Example sentences of "[v-ing] that he be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of people , including many members of the press , thought that Allan was going to win , were almost praying that he was going to win . |
| 2 | ‘ It will , ’ said Bodie , praying that he was right . |
| 3 | With every atom of her being she was praying that he was . |
| 4 | In his libel action seeking aggravated damages , Donovan claimed he suffered serious injury to his professional and personal reputation , considerable distress and embarrassment and that the article implied he was guilty of gross hypocrisy and deceit by denying that he was homosexual . |
| 5 | Giles recalls one remark when Montini was criticizing the De Gasperi Christian Democratic government for inaction while denying that he was doing anything of the kind ( a typical Montini ploy ) : ‘ In political questions the Church has to be general , just as in religious matters she can not afford not to be particular ’ ( ibid. , p. 109 ) . |
| 6 | " You 're Hannibal Hayes , " the voice of a sheriff roared from the television drama , and the voice of the cowboy quietly retorted , denying that he was . |
| 7 | She glanced at him , noticing that he was staring back through the partly open door of the study . |
| 8 | And he gets a lot of publicity out of this by er , being photographed with Ted Heath , by announcing that he 's showing clemency to people who are convicted by the Iraqi courts , and that really people should n't hold too much against him . |
| 9 | Mary Ann introduced him as ‘ Mr Cottle ’ , announcing that he was ‘ a traveller in jelly ’ . |
| 10 | Herbert Cranko used to tell a story about a very dark-skinned man named Cranko turning up one day in his Johannesburg office , calling him uncle and announcing that he was short of money . |
| 11 | It had been all very well announcing that he was going to make a privateering cruise , but the preparations for it and the difficulties in getting a crew together had been enormous . |
| 12 | Paz Zamora responded by announcing that he was willing to face MNR impeachment proceedings against him in order to find a political solution to the crisis . |
| 13 | Premadasa on Aug. 30 countered an attempt in Parliament to impeach him , by announcing that he was suspending Parliament until Sept. 24 . |
| 14 | Lee Kuan Yew 's son Lee Hsien Loong took over Goh 's post as PAP first assistant secretary-general and remained a Deputy Prime Minister ; however , he had given up the Trade and Industry portfolio in mid-November after announcing that he was undergoing treatment for cancer . |
| 15 | His advisers hit on the idea of announcing that he was going on a cruise up the Hudson river where , away from prying eyes , he was propped up in a chair against the mast and anaesthetised . |
| 16 | He then sent a counter-embassy to Charles ( in the autumn of 772 ) , explaining that he was not unlawfully retaining those lands claimed by the Pope on behalf of the Exarchate of Ravenna , as the claim was false . |
| 17 | The two men eventually fell into conversation , the late-comer explaining that he was a director of the railway company and that he was interested in a new branch line that was to be opened . |
| 18 | After a second beer , Dr Reid prepared to leave , explaining that he was going to the dispensary . |
| 19 | The family believes that Jacqueline used to pave the way for Iain 's escapes by writing to the school , explaining that he was needed at home . |
| 20 | She listened to his calm voice explaining that he was not available and if she would like to leave a message … but the message she would like to have left was far too complicated , so she rang off without saying anything . |
| 21 | It was made clear to a friend of mine who was dying that he was not wanted on the ward , not through words but by the minimum care he was given after an unsuccessful operation and the refusal of any doctor to speak to him . |
| 22 | He blamed it all on business , but could not resist taunting her for expecting him to be at h-er beck and call , while disapproving that he was rich . |
| 23 | The meeting was friendly and Albert went off to Brighton where he roundly denounced me and all my works — without revealing that he was without his customary hat which he had forgotten and was hanging safely on a hook in my hall . |
| 24 | Three weeks earlier they had devoted a page to the story that another of his girlfriends , actress Rebecca Broussard , aged twenty-six , was expecting his baby , revealing that he was ‘ excitedly looking forward to playing daddy , but the bed-jumping Joker has flatly told Rebecca that he had no intention of marrying her . ’ |
| 25 | TODAY exposed the scandal of businessman Eric Howell and his Greenlake Management Ltd , revealing that he was penniless . |
| 26 | TODAY exposed the scandal of businessman Eric Howell and his Greenlake Management Ltd , revealing that he was penniless . |
| 27 | ( f ) Paragraph ( c ) covers cases where deception occurs before the debt is incurred , such as the accused falsely representing that he is a full-time student to obtain discount travel . |
| 28 | After a trial lasting five days he was eventually convicted , under count 1 , of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception , contrary to section 16(1) of the Theft Act 1968 , in that he dishonestly obtained for himself the opportunity to earn remuneration in an office or employment as an accountant to a man called Burt , by falsely representing that he was a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and held qualifications from the Institute of Marketing . |
| 29 | Such a response seems understandable given that it allows McFaul to explain why he is at odds with the Party while still maintaining that he is loyal to its principles and to its founder , but it can not stand as a general proposition . |
| 30 | I 'm not alone in maintaining that he is the second sweetest man on earth . |