Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] he [be] [being] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Samuel Katwere , editor of The Star , the only independent English-language newspaper , was arrested on Nov. 6 , 1989 , and held without charge over an article published in the paper on Sept. 22 , 1989 , which alleged that the managing director of the government-owned Ugandan Commercial Bank was being paid huge amounts in compensation for the death of two children during the war which brought Museveni to power , and further called Museveni a liar for defending the banker against allegations raised in parliament that he was being paid more than he was worth . |
| 2 | Any suspicion that he was being deceived or double-crossed would induce extreme hostility . |
| 3 | Floy began to have the sensation that he was being watched , not by Balor or Snodgrass , but by other creatures , creatures who lived in this huge , dark forest , and crept out only under cover of darkness … |
| 4 | Briefly Jaq entertained the notion that he was being tested by some Hidden Master of his secret order who had instructed Baal Firenze to send him to Stalinvast to assess whether Jaq possessed supreme courage and insight — enough for him to become a Hidden Master himself . |
| 5 | The knowledge that he was being followed sent a shiver of excitement through him , quickly followed by a flash of the old bravado , which had more than once , in the past , bordered on the foolhardy . |
| 6 | Names like Rommel , Auchinleck , El Alamein sounded as common to the ear as Smith , Jones and Robinson ; yet Joe had the feeling that he was being forced to stand on the sidelines and watch a game in which he had not the slightest interest . |
| 7 | Charles hated the feeling that he was being wrapped in cotton wool ; he felt cheated when he was not allowed to do what other men did . |
| 8 | Hennessy looked down at the slip of paper that he was being offered . |
| 9 | He was revolted by the paltry game that he was being forced to play in the assembly and increasingly sure that a greater game awaited him . |
| 10 | One Zulu chief said : ‘ It is better for the man that he is being held by police . |
| 11 | In 1592 Sir Thomas Sherley offered £200 for an office , while two years later he was expressing shocked — but rather unconvincing — indignation at the rumour that he was being paid £4,600 for his own position as Treasurer of the Wars . |
| 12 | He began to realize the possibility that he was being taken for a ride , that he was the stooge in a deadly game in which he was not being allowed to play a part . |
| 13 | The house was becoming smaller now and distant , and he had the impression that he was being drawn away from it , and drawn away from the living warm world he had known . |