Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb past] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked at him and for a moment he thought that this time it was going to be easy , this time she would believe him and go to sleep . |
| 2 | After the meeting he insisted that both governments would keep searching for ways to convene a conference and declared that the " process is not stuck " . |
| 3 | When Eisenhower made him its head he declared that American policy would be based on ‘ openness , simplicity and righteousness . ’ |
| 4 | Of the science fiction writers he asked that each serial should explore and extrapolate on a known scientific or cultural theme , such as nuclear war , doppler imaging or xenophobia . |
| 5 | There was a man being interviewed on tele the other night he said that these people are trying to destroy the English language by their |
| 6 | But somebody saved the best for last : when Christie cam out of the High Court with his windfall he discovered that this car , alone of all those in the road , had been clamped . |
| 7 | Eschewing strategic analysis in favour of a more polemical approach he argued that these concessions were to be used as ‘ trans-shipping points for American combat units that are to carry out punitive operations against the peoples of the Near and Middle East , as well as in Africa ’ . |
| 8 | Dr Vanezis he estimated that these injuries were between two and four weeks old . |
| 9 | But in all cases he found that local people 's blood showed concentrations only marginally higher than national averages , and locally grown vegetables had concentrations within safety limits . |
| 10 | From past experience he knew that this subject was usually given a low priority , on the basis that by far the majority of business is transacted without ever having to refer to the small print . |
| 11 | In Heath 's personal and confidential letters to chairmen of policy groups he said that interim reports should concentrate on points that might be considered for inclusion in a manifesto for an Autumn election . |
| 12 | For some reason he hated that middle name of his . |
| 13 | Also , like the writer in the Congregational Year Book he insisted that Gothic architecture was ‘ the most economic style of Chapel Building ’ . |
| 14 | In this book he argued that all life should be a preparation for dying . |
| 15 | In his introduction he said that this budget had to signal a radical departure from practice in recent years , especially in stressing an anti-inflationary orientation and in moving away from state paternalism towards private enterprises . |
| 16 | One of which was the property in Frinton which was owned jointly by Mr and his step mother who was an elderly lady who was then residing in that er property and er around that time on the first of October Mr er telephoned Mr and er told him about that but at that time , was not anticipating that there would be an difficulties about the security on Frinton for these he had always , added his case , made it perfectly clear to the man at the National Westminster Bank with whom he was dealing , Mr that that property was not a property which er could er be offered as security because of the joint ownership and er while in conversation with the bank he understood that this letter had been sent and Mrs had been on holiday and that it was simply oversight on the part of the bank at this stage and that all would well after Mrs returned , which was expected in two weeks time . |
| 17 | A teller for the motion to make no further addresses to the king , Evelyn was later involved in plans to make a new peace approach to disengage the king from the Scots , and during the Newport negotiations he urged that extremist measures should be tempered while negotiations continued . |
| 18 | In a war-time article on Smollett he remarked that several writers had recently tried to ‘ revive the picaresque tradition ’ , instancing Waugh and Aldous Huxley — adding that the experiment had not been entirely happy , if only because they had betrayed a sense of strain in an effort to be shocking . |
| 19 | In later years , when he was in the position of having to counsel others he found that these doubts were quite common , and in answering their doubts he answered his own as well ! |
| 20 | At the same time he announced that economic austerity measures , including a freeze on public sector promotions , were to be " reconsidered " ; this had also been one of the demands of the workers ' organizations . |
| 21 | At the same time he said that new rules would be drawn up on the ownership of property , in preparation for the privatization of numerous state enterprises ; in this context he demanded a cut in bank interest rates , from a typical level of 50 per cent to around 20 per cent , so as to encourage private investment in industry , where he said that productivity had fallen by 10 per cent since the start of the year . |