Example sentences of "[conj] he is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Little Paul spends a short time at Mrs Pipchin 's ( on the recommendation of Miss Tox , a former child-boarder ) , where he is not quelled as the others are , but thoroughly discomfits her with his sharp questions and grave stare . |
2 | I mean , if he did go off into the wilds of Anatolia , or somewhere remote like that — something might happen to him in some village , where he is n't known . ’ |
3 | — which begins and ends with his soliloquies ; and V.vii. , where he is finally chased off by another bastard ) . |
4 | The provincial Assembly in Kosovo on May 23 refused the resignation of Jusuf Zejnulahu , the President of the Kosovo Executive Council [ see p. 37382 , where he is incorrectly described as Chairman of the provincial Assembly ] , and of nine other ethnic-Albanian members of his government . |
5 | But perhaps Tod Friendly has need of the city , where he can always move among others , where he is never considered singly . |
6 | ‘ He is the model of what a retired cricketer should be — a white haired , white whiskered , florid country gentlemen , close upon his three score years and ten , comfortably off , well-informed , and interested in and full of information about cricket in general , his own shire and town in particular where he is much respected . ’ |
7 | En Shao appeared in Liverpool two years ago , shortly before he was due to take up position of principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra where he is now installed . |
8 | Small wonder our society is so schizophrenic — because the minute the clerk walks out of the store , she or he is immediately bombarded with messages which are in total contradiction to those they receive as employees . |
9 | The character Tamburlaine dominates throughout this tragedy , and although he is rarely challenged , it is interesting to see the stark contrast between his character and those he is surrounded by . |
10 | He recently lost out in the race to become the Metropolitan Commissioner , although he is hotly tipped to take charge of a UK Anti-Terrorist Squad if it should be established . |
11 | Currently , his network of clubs covers the south east of England , in Heston , Raynes Park , Chigwell , Finchley , Enfield , Eastbourne and Bushey , although he is already looking at new sites in Kent and Scotland and the intention is to expand to other areas of Britain , including Northern Ireland . |
12 | Although he is little known in Britain , Mr Ryder appears to be developing into an influential international figure in the regulation of nuclear safety . |
13 | I would n't rule him out , although he is n't getting any younger and might have missed his chance two years ago . |
14 | Singer , for example , although he is here questioning the alleged rights of the human foetus , admits that it must have a potential that |
15 | It is a big , square box , painted dirty white , and , although he is always knocking through , extending , repapering and spring-cleaning , there is something dead about the place . |
16 | We owe a lot to Tom who still has a fondness for his kites , although he is better known in the 1990s as the creator of the GeoSphere Project , a spectacular image of the Earth produced from over 2000 satellite images . |
17 | Although he is often characterized as retiring and eccentric , he entertained distinguished visitors in style , and studio staff were frequently welcomed to Old Place and treated with considerable generosity . |
18 | Three weeks ago doctors discovered he was suffering from a form of TB , although he is now recovering from that . |
19 | Wyllie is confident his Western Samoan wing , Va'aiga Tuigamala , will play although he is still niggled by an ankle injury received against Neath two weeks ago . |
20 | There is no shortage of Greg Norman critics , although he is still used as a bench mark for other people 's success . |
21 | I would only observe that he is well qualified for the post which he holds . |
22 | And having met him , he at once began studying him and suffering with him : observing him ab extra and sharing the inside of his head ; hence his sense that he is both witnessing and experiencing the ‘ strange smile ’ which accompanies Raskolnikov 's surprise at his own dread of meeting his landlady . |
23 | The Minister 's only defence I do not recall him using it in Committee — against the charge that he is wantonly selling public assets cheaply is that we always have recourse to the Public Accounts Committee . |
24 | In other words , the sceptic , if he is to make himself understood , can not avoid relying on the conceptual scheme that he is overtly attacking , and if so , his argument collapses before it can even get off the ground . |
25 | It was for his contribution to social reform that he is most remembered . |
26 | His ingenious situation concerns very small homunculi from space , of the order of magnitude of body cells , who enter a human being in large numbers and colonize him to such an extent that he is eventually made up of small conscious entities . |
27 | I believe that he is also calling us to break out of the margins and take the battle to the Enemy . |
28 | She got on so well with composer Jeff Wayne that he is also producing her first solo album . |
29 | the latest news on Ronny Johnsen is that he is also wanted at tottenham . |
30 | In either case , the anthropologist , in studying the domestic group and its interconnections with other domestic groups , finds that he is also studying , in model form , the structure of the local community and its interconnections with other local communities . |