Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [that] he [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However inadequate his predictions proved in the twentieth century , Marx 's appeal remains incomprehensible unless it is recognized that he did have an unsurpassed grasp of nineteenth-century capitalism . |
| 2 | You may wonder why it is reported that He seemed to resent them , which may suggest that he was unable to express his own resentment , which may limit your range of potential interpretations of the expression He . |
| 3 | It is said that he stood transfixed before the Altar of Khaine , and even laid his hand on the hilt of the great weapon . |
| 4 | It is said that he tried to dissuade his sons from studying mathematics so that the name of Gauss would remain synonymous with excellence . |
| 5 | It is thought that he tried to lie down to sleep — he normally slept sitting up , propped against pillows — and suffocated . |
| 6 | Billy was not a great goalscorer , but everyone who saw him play for the Palace is agreed that he helped to make hundreds of them for us . |
| 7 | It is known that he wished to stay in the Government and would have liked to have pressed on with the reform of prisons . |