Example sentences of "he [conj] [pron] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that those sexual practices which fail to recognise the essential humanity of other people are bad ; the man who rapes an unwilling partner , the individual who takes delight in the infliction of pain upon a partner who does not desire it , or the one who forces another into any sexual practice which is obnoxious to him or her is using the " partner " as an object rather than interacting with him or her as a human being . |
| 2 | I telephoned him as soon as I had read the article , and told him that he is facing a very heavy fine for talking to the Press without my permission . |
| 3 | The servant warns him if he is going to step into a hole , and reminds him to reply if someone speaks to him . |
| 4 | There will be no pressure on him because everyone is picking Benn to win . ’ |
| 5 | Accordingly , his introduction takes the form of a long conversation between himself and an old man , a Beggar , who approaches him while he is walking in the fields after a sleepless night at Chester 's Inn , where the clerks lived . |
| 6 | This was no great problem for Mr Berge ; being cocky and confident comes naturally to him whether he is presiding over his other little empire , the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house , or standing over a gaping hole in credibility . |
| 7 | Though at first , Pip could not bear to touch him , later on he takes great care of him and grows to love him which is shown by their holding hands at the trial of Magwitch and his visits to him as he is awaiting execution . |
| 8 | In a couple or family contract the patient and his partner , for example , may undertake to do things on a reciprocal basis ( e.g. a husband agrees to organize weekly social outings for he and his wife , while she agrees to tell him when she is feeling distressed , rather than keeping her feelings to herself ) . |
| 9 | that the candidate knows which outcomes or units are included in any assessment he or she is undertaking . |
| 10 | ( If necessary , allow yourself to become this sub-personality , and experience the hurt , sadness , anger or other emotions he or she is holding . ) |
| 11 | The researcher has to have some idea of what he or she is looking for , even though the outcome may be unpredictable . |
| 12 | The growth of mail-order suppliers ( particularly for central heating ) and of do-it-yourself ‘ superstores ’ has made buying a less daunting task — no longer need the amateur feel embarrassed about not knowing exactly what he or she is looking for . |
| 13 | Or , does the scientist know first , what he or she is looking for , in order then , to select the information he or she needs . |
| 14 | Other patients who have the same unconscious impulses to engage in oral sex — for example , an adult male or female who is married and dreams he or she is sucking a man 's penis and imbibing the semen — may deny the impulses . |
| 15 | I myself think that the writer 's relation to things as they are changes according to what he or she is writing . |
| 16 | We assume he or she is intending to : |
| 17 | The skilled negotiator is far more likely to say things that reveal what he or she is thinking , intending and feeling than the less skilled , who reckon that to expose such things is naïve . |
| 18 | For any one such machine , the environment within which he or she is competing includes not only the natural environment in the form of air , light , water and food , but also other survival machines . |
| 19 | A proxy may not vote at the same election for more than two people unless the proxy is a close relative ie husband , wife , parent , grandparent , brother , sister , child or grandchild of the people he or she is voting for . |
| 20 | But , at the end of the day , it is still down to the individual to make sure that he or she is getting the best deal possible . |
| 21 | For the advertiser who is concerned as to whether he or she is getting a good deal from an agency or media specialist , companies such as Media Audits provide a service that compares the buying performance of different advertisers and their agencies in similar markets and media . |
| 22 | you 're visiting a War or MOD Disablement Pensioner who is being treated for the disablement he or she is getting the pension for or |
| 23 | Make sure that the baby 's body is facing the breast and that he or she is taking the whole nipple to fill its mouth . |
| 24 | To get the Income Support a person must be available for full time work and show that he or she is taking reasonable steps to find a job . |
| 25 | It 's the duty of every athlete to be aware of what he or she is taking . ’ |
| 26 | When the honest shopper acts as I have just described , he or she is acting with the implied authority of the owner of the supermarket to take the goods from the shelf , put them in the trolley , take them to the checkpoint and there pay the correct price , at which moment the property in the goods will pass to the shopper for the first time . |
| 27 | Since 1979 , the Government has taken three measures to lower the replacement ratio — that is , to increase the gap between a person 's income when in work compared with when he or she is drawing the dole . |
| 28 | In fact , all a person would need to do in the middle of a Darkfall storm would be to remain calm , not touch anything — unless he or she is wearing gloves and wait for the effect to pass . |
| 29 | Resorts to ridiculous tactics like sitting the interviewee on a small , armless chair opposite a window so that he or she is blinking in a stream of sunlight . |
| 30 | He or she is trying to locate areas of tension that may be fixed in your body . |