Example sentences of "that he [is] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've had a message from one of the members of the consortium that he 's providing a multi-lingual stenographer . |
| 2 | But he denies that he 's deserting a sinking ship . |
| 3 | The King of Blefuscu has always wanted to defeat Lilliput in war , and now we hear that he 's prepared a large number of ships , which will attack us very soon . |
| 4 | People think , well now , here 's a man who 's been accused of fraud and so forth and shortly after that it comes out that he 's given a big thing to the government . |
| 5 | And , of course , he 's so revered for this sleight-of-hand that he 's constructed a two and a half hour show to appeal mainly to his legions of cultish disciples who 've been waiting quite a few years for him to make sense again . |
| 6 | He says that he 's joined a few agencies , with no luck . |
| 7 | Manager Elliott Roberts has arrived with news that he 's found a new room with a jacuzzi bath . |
| 8 | Part of me thinks that he is setting a useful precedent . |
| 9 | We must remember that he is waging a dirty war . |
| 10 | Will they think that he is getting a massive discount , as he will have to pay only a small amount ? |
| 11 | Or even that he is conducting a stealthy operation to ensure the BBC 's survival that depends on elaborate deception . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend will realise that his statement on corporation tax for small companies needs slight adjustment and I am sure that he is considering a major adjustment on capital gains , which I understand is one of the taxes where the cost of collection exceeds the revenue . |
| 13 | Despite the unpopularity of politicians , John Major is considered one of the best of the political bunch , with 67% agreeing that he is doing a good job as Prime Minister , housewives , particularly , approve of his performance ( 74% ) , which should raise his confidence for the election . |
| 14 | Does he think that he is doing a good job in alerting the country to the rapid rate of convergence at which he is aiming in the exchange rate mechanism and the possible move towards European monetary union ? |
| 15 | I have been hearing reports that he is floundering a little bit , which you do . |
| 16 | On the other hand a diary entry such as ‘ ring X ’ is effective and if the entry is some way in the future it may be necessary to amplify with a trigger of the form ‘ ring X re Y ’ and to have easily accessible some factual data such as the X telephone number and some data re Y. In a different context a car driver will develop a strategy to ensure that he does not run out of petrol , he may rely on a light which appears when the tank is nearly empty or he may calculate from his expected travelling that he need not concern himself about the issue until at least the next weekend , or he may programme himself to react to the fact that he is approaching a particular garage . |
| 17 | Rumours that he is to host a new programme for Janet Street-Porter 's Defecate II , featuring MC Wormski , have been strenuously denied , and plans to front a relaunched Top Of The Plops or join Katie Muckrik on The Turd were pooh-poohed . |