Example sentences of "[noun] he is [prep] " in BNC.

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1 What an underrated pianist he is over here !
2 If the club golfer , having read that late hitting is desirable , deliberately seeks an action he is in trouble .
3 " The nature of Andrew 's work , and the force he is in world musical theatre , brings a great many opportunities for exploitation , in the gentlest sense of the word , and the development of partnerships in theatre , films and recording . "
4 BENEFICIAL gets another chance at Goodwood today to demonstrate just what a loss he is to the Derby .
5 What will her reaction be when she knows that her bright boy , while patting and stroking her and kissing her brow and her blue lips , must have been laughing up his sleeve at her , and thinking what a clever boy he is to be able to live in her fine house and have a big say in her business , while at the same time running a mistress on the side . ’
6 Up there is how far away from home he is in miles along there is the time he 's been travelling for .
7 At the start of the Malvinas war he is with the Escuadrilla de Ataque based at Punta Indio , flying Aermacclu-339As and he is sent to Puerto Argentina — ’
8 On other days he is on body-washing duty and after a battle the bodies are not clean .
9 As early as 1707 Hugh , first Earl of Cholmondeley [ q.v. ] , was advised by a surveyor in London that the Smiths did a ‘ great deal of busness in the Contry and they have done a great deal of work thearabout & in Warwick you may easy hear of them ’ ; and when in the 1730s Sarah , Duchess of Marlborough [ q.v. ] , was building a house as far away as Wimbledon , Surrey , she stipulated that ‘ Mr. Smith of Warwickshire the Builder may be employed to make Contracts and to Measure the Work and to doe every thing in his Way that is necessary to Compleat the Work as far as the Distance he is at will give him leave to do . ’
10 Even on a bad day he is worth watching , for a few seconds of his lightning , elegant attacks eclipses an evening of mauling aggression .
11 ANTHONY Hopkins ' appearance on The South Bank Show is well timed — the following day he is in the running for an Oscar for his performance as the monstrous Hannibal Lecter , In Silence of the Lambs .
12 Fellow player Mark Evans adds : ‘ I seem to remember him being solid and reliable in defence — the sort of person he is in life too . ’
13 Tiny Rowland may have become a bore with his obsession over DTI 's failure to publish the report on the House of Fraser — but on this occasion he is on the side of the Gods .
14 NOTTS COUNTY chairman Derek Pavis confirmed last night he is under pressure from supporters to sack manager Neil Warnock .
15 In that respect he is like Duncan Shearer . ’
16 Jon Gittens was the main victim of Rosenthal 's latest attempt to convince Souness he is worth a place in Liverpool 's starting line-up .
17 whether he should kiss Rose , the wife of the man he is on his way to see , when she opens the front door to him ;
18 What a different man he is on the page !
19 He deceives those near to him by his professions of love — ‘ A man he is of honesty and trust ’ , Othello says ( 1 .
20 Now you can see that if a scientist of this kind tries to study man he is in difficulty .
21 He knows that by serving these interests he is in the best position to achieve what lie has to achieve .
22 Although we miss George 's presence , and his unfailing good humour , we know that he was looking forward to this wedding and we have fulfilled his hopes and wishes , and in a sense he is with us here today in our memories of him .
23 In this sense he is like Mrs Ghandi , who as India 's prime minister ordered the attack on the Sikh Golden Temple and was later murdered by her Sikh bodyguard : having desecrated the holiest places of a fierce and unforgiving religion , Saddam 's life is potentially in danger from every Shiite he comes into contact with .
24 In previous Wembley appearances Norman has proved what a tremendous asset he is to the team .
25 In terms of the disposition of the executive 's programmes , however , the Congress retains great influence over whether a president gets the legislation he is after and in what form it will become law .
26 And for all his stubbornness he is in fact hinting at his readiness for a deal .
27 However , it is quite clear that if an employee gives notice in accordance with the contract he is by so doing affirming the existence of the contract and not accepting any perceived repudiation by the employer : see Normalec Ltd v Britton [ 1983 ] FSR 318 .
28 However , where the goods have been destroyed or stolen at a time when they were at the buyer 's risk ( see paragraph 3–36 ) , then of course he is under a duty to pay , even though delivery is impossible .
29 ‘ . After another 10 minutes he is with me .
30 Now here takes over , under pressure he is from Chris back inside his own half , taking over is Nicky , blasts that one forward towards Graham he 's trying to hook it out to on this right hand side and that one goes well beyond David and out for a throw-in .
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