Example sentences of "admit that he be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he did it because everybody wanted him to do it , and he even agreed with me that bits were like Simon and Garfunkel and it sounded like a hundred songs written before , and admitted that he was cashing in on the moon landing but thought he could make some money doing it . |
| 2 | In his autobiography Prokofiev admitted that he was ‘ not used to denying himself anything ’ , and he was not about to see a promising career inconvenienced by the Russian Revolution . |
| 3 | He was blindfolded for part of the time , which had the effect of making him ‘ look inside of himself ’ and he admitted that he was not ready for the experience and some of the discoveries he made . |
| 4 | They walked back towards the lawn in a procession at the pace of Richard 's small strides until he stumbled over a tussock of grass , admitted that he was tired and accepted a ride on the detective 's shoulders . |
| 5 | ‘ The morning after he admitted that he was in love with another woman , I lay on our bed as if suspended in space . |
| 6 | A 16 year old who spoke at a Young Enterprise presentation admitted that he was not much of a public speaker and that he had become disaffected with school where he had ‘ failed ’ regularly . |
| 7 | Coleman had a powerful personality , and Smith admitted that he was also a man of great charm , adding ( on unstated evidence ) that ‘ he had all the cleverness of a woman at turning that advantage to account ’ . |
| 8 | He finally admitted that he was simply falling asleep as he walked along . |
| 9 | However , Mr Girling admitted that he was disappointed the Chancellor had done nothing to reduce inheritance tax on residential property . |
| 10 | One member of the audience made notes of his extemporaneous address , in which he admitted that he was unprepared " for this specific situation or any situation in general " . |
| 11 | He was back to his old ways , quiet and undemanding , and he admitted that he was missing her badly . |
| 12 | In the case of the wrongful deportation of any asylum seeker , he admitted that he was consulted , but he hides behind the excuse that he did no more than accept civil servants ' advice . |
| 13 | US President George Bush on March 17 denied direct US involvement but admitted that he was " uncertain " whether the fire had been an accident or the result of sabotage . |
| 14 | A French Basque , Henri Parot , arrested at a routine roadblock outside Seville on April 2 with 300 kg of explosives in his car , admitted that he was the leader of the " itinerant commando " of the Basque separatist organization ETA which had killed at least 33 people in Spain over the past 12 years , including Gen. Victor Lago Roman in Madrid in 1982 [ see p. 32803 ] and the Madrid prosecutor Carmen Tagle on Sept. 12 , 1989 . |
| 15 | In an interview with France ( Inter ) radio on Oct. 11 Aoun admitted that he was surrounded on all sides , but claimed to be ready for " the last battle " . |
| 16 | Sick also suggested that several people claimed to have seen Bush at the Paris meeting , although he admitted that he was not yet convinced of the veracity of this aspect of the affair . |
| 17 | However , in another statement issued on his behalf on May 11 he admitted that he was the father of the child , Peter Murphy , and that he had paid Murphy a lump sum in 1990 taken from the church 's reserve accounts in his former diocese of Galway . |
| 18 | He hit out at Wilko for the first time ( ‘ is there a law against me and Gorden Strachen playing in the same team ’ ) and admitted that he was unsure of his future at Leeds but will not ask for a transfer . |
| 19 | Sir Peter Holmes , Shell 's chairman who admitted that he was ‘ astonished ’ to discover that the irregularities had occurred through an associate company failing to follow strict rules against speculative dealing , said that he expected any further exposure to be limited to a £65 million charge which the company would take in its accounts for the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 20 | He will admit that he is not running just for his own enjoyment , but against himself to see what he can achieve . |
| 21 | Oh , how she loved him , her strong and handsome father , not the ogre she had thought and called him over Terry — and to hear him admit that he was wrong ! |
| 22 | He may still plead not guilty while admitting that he is the person concerned in the alleged offence . |
| 23 | Keith Chegwin , admitting that he is an alcoholic . |
| 24 | While admitting that he is still ‘ feeling my way ’ , he says , ‘ I 'm glad the diocese is run the way it is and the suffragans have a proper role — you can so easily end up just confirming and licensing . ’ |
| 25 | Soon their palms became sticky , but the boy did not dare let go of the hand he had so daringly grasped , for that would have meant admitting that he was perspiring and ashamed of it . |
| 26 | He did n't mind admitting that he was attracted to Phil Prior , but then he had been attracted to many girls in the past . |
| 27 | When he reached the police station , he had second thoughts and turned himself in , admitting that he was probably over the drink-drive limit . |
| 28 | A naval officer , discharged in 1991 after publicly admitting that he was homosexual , was reinstated in mid-November . |
| 29 | Admitting that he was easy on the eyes was simple artistic honesty . |
| 30 | BRITAIN Rugby League international winger Martin Offiah prepared to return home with a serious shoulder injury yesterday , admitting that he was unlikely to play club rugby in Australia again . |