Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] he is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he stands up he is handcuffed . |
| 2 | Most of us have a major problem when faced by a very unpleasant character who is screaming like an animal or explaining how he is going to separate us from parts of our body . |
| 3 | ‘ He seems to know where he is going . ’ |
| 4 | And walks around in the darkness , he does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded him . |
| 5 | You do n't know where he is do you ? |
| 6 | Jim Knox , an Oldham director , says that the club have fulfilled their financial obligations to Round and do not know why he is behaving in this way . |
| 7 | If he can only argue to himself that they seem ’ interesting' it is highly likely that he does not really know why he is putting them in , or what he will do with the answers when he gets them . |
| 8 | To his further credit the jongleur has the sense to know when he is beaten . |
| 9 | The House has a right to know why he is suppressing that report . |
| 10 | While he is living there he is stopping glue sniffers and vandals killing the fish and ruining the countryside . |
| 11 | While he is living there he is stopping glue sniffers and vandals killing the fish and ruining the countryside . |
| 12 | Man carrying shoulder load not looking where he is going . |
| 13 | They do not expect him to lose but can not quite see how he is going to win . |
| 14 | Now he must be wondering how he is going to get through the week . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , CAJEC secretary Jack Maurice is wading through the 400 plus pages of the ‘ 88 and rising ’ responses he has received — a record for any ethics document — and wondering how he is going to satisfy all the conflicting demands . |
| 16 | Greying a little at the temples , Leonard unconsciously confirms why he is labelled one of Canada 's sexiest men , a handsome and elegant man with dark eyes ( they are said to be green , but that never showed in the light of Montreal , nor in its wintry sunshine ) . |
| 17 | So , looking forward , he can see where he is going and , simultaneously looking backwards , he can see exactly where his pursuer is and what is the most appropriate avoiding action . |
| 18 | He 's like a small child who is so busy peering at something that he does n't look where he is going . |
| 19 | I imagine he is impressed and that he will invite us for a coffee after , but when I look again he is gone . |
| 20 | He married a bishop 's daughter and , appropriately , they live in St Albans , in a house that is handy for the local Romanesque cathedral , which David French boasts he can see when he is lying in the bath and , while he is shaving , reflected in the mirror . |
| 21 | If B replies no he is inviting A to tell him , while a response of no could be taken to mean that he does not know and is not expecting to be told . |
| 22 | Davies , who has been told he must have an operation on his troublesome groin , must decide when he is to have the surgery . |
| 23 | Come on you lot you know where he is get him on the phone I want to talk to him . |
| 24 | This is how he was described by one of his courtiers , Walter Map : " Whatever way he goes out he is seized upon by the crowds and pulled hither and thither , pushed whither he would not and yet , surprising to say , he listens to each man with patience , and though assaulted by all with shouts and pullings and rough pushings , does not threaten anyone because of it , nor show any sign of anger ; only , when he is hustled beyond bearing , he silently retreats to some place of quiet . " |
| 25 | The reality is that while the professional/client model is attractive , people who come into contact with mental health services often do not feel they exert the kind of influence that , for example , a person might have when he is instructing his solicitor . |
| 26 | This was perhaps what was in Temple 's mind when he wrote that ‘ whereas in communities governed by native institutions the white man , qua white man , is regarded with great respect , in those districts where the native administrations have been swept away he is regarded as a person of no very great significance ’ . |
| 27 | Michael Gillingham tells how he is making a comeback after the dreaded telephone call |
| 28 | I can tell when he is having a hypo because he gets disorientated and confused . |
| 29 | I ask why he is following me . |
| 30 | He enters into my softness without knowing why he is compelled to . |