Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] he [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | A lot of people , including many members of the press , thought that Allan was going to win , were almost praying that he was going to win . |
2 | Giles recalls one remark when Montini was criticizing the De Gasperi Christian Democratic government for inaction while denying that he was doing anything of the kind ( a typical Montini ploy ) : ‘ In political questions the Church has to be general , just as in religious matters she can not afford not to be particular ’ ( ibid. , p. 109 ) . |
3 | She glanced at him , noticing that he was staring back through the partly open door of the study . |
4 | And he gets a lot of publicity out of this by er , being photographed with Ted Heath , by announcing that he 's showing clemency to people who are convicted by the Iraqi courts , and that really people should n't hold too much against him . |
5 | Lee Kuan Yew 's son Lee Hsien Loong took over Goh 's post as PAP first assistant secretary-general and remained a Deputy Prime Minister ; however , he had given up the Trade and Industry portfolio in mid-November after announcing that he was undergoing treatment for cancer . |
6 | It had been all very well announcing that he was going to make a privateering cruise , but the preparations for it and the difficulties in getting a crew together had been enormous . |
7 | His advisers hit on the idea of announcing that he was going on a cruise up the Hudson river where , away from prying eyes , he was propped up in a chair against the mast and anaesthetised . |
8 | Premadasa on Aug. 30 countered an attempt in Parliament to impeach him , by announcing that he was suspending Parliament until Sept. 24 . |
9 | After a second beer , Dr Reid prepared to leave , explaining that he was going to the dispensary . |
10 | The family believes that Jacqueline used to pave the way for Iain 's escapes by writing to the school , explaining that he was needed at home . |
11 | However , if he happens also to run a business and sells one of the cars in circumstances suggesting that he is selling it in the course of that business , then he is likely to be regarded as doing just that , Southwark London Borough v. Charlesworth ( paragraph 9–20 above ) . |
12 | undermine your opponent 's credibility by : questioning his experience suggesting that he is losing control negotiating to the point of his mental exhaustion |
13 | But in others Purcell takes over from the copyist in mid-movement — suggesting that he was composing directly into the theatre score . |
14 | ‘ I would imagine so , seeing that he 's going to be working here ! |
15 | In a separate development on Jan. 27 , nearly 1,000 students attempted to storm the villa where Ershad was being detained , demanding that he be transferred to prison within 24 hours . |
16 | He started to shout and scream , demanding that he be served with wine . |
17 | Frederica kissed him too , reflecting that he was dressed like a man who smelled dirty , but in fact did n't . |
18 | And the fact of having , and also of course of realising that he is having , the same experience as he , and the same sensation , as he 'd experienced many years before , this sensation releases a whole set of associated feelings . |
19 | Then , realising that he was looking down into her face while waiting for her to say something , she nodded her head as she said , ‘ A fine proposal this is , I must say . ’ |
20 | He walked and walked , in fair and foul weather , pretending that he was training the young hounds to stay at heel ; and did so . |
21 | He started staying late in the office , until 10.00 pm. or later pretending that he was contacting clients . |
22 | The foal was called Bonfire and was splendidly nosy and confident and trod delicately all round him pretending that he was lying on the sweetest grass in the field . |
23 | One evening when they were coming back from the hunt , he pretended to be someone else and , all alone , jumped on Albuin pretending that he was going to steal by violence the horse Albuin was mounted on . |
24 | Like many of the gentry all over the country , he was convinced that the wound now bleeding Christendom might yet be healed , and the Church , the Body of Christ , made whole ; so when he gave sanctuary to young men on their way to train as priests in France , or secret agents from Spain or Ireland , he did so believing that he was acting in the best interests of his country , claiming that if anyone was a traitor it was the ardent puritans like Walsingham and Drake , who by their political manoeuvrings and piratical attacks on Spanish merchantmen were pushing the Queen remorselessly into a confrontation with King Philip of Spain . |
25 | On 28 August he persuaded his father to visit Cobham Park in Kent and there stabbed him to death , believing that he was killing the devil . |
26 | Thus , in 1614 James I , believing that he was making presents more valuable than his ambassadors at foreign courts were receiving , ordered that in future the French and Spanish resident ambassadors , who had hitherto been given 4,000 ounces of plate on their departure , should in future receive only half as much and that the representatives of lesser states should also have their customary allowance cut by half . |
27 | And because Jed could n't picture the wife who was supposed to have left him , because he had no idea what she looked like , he found himself believing that he was doing a pretty good job . |
28 | It is perhaps fitting that he was carried to his pauper 's grave by the stonemasons then engaged in restoring Camborne Church . |
29 | Jimmy Jessop , the glaciation expert , who is a skilled pickpocket , undoes the back buttons of Neil 's braces as they lean over a diagram together , until Neil loses his temper , and chases Jimmy round the office , shouting that he is going to bloody kill him . |
30 | Mohammed Mansha , of Croydon Road , Middlesbrough , said : ‘ He was shouting that he was going to kill . |