Example sentences of "that he was [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing Harry coming down the wet , narrow street , she knew straight away that he was bringing bad news . |
| 2 | But the point was that he was holding this place in trust , on my behalf . ’ |
| 3 | On three occasions he was referred by the court for a psychiatric report on account of his oddness , lack of sociability , occasional outbursts of violence and a suspicion that he was taking illegal drugs . |
| 4 | Michael showed that he was fulfilling all the promise we had seen in Let's Make an Opera . ’ |
| 5 | Opponents of the USC claimed that he was seeking international recognition for his government . |
| 6 | utterance was taken out of context , and that he was advocating greater involvement by the national parliaments ? |
| 7 | utterance was taken out of context , and that he was advocating greater involvement by the national parliaments ? |
| 8 | A rumour that he was casting 100 children went round St James 's School in Church Street , so instead of going straight home the girl pupils nipped off to the audition . |
| 9 | A spokesman said Mr Wood had opened negotiations with Standard Chartered , a London-based overseas bank , as far back as January , but only told Mr Buxton that he was leaving last Monday . |
| 10 | Erica and Edward had their usual disagreement , and Edward announced that he was leaving next day on more unspecified scientific business . |
| 11 | At the general election of 1929 the landlady could be heard telling a Tory canvasser that everyone in the house would vote Conservative and Ramsey said forcibly that he was voting Labour ( there was no Liberal candidate ) . |
| 12 | Rabbuh , who was the DFLP representative on the PLO executive committee , said that he was dropping all links with Nayef Hawatmeh 's Damascus-based DFLP . |
| 13 | Emily noticed that he was drinking excessive amounts of brandy , his cheeks became red and his eyes glazed and when the meal was over , he rose from his chair unsteadily . |
| 14 | It was also suggested that he was using Interior Ministry files to discredit political opponents , and thereby promote the Czechoslovakian People 's Party to which he belonged , in the lead-up to the June elections . |
| 15 | The next day Shamir pointedly announced that he was receiving large offers of money from Jews around the world . |
| 16 | The Turks are particularly skilled at copying all manner of goods , and the young RAOC Supply Specialist Corporal visited six Bedford suppliers in the local town , and drank at least a gallon of cif , before he was satisfied that he was buying genuine Bedford parts ! |
| 17 | Word spread that he was producing custom-build detectors able to meet the most demanding requirements , and the foundations of the Garrett legend had been laid . |
| 18 | Though he sensed that he was getting close — his goal , the gringo brain behind the coup , of whom Miguelito had boasted . |
| 19 | But he was n't saying that he was getting eighteen thousand a year from Ffestiniog slate alone as a director 's bonus and he 's a director of the other quarries as well . |
| 20 | He was real glad that he was getting some acceptance . |
| 21 | It was ironic that while most of the men I knew seemed inclined to some form of polygamy , Syl , now that he was getting older and had less energy , should have decided on a monogamous relationship with me . |
| 22 | He realized that he was getting cold , clad as he was exclusively in a rather small towel , but decided to stick it out and pick up all of Davidson 's message . |
| 23 | He found that he was getting angry . |
| 24 | Indeed , it did n't seem quite impossible even to me , as he seemed to have reached a kind of plateau — no better but certainly no worse , free of pain and very happy — often informing me that he was getting stronger every day . |
| 25 | ‘ There were times when Sid James sowed dissatisfaction among the other artists by claiming that he was getting more than the others . |
| 26 | The answer received was that all people who have lived in that area have imprinted their personalities on the chalk , which in origin is organic , and that he was picking this up : ‘ As a sensitive , you replay , like a gramophone record , everything that has been recorded on the chalk ! |
| 27 | The plaintiff , a fireman , went into the roof space to tackle the fire and sustained serious injuries caused by steam generated by water poured onto the fire , notwithstanding the fact that he was wearing standard protective clothing . |
| 28 | To say that his face was ferocious , that he was wearing heavy boots and screaming horrible threats does not help you beat him ; it just makes you more frightened than you already are . |
| 29 | ‘ One of the odd things about it is that he was wearing brand-new clothes , ’ he added . |
| 30 | There were no words in the experience , but he became aware of the fact that he was keeping something at bay ; or another way of looking at it would be that he was wearing some rigid outer clothing , like corsets or a suit of armour . |