Example sentences of "he is [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of what is known about him is derived from a Life by Izaak Walton published in 1670 . |
| 2 | He is advising on a draft bill for a new law to protect Britain 's archaeological heritage better , but he is the kind of academic to whom the government turns for advice on all kinds of matters , not just his own specialisations : last year , for example , he was responsible for the Report on the National Curriculum in art education in schools . |
| 3 | He is employed as a Graduate Trainee in Production Planning . |
| 4 | He is employed by a Sett of Noble Men ( by my recommendation ) to collect seeds and specimens of rare plants ’ . |
| 5 | In praising the Nun 's Priest , however , he is limited to a motif of sexual worth that inescapably recalls the fabliau : which is what he had imagined of the Monk ( VII : 1945 ) . |
| 6 | Instead , he is limited to a sum which reflects the difference between what he actually paid for the property , and what the Court thinks he would have paid had he known of the defect at the time he bought it . |
| 7 | He is referring to a study published last year in the British Medical Journal in which the complementary therapy of chiropractic was compared with conventional physiotherapy in the treatment of low back pain . |
| 8 | When he says that ‘ English ’ relates to such cultural characteristics as ‘ objectivity ’ in specific ways , he is referring to a language-system , not to English in the loose everyday sense . |
| 9 | Executive power is vested in the President , elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage : he is assisted by a Council of Ministers . |
| 10 | He is assisted by a network of regional chairmen . |
| 11 | Indeed , when Bernard Bergonzi complains of the uniformity of the novels he is obliged as a reviewer to read , he gives as a sample situation a scenario that could well be based on The Languages of Love : ‘ a very sensitive , rather neurotic girl , living in an Earls Court bedsitter and having sexual difficulties ’ ( 1979:24 ) . |
| 12 | If someone has promised that he will prevent the promisee suffering any loss , and he does cause that no such loss arises from that matter , he does what he promised ; but if he does not , because he does not do what he promised , he is condemned in a sum of money , as happens in all obligations for performance . |
| 13 | A graduate chartered librarian with a full teaching qualification and working in schools is a teacher when he is engaged with a class , and mostly a librarian when he is devising an alphabetical subject index , and so on . |
| 14 | The provisions of s 3 of the UCTA apply equally in these circumstances , and the protected party is placed in the same position as a consumer , even if he is acting as a businessman . |
| 15 | If he is moving to a wheelchair with a removable arm , it is placed at right angles to the bed , and his feet remain level with each other . |
| 16 | He admits he is tempted by a turbo-charged 205 . |
| 17 | He looks offended when I tell him he is perceived as a man 's man . |
| 18 | Unix Labs is appealing the judge 's decision , claiming that he is mistaken on a matter of law . |
| 19 | USL is appealing the judge 's decision claiming he is mistaken on a matter of law . |
| 20 | This was perhaps what was in Temple 's mind when he wrote that ‘ whereas in communities governed by native institutions the white man , qua white man , is regarded with great respect , in those districts where the native administrations have been swept away he is regarded as a person of no very great significance ’ . |
| 21 | Manager Bryan Hamilton , who offered the 21-year-old Londoner the opportunity , said : ‘ He is looking for a change of direction while his athletics career is on hold and we are giving him the chance to prove his worth as a footballer . ’ |
| 22 | Maybe he is looking for a knife he can grab . |
| 23 | He is looking for a contact in each region who he can ring monthly to find out what 's happening in the Community Care field that would be of particular interest to the Voluntary sector e.g. contracts , consultations etc . |
| 24 | He is looking for a partner to retain the pub as a viable business . |
| 25 | Understandably , he is looking for a place where he can not be reached , A Retreat where he can enjoy an unearned or undeserved equilibrium . |
| 26 | He is looking for a goalkeeper , centre-back , midfielder and striker . |
| 27 | ‘ I think he is living in a bit of a dream world . |
| 28 | But he need not worry : he is assured of a job as MP for Midlothian . |
| 29 | He is speaking for a Government which has been in power so long that it believes it has a God-given right to govern and denies anyone the right to criticise . |
| 30 | Yet despite this he is created in a relationship of accountability to God and the sphere of his accountability includes the economic . |