Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] he [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Linguists not working within Labov 's general framework are often less careful than he is about candid recording . |
| 2 | But Antony was doing it and you put her on the tumbledryer behind him , and it was so funny cos he 's like this with his head going round Antony looking , every |
| 3 | A man can not be said to be truly willing unless he is in a position to choose freely , and freedom of choice predicates , not only full knowledge of the circumstances on which the exercise of choice is conditioned , so that he may be able to choose wisely , but the absence from his mind of any feeling of constraint so that nothing shall interfere with the freedom of his will ( Scott LJ in Bowater v Rowley Regis Corporation [ 1944 ] KB 476 ) . |
| 4 | He unselfconsciously expects the reader to be as interested as he is in Jean de Meung or Alanus . |
| 5 | He is a schoolteacher , 29 years old — the age of Christ at Calvary , whose name is often in his mouth , averse though he is to ‘ deities ’ , and perhaps of Hamlet , whose words enter the novel . |
| 6 | Brave though he is in facing adult audiences , the result is a bit of a cringe . |
| 7 | Between 1193 and 1201 it is possible that he is to be identified with a master Elias , steward to Gilbert de Glanville , bishop of Rochester [ q.v. ] , a close friend and kinsman of Hubert Walter . |
| 8 | When he 's at home , Mr Quigley is even more masterful than he is in other people 's houses . |
| 9 | Speed really wants to play more centrally and lets face it is better making runs into the box , for crosses and knocks-down than he is at beating a full-back and crossing the ball . |
| 10 | The milkman only ever knocks on the door to ask for his money when he 's two hours earlier than usual and he 's in a chirpy , joking and whistling mood — while you 've got an awful hangover and no loose change . |
| 11 | Did he have a little cos he 's in er oh no , of course he 's wearing the blue of Scotland is n't he ? |
| 12 | He is most relaxed when he is in the converted barn in Devon that is now his painting studio ; it is stone-floored and filled with light and quiet as a church . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave , ’ said Major Astle . |
| 14 | Major Astle said : ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave . |
| 15 | not sure that he 's on the moment but he 's done a lot and films , er comic actor , funny man . |
| 16 | Tamburlaine is confident that he is in control of his destiny because he believes it is his fate . |
| 17 | Hollywood vs America is a thought-provoking polemic , but Medved 's use of material is so selective that he 's in danger of undermining his own credibility . |
| 18 | I took this as his Imprimateur , his permission if you like for me to go away and write aqbout what Toad really got up to next rather than being annoyingly good as he is at the end of Wind in the Willows |
| 19 | If a Rottweiler is eligible for registration with the AKC , he can compete at any licensed dog show , as long as he is at least six months old and does not have a disqualifying fault . |
| 20 | He can play virtually anywhere and , perhaps more importantly , does n't mind where he 's playing as long as he is in the team . ’ |
| 21 | As long as he 's in good hands , his mother wo n't fret . |
| 22 | However , it is unlikely that he is to be identified with Lothar , colleague of the great Romanist Pillius , whom the convent of Canterbury sought to enlist in June or July 1187 in the course of their great struggle with the archbishop . |
| 23 | Nobody is safe until he is in prison again . |
| 24 | To his critics , ‘ Hell wo n't be full until he 's in it ’ , as one old Catholic lady put it . |
| 25 | Oh yeah , at night , anyway because at night he 's alone and he 's from it and during the day , I know , I know my brother as I ca n't rely on the , and , and , you know , and look at , Michelle would look at , at him all the time , but , put , put the thing on you know . |
| 26 | In fact , he gets lonely if he 's on his own for very long . |
| 27 | The Panel will not regard an adviser as independent if he is in the same group as the financial adviser to an offeror , or if he has a significant interest in or financial connection with either an offeror or the target company of such a kind as to create a conflict of interest ( Rule 3.3 ) . |
| 28 | Charley is n't lonely because he 's like a diamond , solitary and rare , yes , but hard , intact and sure and everlasting . |
| 29 | You now , he , he 's had , I 'm just keeping him on the straight and narrow while he 's on remission . |
| 30 | ‘ Is it just that he is like you ? ’ |