Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( So much so that , although I believe in God , my great difficulty is accepting that he believes in us ! ) |
| 2 | Those conditions still stood , she told MPs , ‘ but no one is suggesting that we dot every ‘ i ’ and cross every ‘ t ’ before we look at it . ’ |
| 3 | I am grateful for that suggestion , but I am not sure which Labour party policy the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that I adopt to encourage investment . |
| 4 | So A is suggesting that someone do something on Thursday . |
| 5 | But looks are deceiving and , despite her daintiness , Jo 's no lightweight — for , as Home and Away 's policewoman Jane Holland , she 's proving that you do n't have to be big and brawny to act tough . |
| 6 | Not only is the official not complaining of the handicaps with which they have been saddled by Howard 's fellow-countrymen — he 's apologizing that they have n't overcome them ! |
| 7 | When it 's raining that I find depressing ! |
| 8 | He had treated her exactly as he 'd said he would , and not even for an instant had Kate had even a bat 's twinkling that he thought of her as an attractive woman . |
| 9 | No one 's disputing that you 've done well . |
| 10 | Harriet 's explaining that she gives a service , something about helping people realize their dreams . |
| 11 | Steve Goodwin is The Drummer From Cud and he 's pretending that he thinks it 's a really cool joke ha ha ha that both he and the band he loves have become a synonym for wanky indie crap . |
| 12 | Oh and I just hope he 's remembering that I do n't want to be the sister in there . |
| 13 | If you do not recognize that the question is implying that something has been selected , you will only answer a part and not the whole of it . |
| 14 | The sexton is complaining that he has to scrub away the unbearable smell every day , and that the church has already had to undergo several repair jobs because of the problem . |
| 15 | So ( ii ) someone who says he believes , expects , hopes , or whatever , such-and-such is stating that he believes , expects , hopes , or whatever , such-and-such . |
| 16 | ‘ Because it 's Stone 's suffering that he wants . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | Boxer Chris Ewbank worth around eight million is moaning that he 's got no money . |
| 19 | Herb Nahapiet is saying that we have now , at least in the more forward looking and enlightened niches , reached the people stage . |
| 20 | I become aware when parts of my body become tense and , more importantly , I know now how to ‘ relax ’ them , and when my body is saying that it has had enough I am able to leave things till tomorrow instead of insisting that they have to be done today . |
| 21 | What we will be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that customers can see before they enter into the transaction and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 22 | No , what we would be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that the customers can see before they enter into the transaction , and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 23 | ‘ The man is saying that you keep the noise down , and I am saying that you do what the man says . ’ |
| 24 | Now he is saying that he killed Caesar for his greater love of Rome than for Caesar ie he killed Caesar for the ‘ general good ’ . |
| 25 | The doctor is saying that he had to continue treatment as a matter of legal obligation . |
| 26 | The writer is saying that he understood that the church was not really interested in helping the poor , just in attracting new members to the church for its own glory and ultimate gain . |
| 27 | Aunt Emily said , ‘ If you read it , dear child , it will take away your fear , ’ and Alexandra , stubbornly remembering Michael Swinton 's saying that she seemed to be working out her own salvation and feeling that the decision to read the journal must be part of that working out , shook her head and sent her needle stabbing in and out of the canvas . |
| 28 | I said you , I said I do n't go out with and he 's saying , she 's saying that I do |
| 29 | Your reward , as carer , is knowing that you have done your best to make the patient comfortable and happy , and to help him through the recovery process from his illness , however long it takes . |
| 30 | A mother insists on her small son 's going to bed at a certain time , in spite of all his protests , because she knows he needs enough sleep to keep healthy and alert ; but in his view , she is insisting that he gives up his happy play , cutting him off from the rest of the family , for no good reason . |