Example sentences of "he [is] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stallion ( left ) is relaxed but vigilant ; the mare next to him is bothered by the foal pushing between them from behind : her ears show the focus of her attention , while her wrinkled nostril betrays irritation . |
| 2 | Where he is employed by the society , that will be indicated below the signature . |
| 3 | He is charged with the murder of all three women , his wife , daughter and mother-in-law sometime between the 14th and 20th of August . |
| 4 | When acting in a judicial capacity he is thrown back on his own resources , whereas in his ministerial capacity he is assisted by the staff of a major department of state . |
| 5 | He is flanked by the Angels |
| 6 | His real crime is that he is suspected by the Radical Party and militant members of the ruling Socialists ( ex-communists ) of plotting with the army , of which he was the nominal head , to stage a coup . |
| 7 | What we are reading may invite reaction : Shirley Hughes expects us to react to Dave 's loss of Dogger and to be concerned about the problem of Alfie when he is locked inside the house . |
| 8 | People who will say to other people I know Jesus I know that he loves us , I know that he forgives us , I know that he is risen from the dead , and that the good news is that we will also rise from our own deaths . |
| 9 | • The identity of the Second Channel has been given as Ali Hashemi Bahranani , Rafsanjani 's nephew , He is kept as the Second Channel here , for simplicity 's sake . |
| 10 | Daniel Höchstetter , like his father Joachim , was a master miner and he is credited with the invention of a mine pumping engine . |
| 11 | In these vicissitudes he is supported by the cockney humour and sharpness of Sam Weller , ‘ boots ’ of the White Hart inn , whom he takes on as his servant . |
| 12 | He is rated in the top ten in the States . |
| 13 | He is rated among the best in the team in the papers , and my guess is that he gets a chance as striker in the next match against Costa Rica wednesday night . |
| 14 | But he is perceived as the spokesman of the new regime , and he has always said that he wanted the Panel to ‘ find a company to hang ’ . |
| 15 | He is regarded as the best English player in the league and is set to become the burgeoning sport 's first pin-up boy . |
| 16 | Dean scored almost 1200 runs in first-class matches at an average around 70 , and it was easy to see why he is regarded as the best one-day player in the world . |
| 17 | Commander of the Derry Brigade in 1971 , Director of Operations in 1977 and Chief of Staff from 1978 to 1982 , he is regarded as the Sinn Fein leader with most influence over IRA activities . |
| 18 | However , he is regarded as the founder of the subject of ‘ archaeoastronomy ’ . |
| 19 | He is called to the realisation that he is part of the force , the force is god , and therefore he is god . |
| 20 | When there is an appeal from the decision of the benchers , the judges of the Common Pleas join in sitting upon that appeal ; and if the candidate be called to the Bar , I say , he is called to the Bar — by the judges of the Common Pleas . |
| 21 | Sometimes problems arise from the fact that his relationship with his own mother has been unsatisfactory , and he is faced with the hard task of learning from scratch how to relate successfully to a woman of the older generation who has joined his household . |
| 22 | He finds an icon for his teaching in the Old Testament account ( Exodus 19 ) of Moses ' ascent of Sinai where he is separated from the people and priests by a cloud in the darkness of which he encounters God . |
| 23 | William Cosyn , servant to William Browne ( who was worth no more than 20s. ) , may very well have been a journeyman , for he is followed in the list by Stephen Martyn , ‘ apprentice to the same William ’ . |
| 24 | He is consumed by the challenge of the world 's highest peaks , but this has been accompanied by a geographer 's fascination with visiting new places : a curiosity about the metaphysical undercurrents that accompany great risk ; a need to plumb the capabilities of mind and body and a corresponding empathy with mountain peoples who confront such tests in their everyday struggle with life . |
| 25 | His tall figure , spear held on his shoulder , strides back across the savannah until the moonlight gives out and he is consumed by the landscape . |
| 26 | ‘ He is shot in the leg , ’ the Iranian replied as D'Arcy crossed the room . |
| 27 | When he arrives for his pleasure he is asked by the girl 's mother : ( " Have you brought the goods that you are to give to my girl ? " ) |
| 28 | He is met with the hissing of his followers now instead of the huge applause he expected . |
| 29 | He is commemorated by the Edinburgh Geological Society Clough memorial medal , awarded annually to geologists who have done significant original work in Scotland or northern England . |
| 30 | It is curious that he is commemorated in the ASB simply as a bishop ; for he was seldom if ever present in his diocese during the great Church festivals of the year . |