Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] he [is] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other situations , however , PH 's pattern of responding makes it clear that he is recognizing familiar faces at an unconscious level . |
| 2 | Some will think him a spiritual butterfly , some an intellectual too ready to be hoodwinked ; but his searching has a definite progress to it , and the heights and depths encountered in this book make it clear that he is getting somewhere , often against his own will and inclination . |
| 3 | In the British case ( and Saunders makes it clear that he is generalising about the home in British society ) the best way in which the occupant of a house can acquire ontological security is through being its owner . |
| 4 | Mark 's promise that the Holy Spirit will look after their words when arraigned before councils for the sake of the gospel is brought into the Mission Charge by Matthew : it seems clear that he is looking forward from an isolated incident in the ministry of Jesus to the continuing mission of the post-resurrection church of which he was a member . |
| 5 | It makes it a criminal offence for the advertiser to fail to make it clear that he is selling in the course of a business . |
| 6 | Medicine Mr Portillo has made clear that he is examining every possible area of Government spending in the task of cutting the bill before the Chancellor 's next budget in November . |
| 7 | I am afraid that he is getting very near to the Nuremburg defence of saying that he was only obeying orders . |
| 8 | all bit and everything 's come out so of course the horse is running around free and he 's trying to catch it |
| 9 | ‘ He suspects me of killing Angy and he 's trying to protect you . |
| 10 | Dad 's gone I 'm afraid cos he 's gon na be late . |
| 11 | 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 : |
| 12 | It 's possible that he 's trying to test your love for him . |
| 13 | Do n't you find it so terribly annoying that he 's walking round not paying his poll tax ? |
| 14 | If the surgeon though is unable to perform his duties properly , for example if H I V infects his brain and he 's demented or he 's coughing up tubercle bacilli because of pneumonia , of course these are extreme complications , and there 's no way a hospital would allow a surgeon to continue to operate under such circumstances . |
| 15 | There is then a risk that the buyer , before he has paid and therefore before he has acquired title , sells and delivers the goods to a sub-purchaser who is unaware that he is buying from someone who has no title . |
| 16 | Part of the time he may almost be unaware that he is speaking to another person — after all Gila does n't understand English very well and it is unlikely that she would fully understand the references to Rupert Brooke and the poem ‘ The Old Vicarage , Grantchester ’ . |
| 17 | Gradually his attitude changes , partly for the almost absurdly simple reason that the weather changes from uncomfortable cold to pleasant warmth and partly because he is too intelligent to be totally unaware that he is learning , whether he wants to or not . |
| 18 | The psychologist Jeffrey Gray , who is also quoted by Askwith , more clearly distinguishes these , although perhaps unaware that he is doing so : ‘ How can you know , in advance , whether an experiment will be relevant ? |
| 19 | He run very well last time , showed plenty of early and he 's going to be on his toes tonight , but anyway it 's Ashfield Charlie in trap two , the selection for the first leg of the yankee . |
| 20 | and he 'd remembered this spiel and he 'd got it word perfect and he 's reeling it off as his one objection |
| 21 | Now well I 'm sitting there , Robert 's my customer and like I 'm sitting there and he comes out with this fabulous spiel , right , as this objection , right , that was word perfect and he 's sitting there after he 's finished it as smug as anything and looking at me as if to say so what are you gon na do about that then ? |
| 22 | I mean he might be listening if he 's listening perhaps er perhaps Richard will ring in thank you . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It 's gone dark while he 's waiting for us outside . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Erm if we 've got erm er a couple say age sixty , and they 've got their personal allowances er as , as usual , er let's assume that the male 's retired and he 's getting an income of five thousand two hundred , let's just suppose . |
| 28 | to the bathroom , you know , expecting a big welcome and there 's ginger lying there , he 's only about ooh of five inches long and he 's only about , weighs less than a , immediately he 's backs arched and he 's hissing away there , his tail came up like you know |
| 29 | Billy says his 12-year-old son , Mark , is very upset and he is appealing for anyone who is offered a snake for sale in suspicious circumstances to contact the police . |
| 30 | First , is it false that he is doing something ? |