Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [that] he [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are thousands , not of his flock , who are praying that he will not . |
| 2 | There are thousands , not of his flock , who are praying that he will not . |
| 3 | We talk about London and Grand Isle , and all the while I am praying that he will ask us on his boat . |
| 4 | And suspicions are growing that he could be the victim of a dirty-tricks campaign . |
| 5 | He now appears to be saing that he would repeal the increase in VAT . |
| 6 | ‘ If Inspector Cotton finds out there is a common weapon in this case and his , he will be saying that he ought to control both … |
| 7 | As for Adams , he must be hoping that he can regain his place on Party Politics in the coming season . |
| 8 | he sa I do n't know he said , said he went to the he kept on getting it , offered of speed and he just sort of took more and more and more and people were saying that he could n't walk straight and stuff which er |
| 9 | Detectives are hoping that he may be trapped through a gold bracelet found at the scene of his latest crime . |
| 10 | At this late stage , the finishing line in sight , Mr Major 's supporters are hoping that he will reach into his very core for some hitherto hidden source of charismatic energy . |
| 11 | At the very least , Hong Kong are hoping that he will steer them to a vital second place in September 's Asian Rugby Football Tournament in South Korea . |
| 12 | Now he is proving that he can do it here with 55-yard boundaries , and when he is batting with Paul Parker , another incredibly fast man between the wickets , it is going to be very difficult for sides to control them . ’ |
| 13 | One of the most famous sportsmen in the world , Muhammad Ali , is proving that he can still pull the crowds . |
| 14 | Now City 's manager Bobby Gould is hinting that he will keep an unchanged team for Saturday 's all-ticket match against Aston Villa . |
| 15 | Well , Peter 's getting close to retirement , and he was hinting that he 'd like to sell out . |
| 16 | Too much was happening that he could n't explain , things were spiralling out of his control . |
| 17 | Thereafter only Ward on the final afternoon played with any real confidence and it was fitting that he should score the only century of the tour just before the end of the match . |
| 18 | Besides , it was fitting that he should serve a people who were so obviously more admirable as human beings than himself . |
| 19 | It was not long , you will recall , since Ian Botham was remarking that he would not take his mother-in-law to Pakistan . |
| 20 | Around the same time Churchill was remarking that he would happily go to war with Egypt . |
| 21 | He had found an ancient leather wine-pouch and was boasting that he could drain it dry . |
| 22 | There was grumbling that he may not have heard among tribesmen at al Hassaniyeh who are resentful at not being able to voice their grievances freely . |
| 23 | While the reports that IAK sent for the official files expressed no doubt at all , by Thursday he was complaining that he could hardly get the prisoner to mention politics , let alone discuss them . |
| 24 | She was risking that he might come in ; and she had the disconnected breathless out-of-control feeling that was fatal with Jasper . |
| 25 | Chris Patten was saying that he ca n't actually put a figure on how much all of this is likely to cost because he 's still in the middle of the public sector borrowing grant and , this is all part of his negotiation with the Treasury , but do you think he has actually lost the battle with the Treasury . |
| 26 | Was it , were you there when erm , Steve was saying that he would leave behind with me a recorder 's programme . |
| 27 | It was upsetting that he should have arrived on her very first real day back . |
| 28 | Did they have to have so tight-packed an audience , with the front row so close to the dais on which he was sitting that he could positively feel their stupid gawping eyes on him ? |
| 29 | Yesterday , even as he took over from Mr Krenz , he was speculating that he might soon lose his job if the East German parliament decided to replace the Council of State with an executive president . |
| 30 | Clinton was predicting that he would be making his victory speech just a couple of hours after the majority of booths closed . |