Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] he [is] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead it is copied to the plaintiff together with new Form N236 which asks him to confirm whether he wishes the case to proceed or that he is withdrawing the action ( Ord 9 , r 2(7) ) . |
| 2 | These points are similar to points 2 and 3 ante but vary slightly in the content of the call , e.g. for point 4 examples would include falsely telling a woman her husband was dead or that he is having an affair . |
| 3 | And you never know when your husband is coming home for dinner , or if he 's coming home alone , or with his secretary or with a friend — I mean , you have nothing in your life to plan , not even that night , let alone the next day or the weekend . |
| 4 | There is a difficulty , however , if the seller is disposing of only part of his holding represented by a certificate or if he is disposing of all his holding but to several buyers . |
| 5 | He should have a glass of water with each meal , at least , and possibly in between meals if his environment is very warm , or if he is doing a lot of active therapy . |
| 6 | well , I do n't know whether that man over there is cleaning the windows or whether he 's having to look at the double glazing again |
| 7 | He has a month to decide whether he 's going to stay as a Member of Parliament and not be a member of the Government , or whether he 's going to be a member of the Government and resign his parliamentary seat . |
| 8 | However , it must be stressed that it is a question of fact in each individual transaction , and the question one has to ask objectively in every single situation is whether the purchaser is merely selecting specific assets for the use in his own business or whether he is buying assets in order that he can carry on the business in succession to and in place of the vendor . |
| 9 | The appropriate strategy is perhaps to wait to determine whether the Japanese businessman is prepared to offer his hand for a handshake or whether he is going to bow . |
| 10 | If selling to a receiver you must be sure to establish whether the receiver is purchasing in his own name and assuming personal liability or whether he is purchasing on behalf of the receivership . |
| 11 | And you let Mr Brown know what he 's doing and where he 's going . ’ |
| 12 | Physically in terms of his character and where he 's going . |
| 13 | We are in London 's trendy media haunt , the Groucho Club , where he has that day become a member , his celebrity enabling him to jump a one-year waiting list to his evident delight , and where he is promoting his new BBC travel series Pole to Pole , a sequel to the successful Around the World in 80 Days . |
| 14 | ‘ In John Major you have a pilot at the helm who knows where he comes from and where he is going . ’ |
| 15 | To drive a London black cab , you have to pass stringent geographical and driving tests , so you can be sure that any London cabbie knows what he is doing and where he is going . |
| 16 | J E Nicholson ( Points of View , 10 February ) can stop wondering who ‘ the man on the tricycle is and where he is going ’ , as I am that man . |
| 17 | To take the weakest case first ; even if the sceptic were unwise enough to admit that any assertion involves a claim to knowledge and that he is asserting his conclusion that knowledge is impossible , he can still maintain his position . |
| 18 | Mr Clinton might say in June that he is renewing MFN until 1994 ; that he is looking at the application of other American laws to areas like weapons proliferation and trade abuses ; and that he is starting some ( as yet murky ) process to ensure that the Chinese are discharging their obligations under human-rights treaties . |
| 19 | Of the 50 men questioned 27 knew that Michael Fallon is the Conservative MP and that he is standing again at the election . |
| 20 | ‘ Why , folks do say , your honor ! as how that he is a Poet , and that he is going to put Quantock and all about here in print ; and as they be so much together , I suppose that the strange gentleman has some consarn in the business . ’ |
| 21 | The word here — many talk but few are willing to be quoted — is that Nelson Mandela will be the last to go , and that he is working closely with the government in arranging a timetable for the releases . |
| 22 | His assistant Julian immediately offers me coffee , and explains in apologetic tones that Tony has been called out — ‘ but you 're down for 11.30 ’ — and that he 's expecting him back any moment . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course , that makes it all sadder and sicker that these things happened to Peter , and that he 's doing what he 's doing now . |
| 24 | Yamazaki says it will be a V12 and that he 's talking to three companies . |
| 25 | And that he 's relying on you . |
| 26 | The garments might be placed by his hemiplegic side , if there is no risk of him falling as he reaches for them , and if he is beginning to use the hemiplegic arm . |
| 27 | His bust , crowned with fresh bay leaves , presides at the side of the stage , and if he is looking down from Valhalla , let us hope he is pleased to be proved wrong . |
| 28 | And if he is doing that I do n't think he 'll mind us going on there cos the other dogs that have started walking on there , do you know what I mean ? |
| 29 | ‘ And if he 's thinking he 'll be getting away with it he can think again ! |
| 30 | And if he 's hiding , then he must have good reason for it . ’ |