Example sentences of "he is [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wounded country needs time and international tolerance to recover and , accepting the inevitable , he is buying time with a series of compromises . |
| 2 | This is obviously far more satisfactory than leaving it to a widely dispersed class of persons each of whom may lack the skill , interest and financial resources required if he is to take action on his own . |
| 3 | He is called Magister in the manuscripts , a title reserved for doctors of theology . |
| 4 | Bruno was razor sharp himself as he added : ‘ He is earning money over here and buying houses in Canada . |
| 5 | He is bound apprentice to Joe , but suddenly finds himself being promised ‘ great expectations ’ from a mysterious benefactor by Mr Jaggers . |
| 6 | He does not know he is taking part in a battle . |
| 7 | Denied the opportunity of supervising a major programme of construction in New York , where the Whitney Museum 's trustees have been unable to agree Michael Graves 's proposal for an extension , he is taking responsibility for the final stages of the conversion , now estimated to cost $35 million , of an ornamental warehouse located on Pittsburgh 's North Side , which will accommodate the museum . |
| 8 | Oh yes and er the I pass all the correspondence I have to the County Planning Officer who deals with it with the most enormous efficiency and I hope that he is maintaining liaison with what I call the Rucatse Group which consists of , Neil and Tony and somebody from Crawley who is I think it 's |
| 9 | He is in prison for committing violent crimes against English imperialism and he is demanding status as a political prisoner . |
| 10 | The man is a rogue , he stole from his own firm and now that he is serving time in Swansea Prison , I could never allow him near you , let alone marry you . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He is seeking compensation for the distress and inconvenience . ’ |
| 12 | He is seeking help in building up a stock of frames . |
| 13 | He is seeking help in building up a stock of the frames . |
| 14 | Leonard believed that they interconnected more than he is given credit for ; he chose to speak of that one within , though not absolutely . |
| 15 | Morris 's effect on a whole section of society in encouraging the preservation of old houses was far greater than he is given credit for . |
| 16 | — Mankind is distinguished from all other creatures in two respects : he alone is made in God 's own likeness ; and he is given charge over all the rest . |
| 17 | No one , so far as I know , has ever questioned such a suspension on the ground that it could not be done unless he is given notice of the charge and an opportunity of defending himself and so forth . |
| 18 | He is given authority over God 's world . |
| 19 | ‘ . ’ He is drawing attention to the fact that ‘ I know ’ is sometimes used by a speaker to commit himself to the truth of what he proceeds to say . |
| 20 | ‘ If he went now he would see all his previous life here as a waste of time , and in a way he is wreaking vengeance on his mother by being embittered and something of a failure — saying , look what you 've done to me . ’ |
| 21 | He is to become president of the Savile Row tailor which bears his name . |
| 22 | He is refused hospitality by the rich village priest , who lives with a concubine . |
| 23 | WHEN Darren O'Leary plays for London against the North in the final round of the ADT Divisional Championship today he will be forgiven if he is caught day-dreaming of England training in sunny Lanzarote . |
| 24 | Jarvis says he is making progress towards compliance with the beer orders . |
| 25 | In addition to working closely with Government to ensure that fiscal and other financial policies do not create competition barriers for UK industry , he is making harmonisation of financial reporting a priority . |
| 26 | He is making use of the theory of geometrical optics which is an excellent and well-understood approximation to the wave theory , provided the wavelength of the light is small compared to the physical dimensions of the system under consideration . |
| 27 | But he has done himself some damage and will need to work hard , and with some care , if he is to secure re-election to the shadow Cabinet in November . |
| 28 | When Brian Way speaks of direct experience ‘ transcending knowledge ’ , he is denigrating knowledge in a way Dorothy Heathcote would never do . |
| 29 | He is awaiting trial in Luzira Prison , near the capital , Kampala . |
| 30 | When Valentin hear of this naughty dog — pom you call it ? and how he is comporting self in Paris , he shall be not pleased . |