Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] [conj] he is " in BNC.

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1 No sooner has he left than Edmund moves up to verse to show that he is semper idem : Edmund shares Goneril and Regan 's contempt for old age , but he goes beyond them even , in betraying his own father , knowing that the penalty for helping Lear may be death .
2 And by the time this magazine goes to press Mr Lang is expected to have announced that he is rejecting the Countryside Commission for Scotland 's detailed proposals for four Scottish national parks in Glen Coe and Ben Nevis , Loch Lomond , the Cairngorms and Wester Ross .
3 ‘ There are about eight horses coughing now , and the decision to move them away from Kings Fountain appears to have worked because he is still in fine shape , ’ the Lambourn trainer said .
4 If the patient has to get dressed before he is able to dress independently , you have to dress him with care , so that he does not get involved in making any effort .
5 He has to stop speaking as he is overcome with grief .
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