Example sentences of "he [is] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he s doing remarkably well considering he is a natural right winger . |
| 2 | He s doing better now than Speed did in the side when he first came in — Speed tended to be rather anonymous ( something Wilko actually said too ) , but he had the potential to ‘ have people leaving the ground saying ‘ That No. 11 was a good little player ’ ' , those were Wilkos very words . |
| 3 | Though his current technique is based on the battle against fast bowling ( he is moving back rather than across in an attempt to eliminate his Achilles heel , the lbw decision ) , he plays slow bowling with rare arrogance . |
| 4 | Though his current technique is based on the battle against fast bowling ( he is moving back rather than across in an attempt to eliminate his Achilles heel , the lbw decision ) , he plays slow bowling with rare arrogance . |
| 5 | Prean , still unbeaten , showed that he is performing as well as at any time in his career when he outplayed Andrei up to 20-17 in the second game and then comfortably recovered from the disappointment of missing four match points to go on to a 21-8 , 22-24 , 21-13 win . |
| 6 | As you can see from the figure on the page opposite the man thinks that he is standing up straight when anyone can see , at a glance , that he is leaning backwards from the waist . |
| 7 | ‘ It is curious that he is dying as picturesquely as he lived , ’ wrote Mr Gosse . |
| 8 | ‘ He has another season-and-a-half on his contract , and if he 's playing as well as he is now , we will definitely sit down and talk about a new deal . |