Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [that] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , Peter 's getting close to retirement , and he was hinting that he 'd like to sell out . |
| 2 | Bukharin was suggesting that one can not construct a theory of transition a priori but must pragmatically steer towards a given objective , only then will the theory of transition emerge upon the basis of practical and concrete experience . |
| 3 | A , actually John was suggesting that we might talk nicely to John 's dad about the money they 've got invested in the sale of their pro , their ground . |
| 4 | Celia Hooper-seated opposite him in just such a chair and situation , so that they resembled two bookends without intervening books — was suggesting that she should draw up a basic plan for the annual deanery party , which happened at Loxford Rectory after Easter , a get-together for all the priests of the deanery , eight of them , and their wives . |
| 5 | Too much was happening that he could n't explain , things were spiralling out of his control . |
| 6 | Stuart Goldie , business manager at the Botanic Centre said it was fitting that it would be opening in May , as Middlesbrough started its year as Environment City . |
| 7 | So maybe it was fitting that it should begin here , at Nanking , where DeVore had first slipped the net . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Besides , it was fitting that he should serve a people who were so obviously more admirable as human beings than himself . |
| 10 | It was not long , you will recall , since Ian Botham was remarking that he would not take his mother-in-law to Pakistan . |
| 11 | Around the same time Churchill was remarking that he would happily go to war with Egypt . |
| 12 | Bukharin was warning that there should not be such a fundamental revision of policies as would mean a return to the arbitrary and commandist methods of ‘ war communism ’ , This meant that , for Bukharin , industrialisation should proceed within the established framework . |
| 13 | He had found an ancient leather wine-pouch and was boasting that he could drain it dry . |
| 14 | And now he was insinuating that she would be extending her stay long enough for a tour of the whole country ! |
| 15 | She was deciding that she would go herself and have a secret talk with Matilda 's mother and father as soon as possible . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She was risking that he might come in ; and she had the disconnected breathless out-of-control feeling that was fatal with Jasper . |
| 19 | personally an and from er and the rest and he , he 's gone to this area and he 's looked and he , he 's seen and he may have interpreted this , or wanted to interpret it so that when his report went back that the , he was saying that we must get a move on to the people in the Party saying that we need to get involved now , we need to be in all these areas , we need to be helping things develop and , and being a part at the front . |
| 20 | ‘ I was saying that it must have seemed a terrible invasion of your privacy to find a pair of binoculars locked on your deck earlier . ’ |
| 21 | The registrar was saying that I must at least remember the year . |
| 22 | Xanthe , however , alarmed by the departure of her new-found friend , was practically clinging to Mrs Young and with an echo of the earlier hysteria was saying that she could n't possibly sleep in the private car , she would have nightmares , she would be too scared to stay , she was sure whoever had uncoupled the car before would do it again in the middle of the night , and they would all be killed when the Canadian crashed into them , because the Canadian was still there behind us , was n't it , was n't it ? |
| 23 | P.B. Chris was saying that she should be in on the interviewing . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Was it , were you there when erm , Steve was saying that he would leave behind with me a recorder 's programme . |
| 26 | It was upsetting that he should have arrived on her very first real day back . |
| 27 | Now he was insisting that she should give him the dress she was wearing to pay off the debt . |
| 28 | The knowledge of his affair still ate away at her , and it was knowing that she could never speak to him about the affair that hurt most . |
| 29 | It has been thought that Freud was assuming that there can be inheritance of acquired characteristics , an idea shown to be fallacious in modern biology . |
| 30 | In a way it was flattering that they should take his word . |