Example sentences of "that he [was/were] act [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It means that he was acting as the Messiah , for ‘ to do good ’ is a Messianic action . |
| 2 | Nor do I think that Mr. O'Brien thought for a moment that he was acting as the bank 's agent . |
| 3 | Theodore claimed that he was acting on the instructions of Childebert 's magnates . |
| 4 | Although during the 1987 congressional inquiry into the affair Poindexter shielded Reagan ( then President ) from any responsibility for the operation , his defence strategy against the criminal charges rested upon the claim that he had believed that he was acting with the President 's authority . |
| 5 | He may well have believed that the factionalization inherent in Woodville control of the heir posed such a threat to political stability that his own rule was preferable — he may have persuaded himself , in fact , that he was acting for the good of the realm . |
| 6 | He may well have believed that the factionalization inherent in Woodville control of the heir posed such a threat to political stability that his own rule was preferable — he may have persuaded himself , in fact , that he was acting for the good of the realm . |
| 7 | It is sufficient that he was acting within the ordinary course of business of mercantile agents generally . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Ponting 's defence was that he was acting in the public interest since he felt that the government was trying to mislead Parliament . |