Example sentences of "he [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this city where everything is possible , and he cuts such a figure in his light suit and striped silk tie , and is 32 and full of self-confidence , and can walk up to a girl he has never seen before and with a disarming smile ask her when lighting-up time is — how can he be wearing a maroon crew-necked sweater , and cavalry twill trousers with turnups , and be 22 , and find himself running after a girl and being told that she may or may not see him tomorrow ? |
| 2 | She wanted him to feel as if he were kissing a lifeless rag doll . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Sit down , Mr O'Malley , ’ he said in a slow ponderous voice , as though he were inviting a weary traveller to take his ease . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Mr MacGregor , the Chairman of British Steel in 1980 , would not have chosen either place if he were starting a new industry today . |
| 9 | He felt as if he were running a high fever . |
| 10 | We must remember that he is waging a dirty war . |
| 11 | He is wearing a blue tunic and around his shoulders is a fur cloak made of the skins of the hyrax . |
| 12 | He is wearing a faded navy-blue trench-coat with a collar that curls shrunkenly upwards . |
| 13 | Part of me thinks that he is setting a useful precedent . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He is using a human child as research material , removing him from what everybody — our readers — must regard as a normal human life . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Although he is taking a positive attitude , it is clear that George 's self-image has been shaken . |
| 19 | Wearing aviator sunglasses and a wet T-shirt , he is smoking a dry cigarette . |
| 20 | He is hoping a local farm owner will rent him space to run a boarding kennels and rescue side by side — one supporting the other . |
| 21 | Will they think that he is getting a massive discount , as he will have to pay only a small amount ? |
| 22 | Or even that he is conducting a stealthy operation to ensure the BBC 's survival that depends on elaborate deception . |
| 23 | He is conducting a low profile marketing campaign with Lane Fox at a general price level of £1.25 million , depending on how much land the buyer wants with it . |
| 24 | Now the challenge is complete , he is considering a close shave , probably in the name of charity . |
| 25 | My hon. Friend will realise that his statement on corporation tax for small companies needs slight adjustment and I am sure that he is considering a major adjustment on capital gains , which I understand is one of the taxes where the cost of collection exceeds the revenue . |
| 26 | However , he is collecting a small , faithful following . |
| 27 | Orlando Azcué Rodriguez : a 33-year-old cigar factory technician , he is serving a three-year sentence for advocating free elections . |
| 28 | Mohammadreza Nezameddin Mohaved : a 74-year-old retired civil servant' he is serving a three-year sentence for ‘ criticizing the president . ’ |
| 29 | SUH KYUNG-WON : a 55-year-old parliamentarian , he is serving a 10-year prison sentence for making an unauthorized visit to North Korea and meeting North Korean officials . |
| 30 | He is serving a 10-year jail sentence . |