Example sentences of "denied [that] he was " in BNC.

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1 When Doctor Staples came , he examined Arty and listened patiently to his self-diagnosis.The doctor neither confirmed nor denied that he was suffering from smallpox — which pleased Arty immensely .
2 One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas :
3 After a mockery of a trial in London , at which he proudly denied that he was a traitor , ‘ since I never swore fealty to the English king ’ , he was hanged , drawn and quartered .
4 He neither confirmed nor denied that he was a stranger .
5 The Lions were nearly penalised out of the match by referee Alan Riley , conceding the unacceptably high number of 20 penalties , especially in the line-out , but coach Ian McGeechan denied that he was worried , even though he was ‘ puzzled by the decisions . ’
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