Example sentences of "he be [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 2 | In such a case the judge is not abusing his powers ; he is exercising them to the best of his ability albeit some other court thinks he was mistaken . |
| 3 | More likely he is using it in the more everyday usage of ‘ not sent or guided in any special direction ; having no definite aim or purpose ’ ( OED ) , which suggests that any such view of history must have no end , and therefore no teleology . |
| 4 | He is reminding us of the way we are coming to the Lord . |
| 5 | He is seeing her off the premises at this minute . ’ |
| 6 | When the doctors broke it to him that he would need an operation , his son noted that ‘ he is taking it like a hero . ’ |
| 7 | He is taking us on an interesting excursion , |
| 8 | He is telling us about the new initiatives |
| 9 | How if he is sending you with a bait to bring Owen to his death under cover of a parley , as the king 's council urged ? |
| 10 | Although there are conflicting dicta it seems that an owner who is not in occupation of the land at the time when the thing escapes is liable if he has authorised the accumulation , and that anyone who collects the dangerous thing and has control of it at the time of the escape would be liable , perhaps even when he is carrying it along the highway and it escapes therefrom . |
| 11 | He is basing it on the book by Martha Zamora Frida , el pincel de la angustia . |
| 12 | Now Koquillion claims he is protecting them from the wrath of his people . |
| 13 | However , if he happens also to run a business and sells one of the cars in circumstances suggesting that he is selling it in the course of that business , then he is likely to be regarded as doing just that , Southwark London Borough v. Charlesworth ( paragraph 9–20 above ) . |
| 14 | Well while he 's raking it in every bloody week for sitting on his behind in parliament there , he can pay for them ! |
| 15 | And he 's chasing them with a brush and saying , come here , an absolute mess ! |
| 16 | and for a treat he 's taking her to the , er nostalgic weekend at |
| 17 | He 's taking it off the wrong has n't he ? |
| 18 | He 's taking it for the meeting tomorrow . |
| 19 | He 's taking us from the airport to what is locally down as the Darth Vader Hotel . |
| 20 | He 's reporting you to the Chief Constable . ’ |
| 21 | he 's getting it in the gones . |
| 22 | Darius is struggling to finish his , and he 's smearing it round the bowl so it looks like he 's ate it , and I say I ca n't eat any more because I got to stay sober tonight . |
| 23 | Nigel 's going to come and fit it cos he works for a company who makes and he 's doing them in every room . |
| 24 | Yes , he , he 's doing it at the British Legion next time . |
| 25 | He 's doing it for the challenge . |
| 26 | He 's doing it as a wedding present . |
| 27 | That 's it : he 's infecting me with the bloodiness of his dreams . |
| 28 | No doubt he 's putting me to the test to see how good I 'll be at sorting it out . |
| 29 | He 's putting them on the side , like , I 'm asleep in bed , he goes this one 's for you . |
| 30 | I see , I mean it 's good to see really that er test match has been dom well almost dominated at the moment , by , by a slow bowler , it 's an ideal situation for in England , batsmen done their job , England are in command , got lots of runs to play with , but it 's definitely the left arm spinner who 's causing the , the greatest problem out there , he 's , he 's landing it in the right place , he likes variation in that over , confident enough looks very tempted , always very difficult to come in at first twenty minutes as a batsman , when you 've come in on a turning wicket , a very , very , difficult . |