Example sentences of "he be [v-ing] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | He were working for an erm Macro or something . |
| 2 | As we have seen , Gandhi recognizes that no single religion can embody the whole truth , and that all particular religions contain errors since they are human constructs or formulations , but does it follow necessarily that when he speaks of Religion underlying all human constructs , or at the heart of all religions , he is referring to an ‘ essence ’ of an ‘ entity ’ or a ‘ primordial form ’ of religion after the fashion of Schleiermacher ? |
| 3 | And manager David Hughes said : ‘ He is bowling like an express and swinging it ’ . |
| 4 | He is looking for an easy rapport , but he does not want it to be too easy . |
| 5 | He regards the next phase of his career with Knowsley Contract Services as a crucial test of his whole management philosophy , since he admits he is operating in an area where he has no technical expertise or background . |
| 6 | His response to this problem is to grip the kitten 's neck tighter and tighter , as if he is dealing with an awkward adult mate . |
| 7 | But he is leaving behind an enduring legacy of innovation . |
| 8 | He is suffering from an ankle injury and a virus infection . |
| 9 | Moreover , the word ‘ notion ’ is not meant to suggest that he is talking of an idea in our minds ; he is concerned rather with that actual feature of good things which is picked out by the word ‘ good ’ . |
| 10 | He is working in an expansive form : the field of panoramic realism which , since the 19th century , has largely been left to writers of commercial fiction . |
| 11 | He is pressing for an early meeting with Home Office Minister Peter Lloyd , who has been sent a copy of the survey . |
| 12 | Barth suggests that in pointing to the delusional nature of ideology he is indulging in an idolatry of science characteristic of his time but equally delusional ( Barth 1977 : 110 ) . |
| 13 | Any Palestinian who speaks will have to have the approval of the PLO , but this will not be said publicly because we do n't want to give Shamir the chance to withdraw , which we think he 's looking for an excuse to do . ’ |
| 14 | Any Palestinian who speaks will have to have the approval of the PLO , but this will not be said publicly because we do n't want to give Shamir the chance to withdraw , which we think he 's looking for an excuse to do . ’ |
| 15 | He 's looking for an identity and he has n't found it with you . ’ |
| 16 | He 's talking about an exhibition in New York . ’ |
| 17 | Or did she say he 's going for an interview in June for the Met , or something , anyway . |
| 18 | But now he 's preparing for an even more nerve-wracking experience — the birth of their first child later this summer . |
| 19 | At a press conference confirming his promotion to regional inspector of constabulary from April 1 , Mr Dear denied he was leaving at an inappropriate time . |
| 20 | She smiled at him , aware that he was angling for an invitation . |
| 21 | He was complaining of an aching neck and rubbing it gingerly . |
| 22 | After a while , Ackroyd thought that he belonged to one of the local farms , and that because of his pale complexion he was recovering from an illness . |
| 23 | He was referring to an Angevin legend , the story of Mélusine . |
| 24 | They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks . |
| 25 | The party who supplies the infant does so at his peril ; it will not avail him that he did not know that he was dealing with an infant , or that he thought that his position in life was such as to make the goods necessary , or that he did not know that the infant was already sufficiently supplied . |
| 26 | His response was predicated on the idea that he was dealing with an IRA insurrection when he was actually faced with a group of unarmed demonstrators who posed nothing more than a difficult public order problem . |
| 27 | But when he punctured the lesion , blood came out and he knew he was dealing with an aneuyrism . |
| 28 | A young man from Canada was on holiday in Scotland , ( I understand he was living with an aunt , locally ) , and had attached himself to Sam . |
| 29 | You 'd think he was living in an hotel . ’ |
| 30 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |