Example sentences of "he [is] [verb] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is thinking that Beuno had lived here all his life and no one Sought of things for him to do , or gave parties for him before . |
| 2 | Furthermore , although Ritchie argues that ‘ cruelty to animals is rightly supposed to be an offence against humanitarian feeling ’ ( 1976 : 183 ) , I see no reason for concluding that by so saying he is denying that animals can be wronged , particularly given the wide measure of protection he accords them . |
| 3 | When Jesus says to his disciples , ‘ You are not to set your mind on food or drink ; you are not to worry ’ ( Luke 12:29 — the only New Testament use of the word ) , he is saying that God 's care for us as Father means that food and drink are not to be a hang-up , an occasion for doubt and anxiety which constantly keeps us up in the air . |
| 4 | And because Pooh has learned this correlation , just as he 's learned that bees correlate with honey , Eeyore can tell Pooh that thistles are off simply by sighing , without using any language at all . |
| 5 | yeah and he 's deciding that Adam and he 's deciding that Adam were n't worth it and |
| 6 | yeah and he 's deciding that Adam and he 's deciding that Adam were n't worth it and |
| 7 | He 's remembered that Daddy was n't there either ; he 's remembered who he 's talking to and he 's just sober enough to mind his p's and q's . |