Example sentences of "and he [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 2 | His results in seven of the eight one-day internationals were only marginally better , with six wickets at 41.33 , and he is ranked 12 with C&L — the highest Englishman . |
| 3 | ‘ But he is the defending champion and he proved he can play on grass and he is playing this week on grass in Halle . ’ |
| 4 | The manager is responsible for the actual results achieved , and he is held accountable because information about his achievements will be fed back to his superiors , and they can then call him to account to explain his performance . |
| 5 | Sheng is undergoing a programme of physiotherapy and play therapy to stretch his tightened leg muscles and he is having regular sessions at a local swimming pool to help his development . |
| 6 | Maamur showed , when winning a maiden race at Southwell last month by 10 lengths , that he has the potential to develop into a useful stayer and he is napped this afternoon . |
| 7 | He 's got various types of grapes and environments ; for instance , some he grows using green manures and he 's experimenting all the time . |
| 8 | You can have one quick move and if it 's a false one well er you made a bad mistake and you 've gone back about er whatsit and I think 's done exactly the same here he 's sacked us and he 's put himself in er in er queer corner s like a game of draughts you know and he 's trying all roads to come out of it . |
| 9 | hairdryer to dry it out right and he 's drying this switch out with the hairdryer and all and everything turned the switch on and about five hundred volts were on shock so they had to call |
| 10 | But his lifestyle has lead to court appearances on drug and driving offences and he 's served two jail sentences . |
| 11 | and he 's getting worse and you try to tell him but |
| 12 | And he 's getting close . |
| 13 | He had a cold when he cut his bottom two and his top ones are nearly through and he 's getting cold . |
| 14 | He had a new Coroma two litre and he 's towing this bloke on motorway at hundred mile an hour ! |
| 15 | ‘ He 's an intelligent boy , very sensitive and he 's seen other players leave Forest and things not go well for them . |
| 16 | And he 's mounted some of his moths for us . … |
| 17 | And if it goes the other way , and he 's called guilty of murder , then , worse , he 'll hang . ’ |
| 18 | We 've got him where we want him , and he 's looking well . ’ |
| 19 | but basically what , what , what I 'm trying to say is that erm , you know , it 's nineteen twenty seven , the world depression has n't happened yet erm and he 's assuming that you know , well you , you just said downtrodden masses for thousands of years I 'd say , you know , balls to that |
| 20 | Howard always started by getting the 'keeper and back four right first , and he 's done that . |
| 21 | And he 's pledged five per cent of tonight 's take to the Children 's Aid Fund , which means — ’ |
| 22 | and he 's expecting some people to come round for his Legos . |
| 23 | College Principal Clive Brain says there 's a growing demand for technological education and he 's expecting large numbers of applicants . |
| 24 | ‘ She 's in love with that creepy doctor and he 's flashing that dreary April around to upset her . |
| 25 | And he 's lookin' grand himself , not pinned or stoned or nuttin' . |
| 26 | is about the expected wage , and he says that people erm , base their decision , a rational mind would base his decision on erm , probability of getting a job times the erm , urban wage rate , equals the expected rate , wage rate , and he 's saying that , because urban wage rates are so much higher , erm , that unemployment rate can also be quite high , and the expected gains can still be positive . |
| 27 | Erm and he 's saying that you know to start with basically education has always been the preserve of the landlords , er the peasants have n't had anything to do with education , have always been poor illiterate peasants erm and now he 's saying that because the landlords have been overthrown erm suddenly peasants er have , you know , are forming erm schools and have been able to be taught various things . |
| 28 | So he 's got the white shoes , the white pants , he sounds just like Dean Martin and Bing Crosby and he 's schmaltzing all the old tunes to death . |
| 29 | I spoke to him the night before last , and he 's doing fine . |
| 30 | He thinks I think I 'm better than him because I 'm doing a science degree and he 's doing Fine Art . |