Example sentences of "he is [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is thirty-seven years old , with a high forehead , and thin hair that stands on end in the slightest breeze . |
| 2 | ‘ He is sixteen hands exactly , ’ her stepmother informed her . |
| 3 | He is all things to all women . |
| 4 | While he is asleep leaves fall on him and turn into soil . |
| 5 | He is four years old and will not remember me . ’ |
| 6 | This year he is four places ahead of his brother but all could change as there are two more trials to complete the season , each counting towards a final score . |
| 7 | ‘ But even now he 's having to pick his games , with one every three days or so , and he is 34 years of age and we ca n't alter that . |
| 8 | Billy Graham was using an adjustable lectern twenty-five years ago ; ( he needed to , since he is six feet four and some of his colleagues are a foot shorter . ) |
| 9 | He is six years older than I am , married , with two children away at school . |
| 10 | He is six years old and very forward going and appears to love his jumping . |
| 11 | By saying every player has their price he is encouraging offers for all our best players , be they on the transfer list or under contract or not . |
| 12 | By saying every player has their price he is encouraging offers for all our best players , be they on the transfer list or under contract or not . |
| 13 | By setting more open-ended tasks he is encouraging pupils to do ‘ their maths ’ , although he is aware that he still controls the selection of these tasks . |
| 14 | He is contesting statements allegedly made to detectives during interviews . |
| 15 | When he is 10 years older he will be happy with 65 every time . ’ |
| 16 | He is allocated specialists from the service departments to form the project team , but not on a permanent basis . |
| 17 | HE IS two years old . |
| 18 | And here he is driving trucks around the countryside ! |
| 19 | He always uses my first name , although he is several years my junior . |
| 20 | Never know where he is these days . |
| 21 | To do this he must assure himself that , on the day he is nominated as a candidate , he is 21 years of age or over , a British subject or a citizen of the Irish Republic and either that his name is on the register of electors in the local government area for which he intends to stand as a candidate , or that he has resided in the area ( or , in the case of a parish or community , within three miles of the area ) for a period of one year , or that he has occupied as owner or tenant land in the area for one year , or that his principal or only place of work has been in the area for one year . |
| 22 | He lives in Newcastle and he is 21 years old . |
| 23 | Gordon Brown , who has been squeezed out of the leadership race by Smith ( although he is said to be consoled by the fact that he is ten years younger and can wait a generation ) will have an important contribution to make . |
| 24 | ‘ Even if he is ten years old . ’ |
| 25 | Detectives in Scarborough said they were no nearer establishing who he is 48 hours after he died . |
| 26 | When he is 105 days old a " foot-touching-the-ground " ceremony is held , when the child is ritually " planted " in matter , and first sets foot on the earth . |
| 27 | The good news is he is 35 years old . |
| 28 | He is 35 points clear of Perry Harding-Jones , who has Simon Andrews and Simon Cowell just behind him . |
| 29 | The old rascal is still very much alive and kicking — he is 330 years old on 9 May this year — and looks forward to several more centuries of roguery yet ! |
| 30 | His life expectancy is falling and he is seven times as likely to be murdered as a white boy . |