Example sentences of "he [is] usually " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not always easy to keep Warrant Officer McSeveny 's mind on catering , because he is a rugby referee of note and When not on parade with his whistle he is usually talking or playing rugby . |
| 2 | He is usually accompanied by a stalker and gillie , local men who are familiar with the herds and their habits , and who know the country like the back of their hands and can help lead those doing the shooting to the right place . |
| 3 | My agent is not the brightest of creatures , though like many middlemen in most trades he is usually able to hide this big hole in his mind with his trendy patter and strategic placing of the latest fashionable phrase or concept . |
| 4 | In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king … but he is usually very lonely … |
| 5 | When Milton goes in the field he is usually turned out on his own . |
| 6 | He is usually portrayed with an exaggeratedly high forehead and awarded the title The Unshakeable Spirit . |
| 7 | He is usually depicted with a bunch of keys — hence our word ‘ janitor ’ — and extremists of his cult called him Janus Quadrifrons ( Four Heads ) believing he also controlled the four seasons . |
| 8 | He is usually very badly served although the principles of manual design are well known . |
| 9 | He is usually an old male who can anticipate which way the colobus will go and climbs a tree well ahead of them , so completing their encirclement . |
| 10 | He is usually to be found in his pyjama bottoms , shaving , when she comes through the door . |
| 11 | He is usually taken to be the author of a polished English version of Alain Chartier 's poem ‘ La Belle Dame Sans Mercy ’ , a fashionable contribution to the courtly debate about love provoked by the Roman de la Rose . |
| 12 | Crilly does not feel alienated by my visits to the Heath , though he confesses to missing me by day and he is usually at home when I return . |
| 13 | As regards my right hon. Friend 's personal position , he is usually right and he is inevitably honourable . |
| 14 | He is usually identified with the vir illustris and referendarius Asclepiodatus , who delivered Guntram 's instructions relating to the foundations of the queen and her daughters at Chalon-sur-Saône and Autun to the synod of Valence in 585 . |
| 15 | He 's usually walked on a flexible lead . |
| 16 | He 's usually good value for a bit of earthy wisdom and wit but managed to miss his own press conference this time . |
| 17 | When Sombro comes home after a long excursion , he 's usually very thin , in poor shape and a bit battered and bruised . |
| 18 | I was slightly surprised that he should get to the front so early , in his other races he 's usually slow to get going . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's usually bored before the box has left Yorkshire , ’ says Penny , who travels to most of the shows with him . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , he 's usually doing thirty mile an hour by the time he hits the blackberry hedge at the bottom of the pitch , never even gets a scratch as a rule . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's usually so friendly . ’ |
| 22 | He 's usually waiting here for scraps . ’ |
| 23 | He 's Martinez ’ right-hand man over here and , although he 's usually pretty close about his clients ' deals , he 's sometimes conceited enough to boast about them . |
| 24 | Matt often says things like that and he 's usually right . |
| 25 | I always keep him under tight control when I 'm walking and make sure that he never goes near sheep or lambs , and on the open fell he 's usually on his best behaviour . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's usually so disagreeable with all of us . |
| 27 | Tod discourages this — but he 's usually pretty sympathetic . |
| 28 | And when she goes missing like she did last Saturday he 's usually not around either . |
| 29 | Of course I do n't know what he 's usually like . |
| 30 | He 's usually the most charming of men to work for , but just lately … talk about bad-tempered . |