Example sentences of "he is [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The perfect solution for him is to do the same as Tom Goddard .
2 She writes : ‘ To meet him is to confront the unexpected , and a brain that operates so quickly you need to engage your own grey matter at the gallop . ’
3 We must remember that he is waging a dirty war .
4 He is wearing a blue tunic and around his shoulders is a fur cloak made of the skins of the hyrax .
5 He is wearing a faded navy-blue trench-coat with a collar that curls shrunkenly upwards .
6 He is wearing the familiar Puttnam cardigan look , but is smaller than I expected , like so many who are writ large in the media .
7 I would understand it if the Minister were saying merely that he is reorganising the same amount of resources , but he has cut resources .
8 Part of me thinks that he is setting a useful precedent .
9 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 .
10 In any event the purchaser will want to know that he is buying the right assets from the right companies .
11 Oh , but that but he is acting the whole time , that 's not him being him .
12 If it was any other manager , I would have to keep him informed , because in theory he is coordinating the whole process .
13 He is confident , brave and agile , and from what we can gather he is rated the best in America .
14 He is using a human child as research material , removing him from what everybody — our readers — must regard as a normal human life .
15 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 .
16 The difference between the rhetorical and social representational approaches can be illustrated by considering a quotation from Moscovici ( 1984 ) , in which he is discussing the social nature of social representations : ‘ The word ‘ social ’ was meant to indicate that representations are the outcome of an unceasing babble and a permanent dialogue between individuals , a dialogue that is both internal and external , during which representations are echoed or complemented ’ ( Moscovici , 1984 : 950 ) .
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 He is to table a new series of questions in the Commons today which ask for details of the proposed package .
19 In this latter event , unless he is to receive a reasonable rate of interest on the monies outstanding , the monies received on repayment of the charge could be worth very little in purchasing power by the time they are received .
20 On the occasion of its 30th anniversary , the University of Novi Sad in Yugoslavia awarded him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science ; and this month at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science he is to receive an Honorary DSc from the University of Wales .
21 He is to receive the Daily Star 's Gold Award which is given for outstanding bravery .
22 What the hon. Gentleman says about me does not concern me ; but , if he is calling the local enterprise companies liars , I suggest that he repeat that outside the House .
23 The official said : ‘ He is taking a 10 day holiday with his family in Italy .
24 Although he is taking a positive attitude , it is clear that George 's self-image has been shaken .
25 erm ba basically i i I do n't think it 's that bad and I mean obviously he , he 's making the picture , I would say he 's making the picture out to be f far worse than it actually is because he , he is taking an extreme sort of left point of view so to speak .
26 Mr McLean , with a little help from Conservative candidate Mr David Williamson , has the small matter of a 7,035 majority to overturn if he is to enjoy a second ‘ retirement ’ on April 9 , 1992 .
27 Where he is addressing the converted , so to speak , he can say that his intention may have been to reinforce or confirm views already held rather than to stir up hatred .
28 The system now employs feedback to tell the operator whether or not he is achieving the desired result and , if not , the size of the error .
29 Wearing aviator sunglasses and a wet T-shirt , he is smoking a dry cigarette .
30 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 .
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