Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [conj] he [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is also fiercely protective of that unbeaten record despite constantly saying that he 's only in boxing for the money . |
| 2 | The Collectanea , on the other hand , almost certainly influenced both the tone and direction of Henry 's statements on the subject , for unlike Tyndale its authors were not calling for Henry to seize new powers in order to reform the church , but were merely insisting that he was already head of the church and only needed to exercise a pre-existing authority . |
| 3 | But either it was not hunting or he was too big to tackle , for it disappeared over the heather ; and although he waited motionless for some time , it did not return . |
| 4 | I 'm not going if he 's there . |
| 5 | I 'm just saying that he is here . |
| 6 | DAVID FRENCH is the man who took over the Marriage Guidance Council , renamed it Relate and persuaded the Princess of Wales to become its patron , thus demonstrating that he was both tough and persuasive . |
| 7 | No he 's not hiding cos he 's just at the back . |
| 8 | Ah but she ca n't help it can she but it puts you off going when he 's in dun n it ? |
| 9 | Then a Leed rang up saying that he was there and that the particular aviatical chant in question had been initially struck up by the away end , and only joined in by a shameful minority ( ahem ) of Leeds fans . |
| 10 | Meredith asked tentatively , fervently hoping that he was n't . |
| 11 | He had been long absent from the public balcony of the Roman palace which he had made his stage , and he was now proving that he was n't in chronic decline , as rumour held , with a pox contracted years ago , but had merely suffered a passing dose of ‘ flu . |
| 12 | He was like as close as that and he was really staring and he was n't staring at the road cos as I went on a few feet he stared at the car again . |
| 13 | Now realizing that he was more approachable and understanding than I had supposed , I felt an affection for him which increased each time I met him . |
| 14 | He did exactly that , little knowing that he was about to stumble upon one of the greatest discoveries of this century . |
| 15 | He asked his people not to believe those who went about saying that he was not going to keep his promises . |
| 16 | While again emphasizing that he was not an engineer , McDonald described the Raybestos factory as ‘ the most modern I have seen . |
| 17 | I derived a great deal of amusement out of this because he got so carried away , huffing and puffing , and once he unleashed a mighty kick with ‘ Take that , you bastard ’ , sadly forgetting that he was still chained at the time . |