Example sentences of "he is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His images are striking human forms ( though the painting visible behind him is not one of his own ) . |
| 2 | WITH DUE respect to Devon Malcolm , anyone who has to resort to bowl bumpers at him is not much of a bowler . |
| 3 | The idea that a minister should have a political associate to assist him is not new . |
| 4 | All the same , characterising him is not easy . |
| 5 | ‘ It is said that Watson replied , ‘ Is that you Mr Bell ? ’ but since there was only one telephone in the whole of God 's creation at the time , Bell ‘ s reply to HIM is not hard to guess at . |
| 6 | The evidence for the stranger 's allegiance is therefore ambiguous , and Mitchell makes clear that the partisan 's trust in him is not unconditional . |
| 7 | Advertising is a one-way hard-sell in a political campaign and can be a good motivator as long as it does n't try to sell the voter something his guts tell him is n't true . |
| 8 | I owe them more than money can pay , Gina , and finding Svend and trying to talk some sense into him is just one small thing I can do . |
| 9 | The difficult problem for him is why those people ( especially the working class ) who seem to be suffering most from a particular political regime actually support it . |
| 10 | The seat next to him is usually left empty , partly for weight and C of G considerations , but also because some of the aircraft have dual controls . |
| 11 | I have great sympathy with Linford ; what they are doing to him is totally disgraceful . ’ |
| 12 | The director has not been provided with living accommodation by reason of his office , and any occupation of the property by him is purely incidental . |
| 13 | The order is that the defendant should consent to such steps being taken and the existence of personal jurisdiction over him is therefore essential . |
| 14 | The fact that some problem is seen in him is often contributory to his own problem , just as the other way round . |
| 15 | ‘ It is a pretty distinctive looking donkey and the person who has him is hardly likely to parade him around the countryside . |
| 16 | He took a shuttle to the asteroid belt , he was the highest ranker there they started the race , to the belt they drove at a deadly pace no-one knows what happened that star date but we always knew poor Wes would have to wait as they pulled Will from the smoking wreck they heard him say in a terrible state bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I need him , tell Wesley not to my love for him is never weak . |
| 17 | As they pulled Will from the smoking wreck they heard him say in a terrible state bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I need him , tell Wesley not to my love for him is never weak . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) An alternate Director shall ( except when absent from the United Kingdom ) be entitled to receive notice of meetings of the Directors and shall be entitled to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is personally present and generally at such meeting to perform all functions of his appointor as a Director and for the purpose of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if he were a Director . |
| 19 | ( 3 ) An alternate Director shall ( except when absent from the United Kingdom ) be entitled to receive notice of meetings of the Directors and shall be entitled to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is personally present and generally at such meeting to perform all functions of his appointor as a Director and for the purpose of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if he were a Director . |
| 20 | You 're trying to be everything and they 're pushing it away cos it 's not what they really want and they , I mean , all , all you can get from him is how marvellous , you 're right , how marvellous his brothers are and yet , what I 've heard of the brothers they 're not |
| 21 | That is clear in his mind , the only question for him is how this should be done , and he says , ‘ I think probably we should treat them like mosquitoes , that is to say , we should , we must use gas . ’ |
| 22 | His desire to have me visit him is so strong that charity will not let me refuse . |
| 23 | But the virus that killed him is so lethal that once it 's in the lungs it kills one in three of its victims . |
| 24 | ‘ Your concern for him is so touching . |
| 25 | Columbus in this bitter dream makes Isabella see the truth at last , makes her accept that her need for him is as great as his for her . |
| 26 | Her fantasy about the 80-year-old Sir Timothy Shelley , whose death would secure her a legacy , reversing through the ageing process back to sprightly youth while everyone else cracks up around him is as funny as Byron and more good-humoured . |
| 27 | I agree with you that it 's not right to call your son names , and that slapping him is potentially dangerous . |
| 28 | ‘ He who when being killed bears no anger against his murderer and even asks God to forgive him is truly non-violent . |
| 29 | Discipline is 100% tighter on foreign service ; it has to be , for the British soldier is the most childlike creature , and the way that our ‘ coloured brethren ’ try to take a rise out of him is truly remarkable . |
| 30 | To hold the view that an officer must only tender advice when it is sought from him is entirely erroneous , for indeed it is his duty to tender advice when he thinks it should be given . |