Example sentences of "he [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Aah 'm afraid 'e 's badly , lass , ’ Annie answered sadly . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , me dad always says 'e 's 'ere today an' gone today , ’ said Linda . |
| 3 | 'E 's dead set on gettin' this gym goin' . ’ |
| 4 | 'E 's always bin the quiet one . |
| 5 | Aah said as 'ow 'e 's only a poor little thing . ’ |
| 6 | They say 'e 's all right ter talk to . |
| 7 | 'E 's as daft as a brush , and twice as wooden as t'shaft . ’ |
| 8 | 'E 's never bin the same since the stables . |
| 9 | 'E 's never complained . ‘ |
| 10 | Suppose 'e 's still here ? |
| 11 | Danny as well if 'e 's still livin' wiv yer . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If by any chance the police pull us in on suspicion they 've got ter 'ave an identification parade , an' if the old watchman recognises any of us we 're done for , unless 'e 's too frightened ter pick us out , an' 'e will be if 'e knows we 're capable o' smackin' 'im around a bit . |
| 13 | Bakhtin means to mean something , however difficult the meaning , and reading him is recognizably like reading the great critics of the past . |
| 14 | But your ability to sympathise with him is powerfully lessened by the fact that this hero is also an immature prig and lying snob , whose principal objection to Helena is her social inferiority . |
| 15 | The anxiety of the pope over a rumour concerning Offa 's malice towards him is here very evident . |
| 16 | Foucault is critical of such a theory not just because it is based on a science/non-science distinction which for him is simply the product of a particular discursive formation which claims access to the real , rather than involving any epistemological questions of truth or objectivity , but also because it produces the notion of ideology as a secondary mediation ( as in Althusser 's interpellation ) in an inside/outside structure between the determinants of power and the individual subject . |
| 17 | It is worth noting , however , that Richards 's concept of poetry is similar to that which we have encountered in the previous two chapters , in that poetry for him is simply shorthand for literature that has aesthetic value ; his belief was that the value of literature as a whole lay entirely in its use of the emotive function of language . |
| 18 | He is an accomplice , in the sense that everyone who joins another in decoding a linguistic sign co-operates with them in the establishment of its meaning ; but we can see that the sign Iago offers him is just the opposite of what Othello wants to believe , or has believed till now . |
| 19 | I owe them more than money can pay , Gina , and finding Svend and trying to talk some sense into him is just one small thing I can do . |
| 20 | Because very often you , a father can be very keen on gardening and getting the children to help him is just the last thing . |
| 21 | ‘ Whatever club or staff was used on him is surely gone with the man who used it , but if the poor wretch 's corpse can tell us anything , let us discover it before we move him . ’ |
| 22 | Support for him is slowly growing among influential Tories . |
| 23 | ‘ What I think about him is neither here nor there . |
| 24 | When we look at Poe 's tales , the structure seems predictable , even formulaic : the dawning sense that all is not as it should be ; the attempts to explain away the moaning sounds that something inside him is nevertheless compelling him to hear ; the fight with fancy , as if one could will away one 's deepest fear ; and then the horrified recognition that what one was most afraid of is there , behind the antique panels , waiting to throw one to the floor . |
| 25 | The seat next to him is usually left empty , partly for weight and C of G considerations , but also because some of the aircraft have dual controls . |
| 26 | The best place for him is usually aloft , flying high , as soon as possible . |
| 27 | The protest of the human individual against the massive forces which control him is indeed a theme which can be seen in contemporary art , literature , music and drama , in the struggles against racialism , poverty and war , in the popular movements of Western youth and in the renewed campaign for women 's emancipation ; so we can hardly be surprised if parents too begin to question the authority of the experts . |
| 28 | I have great sympathy with Linford ; what they are doing to him is totally disgraceful . ’ |
| 29 | The director has not been provided with living accommodation by reason of his office , and any occupation of the property by him is purely incidental . |
| 30 | The order is that the defendant should consent to such steps being taken and the existence of personal jurisdiction over him is therefore essential . |