Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] he [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dad 's gone I 'm afraid cos he 's gon na be late . |
| 2 | I am therefore arranging with R.A.F. that they will not deal with Stirling direct unless he is armed with a written request from GHQ . |
| 3 | In the fourth Gospel Jesus tells his followers , heart-broken because he is going to leave them , that it is better for them that he should do so : |
| 4 | Careful as he is to cultivate bankers , Mr Murdoch borrows to avoid being controlled . |
| 5 | This exists simply because he must necessarily reveal aspects of a closed and somewhat secretive society to the outside if he is to pursue any ethnography at all . |
| 6 | I mean he might be listening if he 's listening perhaps er perhaps Richard will ring in thank you . |
| 7 | Montgomerie , who finished joint 20th in Agadir , 14 shots behind winner David Gilford , will not be worried by a £1,000 fine — he has won more than £70,000 already this year — but will be dismayed if he is disciplined . |
| 8 | This is where modern designs like the Thermatex really comes into their own , because they wick the moisture through and keep the horse warm while he 's drying . |
| 9 | It 's gone dark while he 's waiting for us outside . |
| 10 | The changes are still under way at Liverpool and Souness will put a few more noses out of joint before he 's finished . |
| 11 | John , John Venables , who is the science correspondents for Radio Cambridge , and as I say who also runs his own media training sessions ; Julian Dunn , who is Senior News Reporter for Radio Cambridge , so I hope he 's going to kneecap a few of you and make life fairly uncomfortable when he 's doing some trial interviews , and Lloyd Addison , who 's a freelance from Radio Norfolk . |
| 12 | I have today won a concession from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , in as much as he is going to give a delegation from the Southampton and district licensed victuallers an opportunity to see him at the Department to talk over some of these matters . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And it got , in the end , actually , if I was , if I had to do something that was urgent or I had to go somewhere I used to have to say to her something like , you know , erm oh I better get on , I got a lot to do this morning , or I 'm goi I 've to be shopping and be back in time to cook Jim 's dinner or something like that cos he 's starting , oh I 've got ta have his dinner ready at twelve before he goes to work and if I really was pushed otherwise she would have come in every day . |
| 15 | ‘ He is embarrassed to ask for money , but he must train full-time if he is to do himself justice . |
| 16 | He 's on the dole , lucky if he 's gets thirty pound a week . |
| 17 | one expect to be comfortable if he is wearing a belt two inches too tight or a pair of shoes two sizes too small ? |
| 18 | Determine randomly which characters are the targets of which darts ; no character can be a target for more than three unless he is standing right in front of the chest ( e.g. , raising the lid ) . |
| 19 | And it seems undoubtedly to be more rapid when he 's put to the breast . |
| 20 | ‘ I said I 'd go round and see him later when he 's done his homework . |
| 21 | Yes , all that rhythm , one day you have it the next you do n't , and er Lawrence has certainly got it today , you can tell by just looking at a bowler running in , if he 's easy and relaxed , Lawrence I suppose never really looks relaxed when he 's belting into bowl , but he 's clicked he 's , he 's right at the crease . |
| 22 | I would need about a quarter of the boxes , but I ca n't be sure where he is going to land . |
| 23 | I mean Neville Brody 's work , I think maybe goes just a little deeper than just a , you know , flourish , but I am not sure where he 's going with it . |
| 24 | Maybe there 's a chance that he 's better than he 's pretending . ’ |
| 25 | I ai n't sure if he 's talking to me , so I do n't say nothing . |
| 26 | I 'm not sure if he 's playing , but he 's definitely better than he was ; he 's certainly not digging graves any more . |
| 27 | It always seems funny when a Rottweiler guards for the first time , barking loudly , usually backing off , not quite sure if he is doing the right thing . |
| 28 | She may wish you to accompany her to his office or to be present if he is to visit her in her home , and he will be pleased to have your co-operation . |
| 29 | As the future of manufacturing investment depends on confidence in future economic performance , does my right hon. Friend think that anyone contemplating what will happen to his income will feel more confident if he is threatened with slow torture rather than immediate amputation ? |
| 30 | In one case in 1944 , Scott LJ stated that the ‘ British principle of personal freedom , that every man should be presumed innocent until he is proved guilty , applies also to the police function of arrest — in a very modified degree , it is true , but at least to the extent of requiring them to be observant , receptive and open-minded and to notice any relevant circumstance which points either way , either to innocence or to guilt ’ . |