Example sentences of "[adv] he is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he is out to entertain after all . |
| 2 | ‘ Obviously he is just trying to wind people up , but I think I 'm too long in the tooth to take any notice of anything he says . |
| 3 | Tim just said so he is n't having |
| 4 | So he is soon swaddled up again , and mentally he stays swaddled up until he dies . ’ |
| 5 | So he is actually taking some action , and he will come back to us fairly soon he said erm about the result of his survey , whether or not there 'll be a residents ' scheme down there . |
| 6 | ‘ I must admit it does sound as if your father is enjoying a new lease of life and possibly he is even trying to recapture his youth . |
| 7 | He has shown the character and hopefully he is back to stay . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ She pretends to pay Alexei no heed ; but whenever he is not watching her , she looks to make sure that he will follow when she rides away . ’ |
| 9 | Hence he is always saying ‘ I do n't believe it ’ His sense of despair makes him seem very cynical , although he is really quite a sensitive soul . |
| 10 | Now he is also doing red hot disco remixes starting with Kenyatta 's ‘ Keep Me Coming ’ — just out on 4th & Broadway . |
| 11 | Now he is just flattered by the label — ‘ the British Marvin Hagler ’ — which Bob Arum , the American promoter investing that $2 million , has tagged on him ; previously he would have been angry that he himself had not invented it . |
| 12 | Now he is just flattered by the label — ‘ the British Marvin Hagler ’ — which Bob Arum , the American promoter investing that $2 million , has tagged on him ; previously he would have been angry that he himself had not invented it . |
| 13 | Now he is simply hoping that he is eligible to try to win the award again . |
| 14 | Now he is slowly learning to curb those excesses . |
| 15 | Lee Clark has fought a patient battle to force his way into Keegan 's plans and now he is rapidly proving indispensable . |
| 16 | Often he is resignedly mutilated by sour aldermen , by painfully fat lord mayors , by put-upon railway porters . |
| 17 | WHEN William Stukeley arrived in Stamford in 1729 to take up the living of All Saints ' Church , he was already a well-known physician and public figure , and today he is still remembered as one of the father figures of British archaeology . |
| 18 | When returned to power in1988 , Jack Lang took some of the opposition 's criticism to heart and also switched his priorities to the heritage , especially the cathedrals and historic gardens , to restoration and to education , although today he is still attacked by the opposition for neglecting these fields . |
| 19 | One thing , yesterday , we were talking about my wonderful stick man , here he is basically made up of his personality , a number of attitudes and outward behaviour . |
| 20 | ‘ Surely he is n't doing this on his own ? |
| 21 | Presumably he is about to resign the Whip , or something of that sort , from the Labour party in this place . |
| 22 | As the years go on he is gradually charting his universe , plotting each constellation and learning the names of every major star . |
| 23 | Bardolet has gone on to win three rounds in a row — the first hat-trick by a GM Spain driver — but remarkably he is n't leading the championship . |
| 24 | Stannard 's treatment is not entirely new , rather he is usefully conveying elements of some recent trends in Christian theology which take science very seriously while preserving the realities of faith ( one thinks of the writings of Tom Torrance , Stanley Jaki , Arthur Peacocke , the meetings of the UK science and Faith Forum , and of the World Council of Churches 's programme on faith and science ) . |
| 25 | Then he is repeatedly dunked in it . |
| 26 | If he thinks we are going to return to the old trick of frightening people into the ballot box by raising red bogeys or fascist bogeys , then he is sadly mistaken , ’ he said in an interview on BBC Breakfast News . |
| 27 | On the other hand , if the buyer asks for an article by its trade or brand name and does so in such a way as to exclude any discussion of its suitability , then he is not relying on the seller 's skill or judgment , Baldry v. Marshall ( 1924 C.A. ) . |
| 28 | If the judge has a pecuniary interest in the outcome of a case then he is absolutely barred from hearing it . |
| 29 | He describes how he is not invited to a ball at Harrington but waits in the terrace garden to see ‘ Maud ’ afterwards : |
| 30 | His simple , understandable but rich symbolism and clever technique show someone who has put his whole heart into the character of his poem , if indeed he is not writing from experience . |