio and ask celebrities questions in a lilting Irish accent about their mummies and daddies ? |
| 20 | Because very often you , a father can be very keen on gardening and getting the children to help him is just the last thing . |
| 21 | ‘ We have every reason to believe he 's a member of the IRB Supreme Council , therefore it 's vital we know who are the people he contacts . |
| 22 | He does n't want to be executed and for his children to think he 's a murderer . |
| 23 | Well I mean he was stealing and then , what about that time when I rang the police to say he 's nicking apples out |
| 24 | But nothing much has happened this year to suggest he is about to start firing . |
| 25 | Perhaps the best way to describe him is as a typical West Indian batsman , fundamentally very reliable and dependable yet always looking to attack if possible , always full of attractive stroke-play . |
| 26 | A better way to approach him is through books like Modern Linguistics — The Results of Chomsky 's Revolution by Neil Smith and Deirdre Wilson ( Penguin , 1979 ) . |
| 27 | It is now up to Ferguson to prove he is doing something more than repeating a cliched defence . |
| 28 | He 's lying on the ground , and one of the inch-high companions walks in front of his face to verify he 's dead . |
| 29 | It does not do him justice to say he is on their side , but he leaves us in no doubt about the horror of what Jacob and Rebekah have done . |
| 30 | The kidnapper has absconded from the probation hostel where he was awaiting sentence after admitting committing the offence.Since going on the run , Thomas Rennie has phoned the woman 's family to say he 's ’ going to get them . ’ |