Example sentences of "[vb past] that he [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rincewind found that he was now hanging onto the end of a tongue of bark and fibre , lengthening as it peeled away from the tree . |
| 2 | And she began to laugh , her temper draining away , and for the first time she realised that he was frequently doing something which no one else had ever succeeded in doing before — he was defusing her rage . |
| 3 | Bobo was reaching out with her begging gesture again , and he realised that he was still holding the bananas . |
| 4 | She realised that he was still speaking , and she answered vaguely , ‘ Do ? |
| 5 | He finally admitted that he was simply falling asleep as he walked along . |
| 6 | Mr Wilson added that he was still pursuing the wider issues of the case until it became apparent whether the case of Ian X was unique . |
| 7 | Jim added that he was personally looking forward to offering the revised series in Tayside later in the session . |
| 8 | Huy assumed that he was still working on it . |
| 9 | Then she noticed that he was also soaking wet . |
| 10 | Bludworth stated that he was still considering whether to bring similar charges against NBC News and the New York Times which also disclosed the name of the woman . |
| 11 | When they returned , the Army found the King continuing to hold dilatory discussions with Parliamentary representatives , but his intercepted correspondence showed that he was still trying to stimulate invasions on his behalf from abroad . |
| 12 | One sensed that he was almost beginning to enjoy himself . |
| 13 | When Charles protested that he was always volunteering , they wanted to know what for . |
| 14 | This meant that he was literally talking down to him , which worked wonders for his confidence . |
| 15 | But she at once saw that he was immediately discounting it . |
| 16 | She had never spent so long taking her clothes off , but when she finally stood alluringly naked she saw that he was still looking at her mouth . |
| 17 | He flicked back the cuff of his jacket to glance at his watch and as he did so he saw that he was still carrying Maidstone 's hat . |
| 18 | When she put the glass down , she saw that he was still waiting for a reply . |
| 19 | More orthodox critics feared that he was only stoking up a consumer boom which would reap the whirlwind in a vast price inflation . |
| 20 | Schellenberg , who felt that he was only hanging on to his sanity by his fingernails , said , ‘ But , Reichsführer , what if Devlin does n't wish to be persuaded ? ’ |
| 21 | You felt that he was only playing the part of a human being . |
| 22 | He knew that he was just awaiting Stok 's signal . |
| 23 | And she knew that he was barely stretching himself . |
| 24 | When four Germans and their rifles came up at once he knew that he was never going to find out . |
| 25 | Again , a film 's flaws did little irreparable damage to Crawford , who could not be judged simply on his acting performance , but also for the energy and dedication he put into making his character real — and the fact that everyone knew that he was really running to professional standards . |
| 26 | See he thought that he was just telling us does n't want a relationship . |
| 27 | He grew very hot and thought that he was probably looking runnier than ever , but felt it would be courting horse trouble to take off his jacket . |
| 28 | However , in an interview from his home in the Army 's Dhaka cantonment on Dec. 9 Ershad insisted that he was still planning to contest the forthcoming parliamentary , and possibly presidential , elections . |
| 29 | The court said that he was plainly soliciting their custom at a time when he was under a duty of fidelity to his employer and awarded his former employers damages . |
| 30 | She begrudged the sympathy he demanded from her ; and she suspected that he was knowingly manipulating her . |