Example sentences of "[is] [conj] he [is] " in BNC.

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1 And that 's where a lot of it and she still think 's that he 's
2 See tha , i if this chap 's got a fault , it 's that he 's a bit of mucky worker .
3 Pound may be right or wrong about the merits of Binyon 's version , as about the sorts of language that are acceptable in verse translation ; what is certain is that he 's here applying to diction a sort of sliding scale or set of variable standards such as Ford 's principles did n't allow for .
4 Now , as one New York dealer put it a week ago , ‘ the word is that he 's cashing in . ’
5 It 's a strange journey Paul Weller 's made , but stranger still is that he 's managed to take the greater part of his audience along with him .
6 ‘ Well all I 'm tellin' you , Pat , is that he 's made a lot of enemies .
7 What I like about Mark is that he 's not afraid to be funny with the crowd .
8 But he 's not a great conversationalist and not a great chatterer and talker and worker out of problems , like , for instance , Viscount Whitelaw , whose genius is that he 's always absolutely ready with many views on every single problem that 's going , political , policy and so on .
9 Anyway , the upshot of it is that he 's written a song , for his daughter , based on the Basil Brush thing .
10 No sign of Euclid , but the general view is that he 's somewhere out in the wood , recovering his composure
11 His most annoying habit is that he 's always on show .
12 ‘ The great thing is that he 's over his glandular fever and has ended all the speculation about his future by signing a new contract .
13 But what you have to understand is that he 's the biggest thing in these villages , so he has to be the biggest thing in my life .
14 ‘ I think what came across most strongly about him is that he 's such a charming and pleasant person , ’ Dominic says of Justin .
15 And the reason he remains friends with his ex-wives and lovers is that he 's a man 's man , essentially , he 's not the sort of man who would not have women friends around him unless they had , in some way , been involved with him .
16 ‘ I think the reasons that he stays friends with his women is that he 's generous , he 's always been generous .
17 Well , love , all I can say about Adam is that he 's Jake all over again — and being sensible never got anyone anywhere with Jake .
18 ‘ The idea is that he 's stopped for good . ’
19 The trouble with Edward is that he 's practically a saint .
20 Today 's other rumour is that he 's furious with all journalists because of this . ’
21 ‘ My own impression of Ian is that he 's outstanding as an administrator , ’ said the Archdeacon with real surprise .
22 But the one thing that does impress itself on you is that he 's so very competent .
23 What I 'm not prepared to accept is that he 's entitled to lead a charmed life while others struggle and falter and fail .
24 ‘ Because my impression is that he 's using the privacy of the consulting room to hide something .
25 ‘ All that means is that he 's your latest disciple . ’
26 I do n't like him at all , and if he was going to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright , I could n't care less , and it would n't change my opinion of him as a man , which is that he 's — ’
27 The bad news is that he 's so irresponsible he may . ’
28 My own opinion , for what it 's worth , is that he 's a closet gay . ’
29 But since the alternative is that he 's just a banana-brain who makes things up , he 's got a natural bias towards proving a conspiracy — has n't he ?
30 What 's funny about Frank Spencer is that he 's a fella .
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