Example sentences of "he [is] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he s standing on the half way line — picking his arse there s a good chance that he s not been told to do that . |
| 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 | I drew him that , I gave him one of those [ pointing to the jumper he is wearing in the picture ] . |
| 5 | When he talks of the ‘ metal landscape ’ he is referring to the world of the train and not to the one of green landscapes which we would expect . |
| 6 | He is referring to the fact that people are prepared to compromise and will accept half-measures . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He is flanked by the Angels |
| 9 | Nevertheless , one reason why Mr Hammer 's message has been received so eagerly is that , to a large extent , he is preaching to the converted . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | • 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 . |
| 14 | Daniel Höchstetter , like his father Joachim , was a master miner and he is credited with the invention of a mine pumping engine . |
| 15 | However , if he has disclosed that fact so as to indicate that he is transferring to the purchaser only his own possessory title , then he will not be in breach of the condition , section 12(3) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When such a plan has been lodged it will only be necessary for a buyer to search against the plot he is buying on the appropriate form for a search of part ( Form 94B ) , indicating thereon the plot or flat number " as shown on the estate development plan lodged in the Registry on the " — no plan being then necessary as would be the case if no estate plan had been lodged . |
| 18 | At that point he is acting with the consent of the shopkeeper . |
| 19 | Generally speaking a shareholding director can vote in his own interests without regard to those of the company ; he is acting in the capacity of shareholder and not as director . |
| 20 | And then suddenly , for no reason at all , he finds he is thinking of the Pyramids . |
| 21 | When a user says ‘ I want to introduce fonts into my document ’ he is thinking at the wrong level . |
| 22 | As a first approximation , we may note that ( 81 ) He 's coming seems to gloss as " he is moving towards the speaker 's location at CT " , while ( 82 ) He 's going glosses as " he is moving away from the speaker 's location at CT " . |
| 23 | He is rated in the top ten in the States . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | He is regarded as the best English player in the league and is set to become the burgeoning sport 's first pin-up boy . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | However , he is regarded as the founder of the subject of ‘ archaeoastronomy ’ . |
| 30 | He is called to the realisation that he is part of the force , the force is god , and therefore he is god . |