Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] he be [prep] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Lately , Ockleton had heard it mentioned that he was on the staff of a Roman Catholic boarding school in the West Country . |
| 5 | He gave up looking and found that he was on his own . |
| 6 | Standing on the front seat , Eb felt a rivulet of ice-cold water run down the back of his neck , and found that he was underneath a leaking gutter . |
| 7 | Clarke drove on for a further 200 metres before stopping and when he did emerge from the van witnesses reported that he was in a confused state . |
| 8 | The second lieutenant disappeared inside the main building intending to call on the Commander-in-Chief — without an appointment needless to say — but realized that he was in difficulties . |
| 9 | George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well . |
| 10 | To his own distress , he realised that he was in danger of abandoning his self reliance , and making a friend of Merymose . |
| 11 | ‘ The morning after he admitted that he was in love with another woman , I lay on our bed as if suspended in space . |
| 12 | The hunt for other reasons to explain the behaviour of a Ceauşescu misses the point : he was not ‘ really ’ a patriot or ‘ at heart ’ a reformer , though when he proclaimed that he was at any given moment one thing , he was that but at the same time was the opposite . |
| 13 | It seemed that he was like the poet with his nosegay of visionary flowers : |
| 14 | I 'll erm , I 'll venture and , and my parents said yes , that would be alright and so er so I came along and erm of course , it happened that he was in the he was in the forge talking to Hector on the first evening I came and that was how we met . |
| 15 | The suspect also has the right to have one person informed that he is in custody . |
| 16 | He stated that he was in favour of Quebec remaining as part of Canada under the principle of " 10 equal provinces " , i.e. without " distinct society " provisions . |
| 17 | Similarly , when they exchanged the names of their schools , she found herself immensely relieved when he declared that he was at Winchester , for she had heard of Winchester , she knew something about Winchester , she did not have to feign a non-existent knowledge of Winchester . |
| 18 | We heard him talking , but heard no response , so we guessed that he was on the phone to one of the chefs rather than just moaning to George . |
| 19 | Why was Roger Seelig told by someone giving medical advice several months after his trial began that he was on the verge of a mental breakdown , yet last week he was roaring up the M4 in his Porsche to look after his two properties ? |
| 20 | The smith was a freedman , tall and muscular , a Ch'noze whose facial tattoos indicated that he was of the family of a war-leader . |
| 21 | His talons were unadorned , though he had eye tattoos which indicated that he was of the clan of Hanjin . |
| 22 | Slingsby first visited Norway in 1872 and soon discovered that he was in a country with whose inhabitants he had almost everything in common ; where the language was familiar to him from the vocabulary surviving in the Yorkshire dales , and where the temperament and customs were akin to his own . |
| 23 | No application was made for bail after the court heard that he was at risk to himself and others due to the nature of the crime . |
| 24 | At all other times , Evelyn and I rushed out to meet him if we heard that he was in the Gallery , so stimulating was his company . |
| 25 | I inquired after my brother , Max , who had finally agreed a few months ago to work for Dad 's firm , and I established that he was in Paris for a few more days . |
| 26 | The fact that he could terminate the hiring meant that he was under no commitment to acquire ownership of the goods . |
| 27 | For a while Wordsworth retained his loyalty to the Girondin leaders of France , though this meant that he was in English eyes a ‘ Jacobin' , that is , a revolutionary extremist who had actually visited the infected country twice . |
| 28 | In his younger days , he had been a middle-weight Army boxing champion , and now he dreamed that he was in the ring again , with a right-cross from a swarthy , swift-footed opponent smashing into the left-hand side of his jaw . |
| 29 | He dreamed that he was amongst dark waters , on a mudbank just above the surface . |
| 30 | Duncan saw that he was in a bad way , his face grey and wan . |