Example sentences of "[vb base] he is [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only say he is a man and will act like a man , given the chance . |
| 2 | Accordin' to Rodriguez , that is , so why dae ye say he is a cousin ? ’ |
| 3 | His family say he is a changed man . |
| 4 | In a letter of ‘ unanimous support ’ published in The Times today board members say he is the best person to lead the corporation . |
| 5 | Useless for Boswell to point out that notwithstanding the title ‘ Doctor ’ , physick did not belong in Johnson 's otherwise comprehensive repertoire , and here it was that the landlord made a distinction which so pleased Johnson : ‘ They say he is the greatest man in England , except Lord Mansfield . ’ |
| 6 | Christ God dealt with the problem which spoiled his image in us and he has to do it because of fundamental thing , he 's got ta do it from the centre , you know you can get an apple , an ordinary apple and you can polish it up and you can have it so that it 's bright and glistening and the red is almost you know it , it , it , it almost dazzles you the shining on it , it 's got a real good polish on the skin , but inside , there 's a grub , and all the polishing in the world does n't get rid of the grub , and you see that 's so often what we do , we polish and polish away on the outside , that 's gon na make us better but it 's only skin deep because inside the grub is having a field day , he 's having a party of all party 's , he 's got an whole apple to himself and the grub of sin in your life and in my life is having , has a field day and we polish the outside and we try and make it look good and we be we become presentable and there like the apple on the market stall it looks good , it looks tremendous until you take a bite out of it and you see in the bit that you 've bitten there 's a , there 's a hole going through and you wonder where the grub is , is it in the bit that 's left or in the bit that you 've eaten and this is just like sin you see in our lives and so God in Christ he did n't deal with the outside bit , he did n't bother trying to make our conditions better , he did n't bother trying to work on the outside , that 's the difference between the gospel and social work and there 's nothing wrong with social work , it 's just that it 's going , it 's coming from the wrong end , it starts on the outside , it will educate people if we give them better housing , if we give them better circumstances , if we give them better wages , now all these things are right and that we should have them , but that does n't make any difference , you see , the person is a sinner , all he becomes if you educate him is an educated sinner , if you give him a huge pay rise all he becomes is a rich sinner , if you put him in a palace all he becomes is er a sinner living in a palace , it does n't make any basic difference to the person . |
| 7 | He could have been the finest brain surgeon England has ever seen … even blind he is a superb concert pianist … |
| 8 | ANC leaders decided to take on Gqozo because they figure he is the easiest to topple . |
| 9 | Dr John Sykes , of Oxford , has won the national title ten times ; not too surprising when you consider he is a lexicographer ( a compiler of dictionaries ) . |
| 10 | And when someone indicates his willingness to work for them they naturally suspect he is a plant . |
| 11 | What I tell him is the background to my commission to write the script . |
| 12 | ‘ Now I know he is a tough tennis player on any surface , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I know he is a bit |
| 14 | You 're familiar with his subject , you know he is an authority , internationally known and universally respected . |
| 15 | ‘ When he is standing in front of me and I know he is the person who has taken my daughter away — that is when it will be hard . |
| 16 | The Scots have four decent locks , although they failed to cope with John Eales ; but remember he is the best lock in the world . |
| 17 | But if I assume he is a rogue when in fact he is honest , I cheat myself when I do not trust him . |
| 18 | I suppose he is a good looking bloke . |
| 19 | ‘ Suppose he is an imam ! ’ said Robert . |
| 20 | ‘ You know my connection with this brothers , ’ wrote the earl , ‘ and I believe he is a very fine lad . ’ |
| 21 | " Gemma dear , he has a right to be considered and I believe he is a fresh-air man — the Gages and the Bartram-Hyndes have all been brought up to that . |
| 22 | ‘ And I believe he is the man who can win it for us at Elland Road . |
| 23 | Koresh 's followers believe he is the Messiah and that the end of the world is near . |
| 24 | The commission said : ‘ We feel he is a genuine political refugee who has reason to fear persecution . |
| 25 | I feel he is a loner and a sad creature . |
| 26 | Noades added : ‘ We feel he is the type of player who would suit our style . |
| 27 | ( i mean the way he have sticked with specially dino shows us that — dino himself who expressed wishes for playing at the international level himself when he joined leeds — i guess he is a farther away now : the likes of Shearer , Wright ( a flop in the internationals ) , Cole ( hey there is one that puts them in the net ) and Ferdinand will have no problems keeping him out … ) |
| 28 | ‘ You mean he is a rough , unmannerly soldier who you feared would bring out the thumbscrews . |
| 29 | I mean he is a comedian . |
| 30 | I , I looking for him cos they er , I mean he is a old farmer . |