Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] he [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While one can not always rely on Taskopruzade for precision in regard to dates , nor for that matter even in regard to the reigns in which various events occurred , as has been seen , it is hard to accept that he is in error by some twenty or twenty-five years , especially in a period close enough to his own to allow him access to people who had lived in that period . |
| 2 | It 's flattering after 15 years of marriage , to know that he 's in a lather of anticipation about undressing his wife . |
| 3 | Dramatic irony allows the reader to know that he is in fact the son of the ‘ Lost Prince ’ , and a lost prince himself , rather than , as he supposes , one of many Samavians of high birth long in exile . |
| 4 | The question of his knowing , or possibly failing to know that he is in the state he says he is in does not arise . |
| 5 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke said of Mr Major : ‘ I am sure he will retain the leadership for many years to come and he is in the process of emerging from the Government 's present difficulties . ’ |
| 6 | Cartoonists may portray the international businessman flitting from five-star hotel to five-star hotel , and waking up to wonder if he is in New York or Tokyo . |
| 7 | A headmaster who resigned from a private girls ' school is waiting to see if he 's to be prosecuted for allegedly importing child pornography . |
| 8 | While , on the face of it , his case might rest on its being detrimental to his career to suggest that he is at death 's door , it seems likely that much of the evidence , especially for the defence , will be called to no other purpose than to establish whether , to put it mor euphemistically than it will be put in court , he has been putting himself about . |
| 9 | The defendant only needs to assert that he is in possession and the plaintiff must then show that his title is better than the defendant 's . |
| 10 | Are we to assume that he is to be honoured for his illustrious career as US Secretary of State for Defence ? |
| 11 | Hoddle 's refusal to deny that he 's about leave has only heightened the suspicion that he is . |
| 12 | I thought of everything ; praying , begging , laughing , entreating , trying to escape , all the things old Shallot tries to do when he 's in a tight corner . |
| 13 | The problem is this : if the accused 's intention is to rape and he is in the same position as in Brown with the top half of his body in the building , is his entry therein effective for the purposes of the rape form of burglary ? |
| 14 | But sometimes it is disturbing to mothers , so if you feel uncomfortable about it you can try giving him a toy to hold while he 's on the toilet seat ’ ; and in general : ‘ If you take it easy in caring for your baby , you will be doing him a great service . ’ |
| 15 | Jackie says her role is to look after the horse and make sure he 's ready on time and looking right and also to judge whether he 's in a good mood or bad mood … she says 's he 's a good horse |
| 16 | Well I was just going to say that he 's in advertising . |
| 17 | The mutual understanding is that they give him their votes , and he gives them his services , always seeking to prove that he is at the very least as obliging and as diligent as the other " TDs and would-be TDs in his constituency . |
| 18 | as if to prove that he is in earnest , God immediately afflicts the spies who had caused such panic among the people with the plague . |