Example sentences of "[noun pl] he is [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Every club years ago had a tough-tackling defender in their side but they did n't resort to the tactics he is talking about . |
| 2 | We must distinguish the belief that a speaker has about the words he is using from the belief that he is using those words to express . |
| 3 | In fact no one knows where it is registered — except of course Noel Smyth and whatever parties he is fronting for . |
| 4 | Working from these , and with microorganisms he is culturing in his laboratory to metabolise related compounds from the chlorodioxin group , Chakrabarty is seeking a single culture that can degrade 2,4,5-T to the point where heavily contaminated soil can be returned in a matter of days to healthy soil that can support plant life . |
| 5 | Sect leader David Koresh , who claims he is Jesus Christ , has told negotiators he is waiting for a ‘ message from God ’ before deciding what to do next . |
| 6 | First , there is his attitude towards the texts he is writing about : because writing can never be governed by the intention and avowed aims of its authors , Derrida finds himself saying of Rousseau , for example , that what he actually writes is quite different from what he means to say : that he is bound , as we all are , to say ‘ more , less or something quite other than what he would mean/would like to say [ voudrait dire ] ’ ( 1976 : 158 ] . |
| 7 | Keener feels that his lack of technical background is a distinct advantage ; it also means that he sets a large amount of trust in the engineers he is working with . |
| 8 | ‘ For the next few days he is going to be a bit sore . |
| 9 | Shannon , constantly mopping her feverish forehead , is , like the giant lizard tied up and thrashing under the floorboards , at the end of his rope , and the party of Texan school teachers he is leading on a ‘ tour of God 's world ’ are incensed about his having put them up in flea-bag hotels and fallen into bed with the teenage student they have brought along . |
| 10 | ‘ Hillary has the analytic ability to make certain that the decisions he is leaning toward are iron-clad . ’ |
| 11 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what alterations he is considering to the disability working allowance scheme before it is introduced ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 12 | By analysing the products he is selling in this way , a salesman will communicate in terms which are meaningful to buyers and therefore be more convincing . |
| 13 | Will he tell the House what he is doing about that and what discussions he is having with the Treasury ? |
| 14 | Both Arsenal and Forest would struggle to match even half the wages he is earning in Italy and would be reluctant to smash their rigid pay structures . |
| 15 | Deuce , a pimp , has added him to a clutch of boys he is taking to a hotel . |
| 16 | No matter how cleverly the flyweight boxes he is going to be stuffed . |
| 17 | inserting common paragraphs , for example if half the students make the same mistake , it is useful for the marker to prepare a paragraph explaining the error , and to paste this into each of the documents he is returning to the errant students . |
| 18 | This happens on eight occasions in all ; on three occasions he is thinking about his father and on five occasions he is thinking about his mother . |
| 19 | This happens on eight occasions in all ; on three occasions he is thinking about his father and on five occasions he is thinking about his mother . |