Example sentences of "he is [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everything 's more difficult these days , ’ grumbles a bed-ridden pensioner in a Chilean film ; and although , as it happens , he is referring to that day 's crossword , the comment itself speaks volumes . |
| 2 | Perhaps he is referring to some figures that were leaked a couple of weeks ago from the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland — a reference to 44 inward investment jobs . |
| 3 | He is born with that instinct , for no mother wasp ever taught him , nor does he possess the capacity to learn something so fundamental to his existence . |
| 4 | He is selected for that reason , because he will not be suspected by the police . ’ |
| 5 | They applied the well established ploy of neutralising the troublemaker by proposing him for the position of chairman , where he is obliged above all to be impartial . |
| 6 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , a child who is being looked after by a local authority may not be placed , and , if placed , may not be kept , in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty ( ‘ secure accommodation ’ ) unless it appears — ( a ) that — ( i ) he has a history of absconding and is likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ; and ( ii ) if he absconds , he is likely to suffer significant harm ; or ( b ) that if he is kept in any other description of accommodation he is likely to injure himself or other persons . |
| 7 | The first target tonight will be Brian Close , the former Yorkshire and England captain and now chairman of the cricket sub-committee , on which he is supported by such luminaries as Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott and Bob Platt , all ex-players . |
| 8 | When a man looks at nature as Thoreau did , he is moved by some invisible influence . |
| 9 | He is called upon both to defend his faith against stiff opposition and to spread it among his friends . |
| 10 | He is looking for that quality which you must allow me to call ‘ modernity ’ ; for I know of no better word to express the idea I have in mind . |
| 11 | Their daughter , Shelagh , has moved to Belfast where she has a job in an office but her younger brother , Sean helps here and there on the farm while he is looking for some other work , sadly without too much hope , since there is already much unemployment in the towns . |
| 12 | He is looking for any ambiguous opportunity to take his gun and do the worst . |
| 13 | After all , when you have laboured in the engine room for several years and are then suddenly confronted by some of the highest honours the sport can confer it is understandable that a player might believe he is living in another world . |
| 14 | Once he is assured of these , other needs arise . |
| 15 | He is a way of Eddie explaining clearly to the reader what his views are on Rodolpho 's sexuality for instance without the subtleness of when he is conversing with another character . |
| 16 | Part of the time he may almost be unaware that he is speaking to another person — after all Gila does n't understand English very well and it is unlikely that she would fully understand the references to Rupert Brooke and the poem ‘ The Old Vicarage , Grantchester ’ . |
| 17 | On some occasions it may not be of great importance to the patient 's health whether he is treated at that time or perhaps at all . |
| 18 | He is calling for more funds to reduce waiting lists . |
| 19 | If you have not trained your lecturer to give you the information to which you are entitled — that he is to deal with such and such a topic on specific days — then get started with a process of attrition , backed by your friends , until he does produce a programme for the term . |
| 20 | Then , after people have had their own ten seconds of breathlessness , they remember that he is competing against those mysterious , those hideously capable Americans for an Olympic gold medal , and , oh , they suddenly say , would n't it be lovely if he won ? |
| 21 | But what people notice about Anthony is the way he holds his head down , that he 'll hardly ever look you in the eye , and the manner in which he will suddenly turn his whole head away if ever there is disagreement or he is challenged in some way . |
| 22 | ‘ He is searching for another refugee . |
| 23 | Given the complexities of some of the procedures which police officers are required to operate under this legislation , it is not surprising to find that the Metropolitan Police , and no doubt many other forces as well , have issued a set of elaborate and detailed instructions which indicate to an officer precisely how he is to proceed in any one of the many contingencies that may arise and which are designed to ensure that he acts in accordance with the statute as interpreted by the courts . |
| 24 | He is aided in this by good actors like Angela Punch McGregor as the girl 's mother and Bruno Lawrence ( so good in New Zealand 's in Smash Palace ) as the boy 's sea-faring mentor . |
| 25 | If he is convicted of this crime [ this ] punishment follows : the loss of members , that there be member for member for when a virgin is defiled she loses her member and therefore let her defiler be punished in the parts in which he offended . |
| 26 | There is even the possibility that the knowledge evoked here may have been obtained indirectly , through some other channel than direct experience , as a speaker could utter any of the above four sentences without ever having observed what he is asserting at all . |
| 27 | He is sticking to this view . |
| 28 | If anyone shows deep concern that he is doubting in this way , it is a sure sign that he is not . |
| 29 | 4 As the attacker falls backwards after the initial blow , he is floored by another full-force elbow strike across the throat . |
| 30 | He is cursed with this understanding . |