Example sentences of "he is [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The huge eight-year-old gelding , whose appetite is so big that he is nicknamed Monster Munch , was led through a crowd of 500 well-wishers to his box at the Saxon House stables of his trainer , Nick Gaselee . |
| 2 | George Bush makes a campaign television commercial about crime , but it features a black criminal , so he is called racist . |
| 3 | He is called Magister in the manuscripts , a title reserved for doctors of theology . |
| 4 | He is bound apprentice to Joe , but suddenly finds himself being promised ‘ great expectations ’ from a mysterious benefactor by Mr Jaggers . |
| 5 | He swims in the 50m butterfly , for which he is ranked No 3 in Britain , and hopes to compete in other events . |
| 6 | Leonard believed that they interconnected more than he is given credit for ; he chose to speak of that one within , though not absolutely . |
| 7 | Morris 's effect on a whole section of society in encouraging the preservation of old houses was far greater than he is given credit for . |
| 8 | — Mankind is distinguished from all other creatures in two respects : he alone is made in God 's own likeness ; and he is given charge over all the rest . |
| 9 | No one , so far as I know , has ever questioned such a suspension on the ground that it could not be done unless he is given notice of the charge and an opportunity of defending himself and so forth . |
| 10 | He is given authority over God 's world . |
| 11 | Unless the Queen stands down , he could be 70 before he is crowned king . |
| 12 | He is refused hospitality by the rich village priest , who lives with a concubine . |
| 13 | WHEN Darren O'Leary plays for London against the North in the final round of the ADT Divisional Championship today he will be forgiven if he is caught day-dreaming of England training in sunny Lanzarote . |
| 14 | I trust he is allowed air and exercise ? |
| 15 | At the end of Brideshead , too , Waugh 's hero is defeated in a similar search , though he is allowed consolation . |