Example sentences of "[vb -s] [that] he [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Terence adds that he is enclosing for Christopher Patten a copy of the rules which the Cabinet Office has issued for the guidance of officials ‘ on such exercises ’ . |
| 2 | At the age of 37 — old by Australian standards — Border accepts that he is nearing the end of his career but he is desparate to prolong it for two reasons . |
| 3 | Part of me thinks that he is setting a useful precedent . |
| 4 | Often the instructor or pilot knows the correct recovery and thinks that he is using it , but because of the unusual forces on the controls , he is failing to apply the full recovery action . |
| 5 | As you can see from the figure on the page opposite the man thinks that he is standing up straight when anyone can see , at a glance , that he is leaning backwards from the waist . |
| 6 | Letterman thinks that he is failing in love with her but he has the impression that she is using his cosseted and lineamented body in some sinister fashion . |
| 7 | If he wins that he 's set to meet Newcastle 's newly-crowned British champion Davison in the Spring with both titles at stake . |
| 8 | The story goes that he 's fallen out with his friends in the Provos , and he 's either on the run , or they murdered him and dumped the body . |
| 9 | He says that he 's looking for birds preening or doing something which makes a good composition . |
| 10 | He says that he 's fed up of going round in circles — how can he make a fresh start when he ca n't get a grant for clothing , and so ca n't then tunr up for job interviews ? |
| 11 | Well obviously the sad reality of the thing does n't come home to , to our countrymen and a man comes up last week and tells me that he 's been paid off by the Daily Record he 's been working for them for thirty five years and he asked what how much pension will he have and says that he 's getting four years pension . |
| 12 | He says that he 's heard the shipping companyw ant to re-export the dog , but it would be a brave man who risked trying move the animal in it 's present condition . |
| 13 | ‘ But I 've been reading an interview in Groundswell where Johnny Boy says that he 's misunderstood and really he 's got a heart of gold . ’ |
| 14 | He says that he 's joined a few agencies , with no luck . |
| 15 | But in which he says that he 's talking about himself ‘ That so many good and learned men among the neighbouring nations who read my works may not be induced by this fellow 's calumnies to alter the favourable opinion they have formed of me , followed by the assertion that the people of England whom fate , or duty , or their own virtues have incited me to defend may be convinced from the purity and integrity of my life that my defence , if it do not redown to their honour , can never be considered as their disgrace . ’ |
| 16 | He says that he 's advised the farm owner that conditions are n't up to scratch , he says he 'll return to check that things have been put right . |
| 17 | Phil Farrand says that he 's spent the last two years building the car and has put hours of work into it … his machine runs on the same amount of power that drives a toaster or a hair dryer so much for ceremony … with the sun blazing down its time to race south … the track is the main Stewart Highway … |
| 18 | Managing director David Crisp says that he is talking to three potential manufacturers at the moment , one of which is presumably Amstrad . |
| 19 | Admittedly , he says that he is describing ethical discussion as it is , rather than as it ought to be . |
| 20 | Mr. Browne says that he is standing as constituency candidate , free to speak and act for the area and with the strength to resist party orders that are against the interests of grass roots people . |
| 21 | Later Scandinavian sources suggest a date of 1027 for the battle of Holy River , but this is rendered implausible by chapter 13 of the Letter sent by Cnut to England in that year , which mentions people who had tried to deprive him of his kingdom and his life , but whose power had been destroyed by God , and says that he is returning from Rome to Denmark to make peace with them . |
| 22 | Following the success of Jamie Delgado in the Orange Bowl tournament in Florida in December , Lloyd confirms that he is looking to expand upon the squad scheme from which Delgado has emerged . |
| 23 | What is he going to say when he discovers that he is expected to transmit the first report from an advisory unit in the history of government to include an account of the Director 's domestic arrangements ? |
| 24 | The epitomist himself emphasizes that he is writing at a certain distance from the events because he concludes his story with the words : " From this time Jerusalem has been in the possession of the Jews . " |
| 25 | But unless John realises that he 's preventing himself getting the success he desires , through thinking that he does n't deserve it , he 'll do no more than keep cruising along . |
| 26 | But the suspicion grows that he is losing , ever so slightly , his customary assurance . |
| 27 | In April , while on a protracted stay with Janet 's parents in Walsall , she complains of his extremely hard work , and in early May she first states that he is working for Oxford entrance . |
| 28 | Bob Collicutt acknowledges that he is presiding over a mature , commodity business with limited growth opportunities , but sees the free-standing role as an opportunity for it to remain profitable in the longer term . |
| 29 | In this , one recognises that he is trying to defend the questionable but deeply entrenched politico-sociological dogma that social phenomena result only from social causes . |
| 30 | If an accused person hears that he is going to be sentenced to one year in jail , it is argued that it would be distinctly unfair for a prosecutor to appeal . |