Example sentences of "he is [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alec Stewart again showed he is nowhere near Test class as a keeper and at the moment , his batting is looking very ordinary . |
| 2 | Whatever the reason , he is already at work on another opera Through the Eye of the Raven , with Robert Wilson . |
| 3 | A person can take a vehicle , even though he is already in possession of it . |
| 4 | She brushed aside Mrs Singh 's assertions that her son was not making progress by telling her repeatedly that it was unreasonable to expect anything more ; she used phrases like ‘ He is well below average ’ , ‘ He is slow ’ , ‘ He is in the bottom set , you must accept that . |
| 5 | He is also on record as deifying the priesthood and challenging the institution of Temple worship . |
| 6 | He is also in Year 10 , due to the costs of schooling , so I would like to help his to continue his education . |
| 7 | He is also in charge of an economy so large that it makes a real difference to world trade and to British economic fortunes in particular . |
| 8 | Wordsworth also inherits from Locke an intense concern with the visible universe ; although Locke tries to explain all kinds of sensory experience he is most at home with the sense of sight , which could most easily be related to Newton 's optical discoveries . |
| 9 | Ostensibly a social misfit , he is most at home with his new books , old records and middle-aged pet Labrador . |
| 10 | ‘ I mean it 's the other way round and he is insanely in love with me , and April is mad with him because he is , and she is madder with me because I 'm not , since that is so insulting to them both . ’ |
| 11 | The right hon. Member for Blaby may not like the idea of a European central bank , but he is clearly on record as saying that he believes that in this country 's economy an independent central bank would be a guarantee against inflation . |
| 12 | He has been a member of every Conservative Cabinet since 1970 , despite the fact that , by his own testimony , he is strongly against monetarism , non-interventionism , the high interest rate policy , the poll tax , the European Community policy of the previous Prime Minister and , last but not least , the promotion of hospital opt-outs . |
| 13 | But now when Miss Fairgrieves must write about me , what Papa calls a ‘ moral report ’ , whenever he is away from home for more than a day , then it is always full of : ‘ Alice has been as usual rather headstrong , argumentative , even secretive … ’ |
| 14 | Black was weak in possession and this is Thomson now Oldfield Lewis moving down the left and here he is eventually in possession . |
| 15 | He is completely at home with the English language and our literature and humour . |
| 16 | Dr Jim Howe , Tony 's doctor , said : ‘ His parents said how peaceful their son has looked over his last few days and how relieved they are that he is finally at rest . ’ |
| 17 | He is now on probation , living in a boarding house in another part of the town since his arrest . |
| 18 | Mr Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , the previous state secretary for foreign trade gave himself up early yesterday to the police in West Berlin , where he is now under arrest . |
| 19 | Mr Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , the previous state secretary for foreign trade gave himself up early yesterday to the police in West Berlin , where he is now under arrest . |
| 20 | Formerly , he was in favour of the abolition of Trident , but he is now in favour of three boats . |
| 21 | Mrs Robinson warns Ben against seeing Elaine again , but he is now in love with her daughter . |
| 22 | He is now in danger of political disappearance . |
| 23 | He is now in danger of receiving either a kick or a foot stomp . |
| 24 | And so it is with Wattana , who , in a psychological move during a recent Matchroom League clash , showed he is hardly in awe of Hendry when he won five successive frames before scattering the balls to ‘ allow ’ the Scot the first of three consolation frames . |
| 25 | He is therefore in breach of s. 4 and Carol would have an action under this section . |
| 26 | It works quite well in that he is more at home in wide positions than Speed , but not being left-footed means he cuts back usually . |
| 27 | In this series he is more in command , but still getting things wrong — simply because he is accident-prone . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Fortunately the Warwickshire manager , Bob Woolmer , is a friend of South African cricket and is looking after Allan 's interests but we will only be happy while he is there in charge of him . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Finn Arnason holds Halland for King Svein , but his sight is worse , and he is never at court , although he can still fight on shipboard and the young men respect him . |
| 30 | He is still at school . |