Example sentences of "he [verb] [that] [pron] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hostile reception of Alford 's views led him to reflect that he was being denied the parliamentary right of free speech . |
| 2 | I just hope that he believes what he sees , that you do n't become too obvious and make him realize that he 's being set up . ’ |
| 3 | The man looked around him again , as if he expected that they were being watched . |
| 4 | The trouble with the right hon. Member for Guildford ( Mr. Howell ) — I say this without malice — is that when he says that he is being cheerful , he still sounds gloomy . |
| 5 | He noticed that he was being drawn into making the decision by the ‘ we ’ ; and so he said , ‘ Well , speakin' for meself , it would sicken me if I thought the young 'un got into his hands . ’ |
| 6 | He claimed that they were being stockpiled rather than dismantled and that Ukraine could not guarantee they would " not fall into undesirable hands " . |
| 7 | In Germany , discussing the issue of ethnic Germans in Kazakhstan , he emphasised that they were being encouraged not to emigrate [ see p. 38764 ] . |
| 8 | He discovered that he was being hoist with his own petard . |
| 9 | I I 've got a bill to come in from the electrician for his call-out charge he diagnosed that it 's was not an electrical fault and then thought it was an electrical fault by the noise , it was making a fizzing noise but he does n't th he said it 's , it 's the pump the pump is on the way out it needs replacing house is built in nineteen eighty five ! |
| 10 | He finds that he is being offered a simple trade-off : a comfortable job as a stock-checker if he will provide incriminating information about himself which the Maltster can then pass on to the Party . |
| 11 | When he straightened again he saw that he was being examined at length . |
| 12 | He saw that he was being appraised , and flushed . |
| 13 | As for Hewlett , how far he knew that he was being ‘ used ’ by Pound is what at this point no one can determine . |
| 14 | He knew that he was being sucked into the Prison of Hostages , for it is to that great and awesome dwelling that is not quite in the world of Men but not quite out of it that all soulless ones must go . |
| 15 | At one point he faints , and as he slowly regains consciousness he imagines that he is being ordered to ‘ merge ’ through ‘ osmosis ’ ( 109/111 ) . |
| 16 | Suddenly he felt that he was being watched . |
| 17 | He felt that he was being earmarked for special attention from the Dale 's big central defenders in a rough and tumble encounter that saw McDonough being given his marching orders in the 66th minute for an alleged use of the elbow . |
| 18 | Not once did he notice that he was being followed . |
| 19 | He remembered that he was being extremely clever and extraordinarily subtle about all of this , and that it would be subtlety that would win this war . |