Example sentences of "that he [be] [adv] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that old Hardiman is Con 's solicitor — and that he 's also acting for our mystery man ? |
| 2 | The liquidator , Chris Ashurst of Brighton-based Neville Russell , says that he is still looking for a missing £1m of stock and is keen to hear from anyone who bought OCT machines from anywhere other than the London direct-sales team , or the liquidators ' auction held in Bristol . |
| 3 | When Lamb played five balls of an over defensively and then ran two off the last , it was clear that he was just settling for his hundred , and since Terry immediately succumbed Lamb was criticized for exposing him , rather than trying to keep the strike . |
| 4 | Could n't they see that he was simply dying for want of a word from Kee , that not seeing her or being able to write or talk to her was killing him , and that nothing else mattered ? |
| 5 | ‘ 'Then some asshole of a journalist printed a story that he was still working for the Company and a couple of weeks later the Red Brigade snatched both of them . |
| 6 | The Colonel explained that he was still waiting for orders , and the General swore like the trooper he had once been and said that a French officer did not need orders when the enemy was in plain sight . |
| 7 | When she put the glass down , she saw that he was still waiting for a reply . |
| 8 | I wish it was true that he was actually studying for A levels though . |