Example sentences of "he be [verb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am the Conservatives ’ Jeremy Irons , ’ he murmured as apologetically as if he were standing at the rostrum with a brand new Oscar . |
| 2 | Mr Clinton might say in June that he is renewing MFN until 1994 ; that he is looking at the application of other American laws to areas like weapons proliferation and trade abuses ; and that he is starting some ( as yet murky ) process to ensure that the Chinese are discharging their obligations under human-rights treaties . |
| 3 | He is looking at the flowers , but he keeps turning towards the house . |
| 4 | But the teacher can not sit in splendid and comfortable isolation in staff room or on classroom dais while his pupils are busily engrossed in resource-based exercises ; he is involved at every point in the process , from the preliminary planning and assembly of available materials , the creation of additional resources and linking items , the initial presentation and motivation sessions , the follow-up work as the pupils proceed , and the eventual summing up and validation at the end . |
| 5 | He is stopped at the door by an emaciated woman with a grotesque burn injury , whom I have not seen before . |
| 6 | When a human being does X in order to do Y , the achieving of Y is his reason for doing X. When an animal does X in order to do Y , he does not do X for a reason , even though he is aiming at a goal in doing so . |
| 7 | The build-up to the crisis , comprising a description of Avarice ( a kind of jealousy ) as a metaphorical monster , Arion 's acceptance that he is to die at the hands of sailors who covet his riches , and his swansong , is in E major ( movements 5–7 : Vivement-Récitatif-Air ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I have had a long chat with Stephen and told him I know that he is knocking at the door of the full international side , but I would rather he played and helped out in the match at Tannadice than did nothing at Ibrox . ’ |
| 9 | He is sitting at the top of the stairs , sobbing . |
| 10 | He dreams he is sitting at the wheel of his car at the traffic lights , unable to drive off because he ca n't decide whether to kiss Rose when he arrives , or whether to ask her for a cheese and chutney sandwich instead , or where to go for his holidays . |
| 11 | An Olympic walker uses more energy than a jogger moving at the same speed , because he is walking at a speed where his muscles would use less energy if they were operating a spring than if moving a pendulum . |
| 12 | Undeterred , the opposition demanded that he be questioned at the hospital . |
| 13 | Yeah we 'll put the call out and see if anybody knows where you 're speaking tomorrow night , Norman , town crier of Leicester , he 's speaking at the Judges Guild but who , where , what , what time |
| 14 | And the police engineers go round with his mate and he 's looking at the engine numbers and the chassis numbers and all those bloody numbers inside the car and he 's looking like and er the interviewer said oh and this woman 's in for a shock ! |
| 15 | Oh oh he 's looking at the card , Phil 's go to Gary |
| 16 | He 's looking at the numbers on the houses is n't he ? |
| 17 | He 's looking at the bus . |
| 18 | I know where to find him — he 's staying at the Lion d'Or . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ He 's resting at the Duke 's house in the forest before going on to Strelsau on Wednesday for his coronation . |
| 20 | His student visa is only valid as long as he 's enrolled at a school , so we went to Clive and tried to get him expelled . |
| 21 | It 's great for people like me who do research into politics and literature because you know , Johnson 's like a key to ev whatever he 's thinking at the time . |
| 22 | It all depends what he 's writing at the time . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In fact he 's champing at the bit . |
| 24 | He was in surprisingly good humour , considering how much he 's suffered at the hands of the puppet . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , I 'll look up the books he 's written at the college library and take a couple out , ’ said Loretta airily . |
| 26 | Hope Adrian 's in a good mood You have n't seen what work he 's doing at the moment then , how does he know ? |
| 27 | She 's living in his flat and he 's working at the hotel . |
| 28 | Oh that copper , he said he , he said the thing is he said what you 've got ta do is give him as much shit and aggravation as you can possibly give him , keep him hot and keep him roasted up he said because what happens is he 's getting along , long and he 's thinking oh I can do this and I can do that and I can do the other , he said but if you can get your solicitor to keep him on his toes he ai n't got time to think about nothing , he said and if he has done that job himself , he 's laughing at the moment , I said well he must have done it |
| 29 | ‘ He can sidestep as well as a back and is a frightening sight when he 's running at the opposition . |
| 30 | ‘ He can sidestep as well as a back and is a frightening sight when he 's running at the opposition . |