Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] [pers pn] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Georgie then pulled a master-stroke by revealing that she had a talent for automatic writing . |
| 2 | With the minimum of props and the only gesture being a raised paw , he asked for the money for a cup of coffee , guv , sported a patch over one eye concealing a wound sustained in the service of his country , at the same time dragging a wooden leg fitted during the retreat from Moscow while maintaining that he had a bitch and five pups to support and did not know where his next meal was coming from . |
| 3 | With an air of urgency , suggesting that he had a host of other people to see , Wilson handed over a four-page programme guide with a curt : ‘ It 's called Doctor Who . |
| 4 | We are seeing that we have a message to communicate . |
| 5 | ‘ He mentioned in passing that you had a lot of female visitors , that 's all . |
| 6 | Journalists tended to march with the gays in spirit , believing that they had a case and were an important constituency ( as they are ) for the Democratic Party . |
| 7 | It was no secret that Michael Foot — believing that he had a duty to the late Dick Crossman to procure the publication of the diaries — was courageously prepared to accept this risk and to bare his breast for the dagger . |
| 8 | We put Tony 's tripod close to the cliff edge , wishing that we had a rope when each of us fell into unexpected crevasses in the cliff-top grass . |
| 9 | No , I 've been saying they booked me about two months ago and I 've been saying that they have a deposit |
| 10 | Now , when you find management — the representatives of enterprise and risk capital — standing up in public and saying that they have a responsibility to keep prices stable , or lower them , that individual prices ought to be reported on by a commission , and that profits ought to attract special tax penalties if they exceed a certain level , then it is a sign that either the millennium has arrived or else something is going very seriously wrong indeed . |
| 11 | Saying that he had a clinic the next day in Bala , and I could come to see him there if I liked . |
| 12 | He had phoned her at Milton Buildings , saying that he had a routine enquiry to make about the Datsun , would have asked for Mr Marius Steen but , owing to the recent regrettable happening , wondered if she could help . |
| 13 | On hearing that I had a place among successful candidates I was excited with pleasure . |
| 14 | By the sixteenth century , no longer assuming that it had a right to positions of leadership in the armies , the aristocracy began to attend military academies where it learned the art of making war . |
| 15 | The semi-final of our first World Cup It was very disappointing to go out of the competition knowing that we had a chance , even though it was a slim chance , to reach the final . |
| 16 | The solipsist is in the position of claiming that he has a language in which he describes his present and past experiences , and perhaps speculates about the future . |
| 17 | It 's no use just thinking that you have a wood frame at home — take it with you to the framer 's so you can match the actual colour of the wood . |
| 18 | Being a fair-minded person and still hoping that I had a chance to get a cultural stew going , I listened carefully to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent , Central ( Mr. Fisher ) , but he did not give me a chance either . |
| 19 | Realizing that they had a fight for Naval survival on their hands , the Admiralty took the unprecedented step of ‘ going public ’ to win support of opinion-makers , politicians , industrialists , and Commonwealth representatives in London . |
| 20 | People were realizing that they had a choice . |
| 21 | Instead of realizing that they have a right to say , if God has no respect for persons , why should men be ? |