Example sentences of "he [is] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Secondly , the court may order him to forfeit his office if he is convicted for corruption under the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 , and if he is convicted a second time under that Act he may be adjudged incapable for ever of holding a public office . |
| 3 | He is writing a second book with his mind guru , Dr Robin Skynner , and is the subject of a major biography about to be published . |
| 4 | He ca n't ask them , so he is doing the next best thing . |
| 5 | ‘ But he 's birdied the first four of the second nine . |
| 6 | He 's represented the first fifteen at Stowe School near Buckingham for the past five years . |
| 7 | But he 's done the next best thing by getting himself a uniform and a car . |
| 8 | On May 8 Bush reiterated his faith in Quayle , criticizing the press for " pounding on him when he 's doing a first class job " , and repeating his determination to retain him as the Republican Party 's 1992 nominee for Vice-President . |
| 9 | Worse , he 's spent the last hour with someone from the Daily Express . |
| 10 | Phil Farrand says that he 's spent the last two years building the car and has put hours of work into it … his machine runs on the same amount of power that drives a toaster or a hair dryer so much for ceremony … with the sun blazing down its time to race south … the track is the main Stewart Highway … |
| 11 | But since then he 's won a Second Division promotion medal and is near the top of the Premier League . |
| 12 | He 's giving a second man some money . |