Example sentences of "he be [verb] that [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dog may well think that his master is at the door : but unless a dog masters a language it is hard to see how he can think that he is thinking that his master is at the door . |
| 2 | He is baffled that his meetings with foreign dignitaries are often relegated to the news-in-brief columns . |
| 3 | Having resolved this dispute he became involved in long battles over his rights and tithes from the manors , for in 1256 , he is complaining that his rents and profits were so small , scarcely amounting to forty marks a year , being only enough to meet half his expenses . |
| 4 | Here is an example spoken by David when he is told that his son has been killed : |
| 5 | He said he was threatened that his career was finished if he voted against the Government . |
| 6 | At last , he spoke , and asked when Davide was expected , for he was about to receive his marching orders , and he was hoping that her brother would be back as expected , for the summer holidays from the university , so that they could meet before he left . |
| 7 | Napoleon III was an innovator , not merely a man of his time but frequently one who was ahead of it , and so he was determined that his Court would deliberately eschew the rigid exclusivity which was the hallmark of the traditional European court structure . |
| 8 | He was determined that his children be well schooled . |
| 9 | Perhaps he was told that his wife was suddenly taken very ill ; was dead , even . |
| 10 | But as the Portadown man was about to leave the jail he was told that his mother had died and ordered back to his cell . |
| 11 | Then he noticed an open gate and beyond it a side door which he approached ; here he was told that his tickets were only good for the front door while the side doors were reserved for members . |
| 12 | On his deathbed , as he meditated on the number and nature of angels , he was told that his house had been robbed . |
| 13 | Rank 's argument that he needed the studios , the cinemas and the distribution network if he was to ensure that his films performed in foreign markets was , therefore , one that relevant officials were predisposed to accept . |
| 14 | Once there he was informed that his application was being looked upon favourably , and very shortly he could expect to hear that he was to report to Cranwell to begin his Officer Training Course . |
| 15 | Through the successive phases of his career — at Gainsborough , Gaumont-British and then at his own Ealing Studios — he was to show that his talent lay in finding the most talented people available , giving them the best context to work in , inspiring and stimulating their efforts and intervening where necessary to ensure that the best possible film came out of the production process . |
| 16 | ‘ You c-ca n't … ’ she spluttered , trying not to panic that , if she 'd got it right — and she could n't see how else this swine of a man could threaten her — he was saying that her job was on the line ! |