Example sentences of "he [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If a son of mine 'as no feeling for this land , it 's better that 'e 's off it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ 'E 's over theer , ’ said the man , straightening up , and pointing to a thin , rather depressed-looking Asian standing beside a complicated piece of machinery . |
| 3 | Chopper looks more like 'e 's on the run from Dartmoor than a bloody Salvation Army bloke . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Bring 'em in , lad , ’ Mr Bean said to Hoomey. ‘ 'E 'll think 'e 's in paradise . ’ |
| 5 | 'E collapsed as 'e come out the Kings Arms an' they rushed 'im away ter the 'ospital. 'E 's in a bad way so Maisie Dingle told me . |
| 6 | After 'e 'as 'is tea 'e falls asleep in that chair an' 'e 's like that till it 's time for bed . |
| 7 | This is done here , partly directly , as in the injunction to be like the serpent , and partly indirectly , in her perversion of such words as ‘ milk ’ or ‘ nature ’ , Her parting injunction to him is to ‘ look up clear ’ ( 71 ) , ‘ clear ’ meaning ‘ innocent , spotless ’ : the stress must fall on the verb , ‘ look ’ or ‘ seem , . |
| 8 | The substance of his approach to the application before him is to be found in the following passages from his judgment : |
| 9 | The law requires that an adult patient who is mentally and physically capable of exercising a choice must consent if medical treatment of him is to be lawful , although the consent need not be in writing and may sometimes be inferred from the patient 's conduct in the context of the surrounding circumstances . |
| 10 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 11 | My advice to him is to not pay too much attention to it , be tough and carry on . |
| 12 | He is still referred to as Thatcherite but as that term begins to lose its currency my own view of him is of a free marketeer with a strong sense of economic realism . |
| 13 | Among his successors as Duke of Aquitaine only Richard is known to have written verse and certainly neither of the two surviving poems attributed to him is of this quality . |
| 14 | What 's much more important for him is of course is that he 's score , got his name on the score sheet and Tony will be such a relieved man , and the crowd 's so delighted for him . |
| 15 | When he was a young fighter , a doctor had to chase him around a desk to give him a shot , and chaotic mobility to him is at least as important as breathing . |
| 16 | ‘ The best place for him is with me , ’ she declared . |
| 17 | A better way to approach him is through books like Modern Linguistics — The Results of Chomsky 's Revolution by Neil Smith and Deirdre Wilson ( Penguin , 1979 ) . |
| 18 | Perhaps the best way to describe him is as a typical West Indian batsman , fundamentally very reliable and dependable yet always looking to attack if possible , always full of attractive stroke-play . |
| 19 | I do n't think the man has a sense of humour — how she lives with him is beyond me . |
| 20 | Doubtless most industrialists in the UK would concur , but where they might fall out with him is on the definition of ‘ robot ’ ( See Box below ) . |
| 21 | Where I differ from him is on the nature of the collection as a whole , which to me seems a collection of poems differing in method and indeed quality , written over a period of years , and having two distinct sequences , to the Friend and to the ‘ Dark Lady ’ . |
| 22 | Wait — an even more cherished memory of him is on the set at Wembley Studios after a particularly gruelling day shooting the ‘ Call to Confirm ’ commercial . |
| 23 | Another monument to him is in the main square of the city of Cebu in the central Philippines , a canopy with the kind of gaudy murals one expects in this flamboyant tropic city . |
| 24 | He 's in night , this side of him is in day . |
| 25 | And so the only communication I shall have with him is by letter , but er it 's the third of |
| 26 | It could be that the Pied Piper is never seen , but that all communication with him is by letter or petition — with the teacher writing replies but not actually appearing in the role . |
| 27 | Sure , he is told , steady travel can make a person feel like that for an instant ; yet it is obvious that short-term memory for him is like a labyrinth . |
| 28 | Everyone around him is like a member of the family . |
| 29 | It was pointed out in Dann v Hamilton that the defence could apply in cases where : " the drunkenness of the driver at the material time is so extreme and so glaring that to accept a lift from him is like engaging in an intrinsically and obviously dangerous occupation , intermeddling with an unexploded bomb or walking along on the edge of an unfenced cliff " . |
| 30 | He s on duty with England U18 side . |