Example sentences of "he [conj] [pron] is doing " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the runner can be told exactly why he or she is doing a particular type of training , what bodily changes it will bring about and how he or she should run to achieve them , then those 15 minutes a day of quality training are more than enough . |
| 2 | He or she is doing a certain thing and we interpret it in a certain way which elicits a given emotion . |
| 3 | A child can not be behaving badly if he or she is doing something else , hence ‘ a competing behaviour ’ . |
| 4 | The donor of a power of attorney who appoints as his attorney a person incapable of understanding the import of a simple transfer can hardly be allowed , if the donee signs a transfer without any understanding of what he or she is doing , to repudiate the transfer on the ground of a lack of understanding on the part of the donee . |
| 5 | But the promise of the student 's higher education is realized when the student is able to raise him or herself out of that state of ‘ delight ’ ( to borrow again from Marjorie Reeves ) and to reflect on what he or she is doing and thinking . |
| 6 | When the manager of any organization knows the worth of what he or she is doing it is easier to explain its purposes to other people and to seek their co-operation . |