Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] he [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's been driving the go-kart for 18 months so he 's really quite experienced . |
| 2 | The exporter does not expect to get paid for his goods for 12 months so he is given a credit note — a standby letter — from the importer 's bank . |
| 3 | The paradigm presents him with a set of definite problems together with methods that he is confident will be adequate for their solution . |
| 4 | But hey , there 's a bounty out , he could do with the loot and you can tell from the narrowing of those famous Eastwood eyes that he 's bored rigid with being a decent human being . |
| 5 | He , of course , does not admit any difficulty of this kind , but I shall suggest that his appeals to class strategy are treacherous , and reintroduce the conception of subjects that he is so anxious to stamp out . |
| 6 | The images that he 's going to use come to life . |
| 7 | Listening is much more than hearing ; it is an active process whereby the listener attends exclusively to the speaker , not only to the words that he is speaking . |
| 8 | Rod Wallace appears to be producing some good performances although he 's not putting all his chances away — those misses in the first half on Saturday would probably be crucial against a good side . |
| 9 | John Patten , counting his blessings that he is not yet a Treasury Minister , opted to avoid the economy altogether and put his faith in education , as befits an Oxford fellow . |
| 10 | These days the king goes out of his way to remind listeners that he is the senior representative of the Hashemites , ‘ the noblest family in Islam ’ and the traditional guardians of Mecca and Medina until they were thrown out by the al-Saud family in 1925 . |
| 11 | Tony Grant , of Coopers and Lybrand , who chairs the initiative , hopes to take advantage of the deregulation of German , French and other European financial sectors that he is sure is coming . |
| 12 | However , as a result of the accident , he has completely lost the use of his arms and legs and he is now able to communicate with other people only by using his parents to interpret his signs . |
| 13 | that to him when the Celtic red mist 's before his eyes and he 's kicking your head in in a jealous rage , he thought . |
| 14 | It is possible for a Fanatic to whirl through several enemy units if he is especially lucky ! |
| 15 | It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us . |
| 16 | TACKLING your opponent very hard and then lifting him up with your hands under his armpits and pulling his hairs until he is screaming blue murder — and you say to the referee ‘ Well , I 'm only trying to help him ! ’ |
| 17 | And Donald 's gon na go and take away all those words and he 's gon na put them all into a dictionary all by himself . |
| 18 | He is working on a scheme with the National Federation of WI to organise a competition to celebrate next year 's 75th anniversary by offering 10 telecottages as prizes for its 9,000 branches and he is hoping the WI will establish a pilot telecottage near its college in Denman , Oxfordshire . |
| 19 | Yeah well we 've got a little antique box a jewellery box and it 's embossed the pattern round it , and the pattern round it is a boar hunt and it 's beautiful , there 's a little boar galloping his heart out with horsemen after him with spears and he 's all the way round the box and I thought of adding him on to the copper kettle you know as engraved all round the outside . |
| 20 | For now Andrew Saxton continues to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders and he 's hoping the decision will be reversed before the event starts . |
| 21 | However , he will have to take much more radical steps if he is to acquire truly ‘ green ’ credentials . |
| 22 | His photographs feature in several books and he is currently photographer for Cycling Weekly . |
| 23 | In later days it became fashionable to see Chaplin as a political rebel against Hollywood 's factory methods but he is better seen as the last of the old-style showmen offering a highly polished product to the masses that he felt he knew so intimately . |
| 24 | ‘ Aah doubts but he 's on 'is way ti ’ meet 'is Maker . |
| 25 | An eighty-six year old man has been told that he ca n't keep his artificial legs because he 's too accident prone . |
| 26 | The question may arise as to whether the decision to consent to or reject treatment is made by a patient who has the capacity to make the decision , in other words whether he is fit to make it , or whether he has genuinely made the decision . |
| 27 | Amenartas , escaping from Ayesha 's wrath , had borne a child whose line persisted through the centuries to end with Leo Vincey , who is as much a descendant of Kallikrates as he is a reincarnation of him . |
| 28 | He may even need to use a blanket over his legs when he is sitting in his chair . |
| 29 | Dega is so myopic that he never takes his glasses off-there is a nice touch when Dustin holds his hand over his spectacles as he is showered down . |
| 30 | Ted Cox is almost unique among Athletico supporters as he is one of only a handful who voluntarily attend away games . |