Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] he is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He seems to know where he is going . ’ |
| 2 | To his further credit the jongleur has the sense to know when he is beaten . |
| 3 | The House has a right to know why he is suppressing that report . |
| 4 | She looks sideways at Howard to see how he is taking this . |
| 5 | Manager Walter Smith said : ‘ We must wait until Tuesday to see how he is progressing . |
| 6 | They still mock his eagerness , and mimic the keen forward inclination with which he walks , as if he ca n't wait to get where he is going . |
| 7 | My mother would like to leave , but my father wants to stay where he is known , where he played Blinky Bill in The Belle of New York and astounded the audience with the athleticism of his Apache dance . |
| 8 | Dean scored almost 1200 runs in first-class matches at an average around 70 , and it was easy to see why he is regarded as the best one-day player in the world . |
| 9 | It can go on and on , soaking through boxes of tissues , seemingly having no end and making it quite impossible for the patient to speak or to say why he is crying . |