Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The user probably has limited expertise and he may be working under various stress conditions . |
| 2 | ( " Is groundsel nice , mother ? " ) and Hazel , touched to think that he must be dreaming of old days , rolled over on his side to give him room to settle again . |
| 3 | Mr Davies ' remarks can be interpreted in two ways : the public expression of a maverick opinion , in the manner of Bill Cash or Ivan Lawrence ; or he could be acting with covert government backing as a kind of stalking horse to gauge the reaction from MPs , and the public , to his suggestion . |
| 4 | Instead , at a press briefing , he made it clear that he would be looking to private benefactors to come to the rescue in extreme cases , and pointing to the successful purchases of ‘ Portrait of a lady with a squirrel and a starling ’ by Holbein for the National Gallery ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p.1 ) and Canaletto 's ‘ The Old Horse Guards , London , from St James 's Park ’ by Andrew Lloyd-Webber ( see The Art Newspaper No.19 June 1992 , p. 3 ) . |
| 5 | Referring to the recent bomb blasts in Belfast , Portadown and Magherafelt , Sir Patrick told reporters that he believed the IRA had stepped up its campaign of destruction because it would never win by the ballot-box and he revealed that he would be talking to senior RUC officers later today to discuss the present security situation . |
| 6 | Gen. Chaovalit Yongchaiyut , former Army C.-in-C. and leader of the New Aspiration Party ( NAP ) , had reportedly been planning to stand in Bangkok Constituency 2 , but announced on Jan. 22 that he would be standing in Nonthaburi province . |
| 7 | It could also prove too great a hurdle for Mr Gould , a well-known Euro-sceptic , who made clear that he would be pressing for Labour to rethink its economic policy and to advocate realignment of the pound within the European exchange rate mechanism to enable it to put forward more positive policies on industry and employment . |
| 8 | He will be working with national governments and voluntary agencies in the region . |