Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had he been doing the same job when he was in Suffolk ? |
| 2 | She wanted him to feel as if he were kissing a lifeless rag doll . |
| 3 | Tenderly he touched her , kissed her lips , not with passion now , but with a delicate reverence , as if he were kissing the fragile bloom of a rare flower . |
| 4 | He ran his eyes down the column of figures as if he were taking a good look at Voluptua Whoopee in a no-piece swimsuit and whistled ‘ Dixie . ’ |
| 5 | At Oxford he had gained a First in Greats , for which , according to a contemporary , he had worked as if he were taking a chartered accountancy exam . |
| 6 | How on earth would it affect his negotiating position if he were to give the net farm income figures on the impact of his own proposals set out in ’ Our Farming Future ’ ? |
| 7 | ‘ Sit down , Mr O'Malley , ’ he said in a slow ponderous voice , as though he were inviting a weary traveller to take his ease . |
| 8 | If he were to defeat a Labour government as soon as it had taken office , the Liberals would be accused of frivolity in precipitating an unnecessary election , especially if Labour contented itself with moderate policies as it intended to do . |
| 9 | The local authority , which shared parental responsibility for J. in consequence of a care order made under the Children Act 1989 , obtained leave under section 100 of the Act to invoke the court 's inherent jurisdiction to determine whether artificial ventilation and/or other life-saving measures should be administered to J. if he were to suffer a life-threatening event . |
| 10 | By an order dated 30 March 1992 Waite J. granted the local authority 's application under section 100(3) of the Children Act 1989 for leave to invoke the court 's inherent jurisdiction to determine whether artificial ventilation and/or other life-saving measures should be given to J. , an infant for whom the local authority shared parental responsibility pursuant to a care order made under the Act of 1989 , if he were to suffer a life-threatening event . |
| 11 | He had never physically hurt her , although there had been more than one occasion towards the end of their short , fraught marriage when he had looked as if he were making a huge effort to stop himself raising a hand to her . |
| 12 | One man in the back row is waving his paddle as if he were directing a jumbo jet , while a lady in the front demurely flicks her pencil . |
| 13 | As White and John Parrott , who currently occupies third spot , both failed to survive the qualifying rounds in Blackpool last September , Hendry will open up a sizeable lead in the standings if he were to capture the European title for the first time . |
| 14 | Mr MacGregor , the Chairman of British Steel in 1980 , would not have chosen either place if he were starting a new industry today . |
| 15 | He felt as if he were running a high fever . |
| 16 | I know that he would not like to do any injustice to the report , but if he were to read the second paragraph , which contains its judgment on the Bill , he might come to a different conclusion . |
| 17 | We must remember that he is waging a dirty war . |
| 18 | He is wearing a blue tunic and around his shoulders is a fur cloak made of the skins of the hyrax . |
| 19 | I would understand it if the Minister were saying merely that he is reorganising the same amount of resources , but he has cut resources . |
| 20 | Part of me thinks that he is setting a useful precedent . |
| 21 | Around the inner compound of his ranch house , Goldsmith has built a moat in which he is sheltering a large number of crocodiles — a notoriously threatened species . |
| 22 | Oh , but that but he is acting the whole time , that 's not him being him . |
| 23 | If it was any other manager , I would have to keep him informed , because in theory he is coordinating the whole process . |
| 24 | He is using a human child as research material , removing him from what everybody — our readers — must regard as a normal human life . |
| 25 | We must remember that he had started his active life as a lawyer and as a student of rhetoric , and he is using a common figure of rhetoric , hyperbole , within carefully controlled limits . |
| 26 | The difference between the rhetorical and social representational approaches can be illustrated by considering a quotation from Moscovici ( 1984 ) , in which he is discussing the social nature of social representations : ‘ The word ‘ social ’ was meant to indicate that representations are the outcome of an unceasing babble and a permanent dialogue between individuals , a dialogue that is both internal and external , during which representations are echoed or complemented ’ ( Moscovici , 1984 : 950 ) . |
| 27 | In The Prelude we can easily detect a similar pattern imposed upon experience , though Wordsworth is describing a poetic rather than a Christian vocation ; and though he may appear to use religious vocabulary ( see again the discussion on pages 89–91 ) , he is expounding a secular philosophy . |
| 28 | In this latter event , unless he is to receive a reasonable rate of interest on the monies outstanding , the monies received on repayment of the charge could be worth very little in purchasing power by the time they are received . |
| 29 | On the occasion of its 30th anniversary , the University of Novi Sad in Yugoslavia awarded him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science ; and this month at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science he is to receive an Honorary DSc from the University of Wales . |
| 30 | He is to receive the Daily Star 's Gold Award which is given for outstanding bravery . |