Example sentences of "[vb past] that he be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards in the Shoulder of Mutton ( Kneeton Park 1 Knayton 1 ) it transpired that he 's in what used to be known as Tin Pan Alley probably the only manager in the Hambleton Combination ( third division ) who 's also been a manager of the Bay City Rollers . |
| 2 | There was no sound of a human voice enquiring for his safety ; he shouted that he was safe , but gave up when he got no re-assuring reply ; he wondered if his friends had reached safety or had been caught under the falling rock . |
| 3 | Equally , his brace against Manchester United in our last match of 1990–91 ( co-incidentally also his own 150th Palace appearance ) demonstrated that he was on the verge of international recognition , with the second one , struck from fully 30 yards , bringing the big crowd to its feet in salute . |
| 4 | In the 1870s he demonstrated that he was keeping abreast of developments in analysis too , with a paper on Georg Riemann 's new approach to integral calculus . |
| 5 | It also helped that he was desperate to play for Manchester United . ’ |
| 6 | During these past ten years , he had learned a great deal about his stepfather 's business ; not only did he trudge the streets collecting money , which he then took to the bank after it had been religiously recounted by Luther , but he was the one who made all the entries into the ledgers ; he was the one who always met with accountants and reported back to his stepfather , who constantly grumbled that he was ‘ too ill and racked with pain' to weigh himself down with the burden of meetings and ridiculous men in ridiculous suits , with their ridiculous ideas that a man should always invest the money he earns with the sweat of his brow … |
| 7 | Sir Keith Thomas PBA , then President-elect of the British Academy , in his opening remarks mused that he was surprised to hear only of plans for printed publication of the contributions . |
| 8 | Critics charged that he was too busy thinking about France to concern himself with the problems of the French people . |
| 9 | He maintained that he was thinking about gold and the strange fascination this metal still exerts upon otherwise rational men grappling with the intricacies of international exchange rates . |
| 10 | After his death miracles were attributed to him and he was made a saint ; there were many who maintained that he was too ugly to be anything else . |
| 11 | But he maintained that he was never ‘ difficult ’ . |
| 12 | Durham maintained that he was a teetotaller , his mind was free of trouble at that time , and that he had all his faculties . |
| 13 | Your uncle maintained that he was a man of immense depth , a very philosophical creature in the classic sense . |
| 14 | However , Melancia maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign . |
| 15 | Melancia , who resigned after being served with a summons in connection with the alleged bribery , denied all charges of corruption and maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign . |
| 16 | And there were some heartless people who maintained that he was a public-spirited individual who should be given as much help as possible in his self-appointed mission . |
| 17 | He successfully accomplished his design by the simple expedient of walking out of the gaol disguised as a workman while his doctor pretended that he was ill and confined to bed . |
| 18 | He even pretended that he was having an affair with a younger woman . |
| 19 | He blustered that he was a dealer in pictures , not a criminal . |
| 20 | She backed away , setting the width of the desk between them as she tried to work out what to say , although she doubted that he was in the mood to listen . |
| 21 | At a meeting last summer , he mentioned that he was suffering from a sudden bout of back pain and had just visited an acupuncturist . |
| 22 | I asked Dick if there were any surprises for him about the aircraft and he mentioned that he was pleasantly surprised that this Allison machine ran so smoothly and that the power band was as wide and it was . |
| 23 | Lately , Ockleton had heard it mentioned that he was on the staff of a Roman Catholic boarding school in the West Country . |
| 24 | ‘ How ? ’ she asked , disappointed that he was n't confiding in her . |
| 25 | She nodded , disappointed that he was being so matter-of-fact , and , pulling herself together , she stared out of the window as the headlights shone on the hedges and fields of the countryside they were passing through . |
| 26 | He found that he was now sensitive to a new series of demands and worries and was liable to be hurt in new ways , and he suffered moments with a sense of futility . |
| 27 | They found that he was not good in processions , for the curious roll prevented him from keeping ranks like the others . |
| 28 | And I found that he was universally right — by which I mean that I was answerable in my body and in my heart for what was done to my brother . |
| 29 | He found that he was rolling and unrolling the brim of Maidstone 's hat in his fingers . |
| 30 | Hoomey opened his mouth , but found that he was speechless . |