Example sentences of "[conj] he [is] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if he can really put the icing on the cake of this remarkable recovery story by winning , he will be the toast of the Portsmouth greyhound racing fraternity — where he 's become a great favourite over the years . |
| 2 | But Prince has floated free of grassroots or use value , and ascended to an aristocratic , aerial domain of licence and luxury — where he 's instigated a promiscuous chaos of stylistic miscegenation . |
| 3 | The King of Blefuscu has always wanted to defeat Lilliput in war , and now we hear that he 's prepared a large number of ships , which will attack us very soon . |
| 4 | People think , well now , here 's a man who 's been accused of fraud and so forth and shortly after that it comes out that he 's given a big thing to the government . |
| 5 | And , of course , he 's so revered for this sleight-of-hand that he 's constructed a two and a half hour show to appeal mainly to his legions of cultish disciples who 've been waiting quite a few years for him to make sense again . |
| 6 | He says that he 's joined a few agencies , with no luck . |
| 7 | Manager Elliott Roberts has arrived with news that he 's found a new room with a jacuzzi bath . |
| 8 | Saddlers manager Kenny Hibbitt said : ‘ I always knew he had quality and he 's made a tremendous start to his career . ’ |
| 9 | And he 's made a beautiful one for me , so I 'm happy about it . ’ |
| 10 | Secondly , the court may order him to forfeit his office if he is convicted for corruption under the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 , and if he is convicted a second time under that Act he may be adjudged incapable for ever of holding a public office . |
| 11 | This fate might be waived if he is considered a good influence on the other dealers . |
| 12 | President George Bush said : ‘ I do n't know what Saddam 's doing , but he 's made a big mistake . |