Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] he is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Lazio have told them that he is covered by the policy taken out by the Italians at the time of his summer signing from Tottenham . |
| 2 | But on other occasions , to use a phrase of Nietzsche , ‘ a thought comes when ‘ it ’ wants , not when I want ’ , explodes and opens out too fast in in too complex ramifications to be disciplined , takes bold analogical leaps in defiance of logical rigour ; the problem on which it centres is obscure , defining itself in the process of being solved , and as he struggles to formulate it the thought is running in another direction , yet he yields to the flow out of a vague intimation that it will circle back ; for the final effort to force the argument into a coherent and publicly testable form — the only assurance even for himself that he is illumined and not deluded — he waits until the time comes to complete it on paper . |
| 3 | In many cases he will try to over-compensate by rushing around doing things for others as if to prove to himself that he is needed . |
| 4 | ‘ A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated , has not the art of getting drunk . ’ |
| 5 | One character , Camille , can not pronounce them until he is fitted with a false palate one more object to get comically lost . |
| 6 | One character , Camille , can not pronounce them until he is fitted with a false palate : one more object to get comically lost . |
| 7 | If by any chance you do find your da , tell him that he is needed at home . |
| 8 | They first describe the work of love as a double edged activity with positive and negative effect — purging sin and kindling the heart , clearing the soul and removing anger and sloth , wounding in love and fulfilling with charity , chasing off the devil and extinguishing fear — and then level out to the strongly stressed affirmation which defines the positive potential of the negative statement in chapter one " he hase noght Jhesu Criste , he tynes all he has , and all he es , and all he myght gete " ( 85.19 – 21 ) for he that has " Jhesu " grows through prayer to the fulfilment of human potential : heaven is open to him and he is made a " contemplatif man " . |
| 9 | Staff made frantic attempts to revive him but he is thought to have suffered a massive heart attack . |
| 10 | He has always been very bad about it , which is why he injured himself at Steve Hadley 's yard , and even now John has to dope him before he is clipped . |
| 11 | Remember , a Halberdier may not use a shield while wielding his weapon , but the shield will still benefit him when he is shot at by arrows , for example . |
| 12 | We do not always dismiss him when he is left trailing by the brilliant or the powerful . |
| 13 | Certainly , while he is alive , Shaposhnikov the cappy man refuses to be parted from his headgear ; he grabs it when he determines to leave , and he drops it when he is persuaded to stay . |
| 14 | This particular skill of Tamburlaine 's is a recurrent theme from start to finish , and we first notice it when he is confronted by Theridamas. he realises that the odds are stacked high in Theridamas ' favour when it comes to the battle , and so he decides to appease Theridamas , and he uses his words as weapons . |
| 15 | What if he is asked to review a paper of ours someday ? ’ |
| 16 | It is no surprise to me when he is caught . |
| 17 | CAR co-ordinator Rod Jones said : ‘ I thought it would be a good idea for baby Bogdan to join us but he is booked for hospital tests next week . |