Example sentences of "[conj] he is [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assumption is about what lies behind our saying of a man , when he comes out with the sounds , ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ , that he is asserting that he is going to the bank , but our not saying this of the parrot . |
| 2 | For the purpose of answering the second part of the question he should state that he is assuming that he is wrong in his answer to the first . |
| 3 | A dog may well think that his master is at the door : but unless a dog masters a language it is hard to see how he can think that he is thinking that his master is at the door . |
| 4 | Now the thing that seems to be the most interesting on the er face value of it , is er how it 's going to affect fuel consumption and transport , and he is saying that they 're considering whether further changes should be made in the taxation of er fuel and vehicles . |
| 5 | The defendant is not bound to reimburse the Department of Social Security until he is notified that the money in court has been paid out to the plaintiff . |
| 6 | or even if he , even if he is doing that he 's not gon na , he 's not gon na |
| 7 | And if he is doing that I do n't think he 'll mind us going on there cos the other dogs that have started walking on there , do you know what I mean ? |
| 8 | But he is betting that the Department of Health will not prosecute him this time . |
| 9 | But , but he is saying that there is this process under way , this revolutionary process of overthrowing the system as it stands . |
| 10 | Another American film of that year , A Workingman 's Dream , has a very weary hero who fails to find a job at a factory ; he falls asleep and dreams of a Professor Wonderful who offers him instant wealth and a new set of clothes , but he is told that these new gains will disappear if he breaks certain simple instructions ; on three occasions he accidentally carries out simple actions which break the instructions and his wealth disappears ; he wakes up to see an ambulance taking a worker from the factory — there is a vacancy and this time his application is successful . |
| 11 | Is it because he is hoping that there will be a socialist Europe ? |
| 12 | Here is an example spoken by David when he is told that his son has been killed : |