Example sentences of "[adv] he [is] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Well perhaps he 's buying a bleeding washing machine
2 He 's a builder fair enough but nevertheless he 's doing a good job .
3 Last month he starred as the poor man 's hero in the film Robin Hood and now he 's playing a wealthy land agent in Granada TV 's new series , The Real Charlotte , which starts next Monday .
4 Miss J. has pretty well run him and now he 's doing a roaring trade and has just married a daughter of Lord Lytton , he 's evidently right in with the right lot of people … and what a God 's mercy that for once in a way these people have got hold of the right man and what a thing for England . ’
5 ‘ And now he is playing a little game with you . ’
6 Now he is forging a new career as a poet , author and songwriter .
7 Today he 's living a quiet life in Bromyard .
8 Well he 's going a good way of doing it is n't he
9 But since then he 's won a Second Division promotion medal and is near the top of the Premier League .
10 Since then he 's acquired a growing reputation as a landscape photographer .
11 Sometimes you see someone painting a door or something and get that little bit done there and then they step back to make sure they have n't missed something cos they could be it could be so obvious to anyone who 's just standing , What 's he doing there he 's left a big piece in the corner there that
12 That , and the need to earn a living , are the reasons behind his desire to stay in the US where he is seeking a green card as a full-time athlete having graduated from Stanford University last year .
13 That 's why he is fielding a strong reserve side at Liverpool tonight .
14 he said I know I ca n't get a rubber boat and an oar at the back of this bloody three wheeler , that 's why he 's having a moped
15 Okay he 's doing a hundred miles an hour .
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