Example sentences of "[adj] [that] he [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made it clear that he thought a minority Labour government would have no right to a dissolution if it was rapidly defeated in the Commons . |
| 2 | For John Prescot today , not a discrete silence while waiting for the leader 's call , he was making it clear that he wanted a swap to one of the top economic jobs . |
| 3 | It is also undeniable that he sees a part of the truth — such ceremonies educated the young at large to respect their elders and betters and to aspire to the same glory ( Polyb. 6.54.3 ) : they were civic festivals . |
| 4 | It is not known how he was related to former kings of Mercia , but it is possible that he represented a line claiming descent from Penda . |
| 5 | Poseidon was so grateful that he created a constellation in the dolphins ' honour called Delphinus , just west of Pegasus . |
| 6 | Therefore it is understandable that he won a commission at the turn of the century from a recently formed Board of Agriculture for 200 portraits of representative breeds . |
| 7 | Quite unaware that he had a month 's redundancy money coming , Cornelius finished his breakfast . |
| 8 | It 's ironic that he chose a Sunday to first exercise his power . |
| 9 | During the First World War , a mongrel called Prince missed his soldier owner so much that he hitched a lift across the channel and searched until he found his master in the trenches — a journey of several hundred miles . |
| 10 | He laughed so hard that he had a fit of coughing which , in turn , caused big tears to roll down his face . |
| 11 | It is likely that he chose a group of men to be his special disciples — apostles — because at that time a women would not have had the freedom to become travelling evangelists — to go round preaching and teaching . |
| 12 | Gandhi 's antipathy to preaching , which was characteristic of the Christian missionary activity he was acquainted with , may have derived from his attitude to mission work in general , but it is more likely that he considered a man 's life to be a more effective testimony to the truth of his religion that his words . |
| 13 | He stepped to one side as Nicholson approached him but made sure that he left a sheet soaked with urine dangling from the trolley , hoping that Nicholson would brush against it . |
| 14 | Rita made sure that he had a supply of Kleenex and Lem Sip and left for school , approving on the way the neatness with which she had changed ‘ brest ’ to ‘ breast ’ . |
| 15 | Lee Horan , however , is fairly sure that he heard a door click at one-forty-five . ’ |
| 16 | A settlor had only to make sure that he chose a word which made clear an intention on his part that a trust obligation should arise in the trustee . |
| 17 | He was sent in a cattle truck through the Brenner Pass to Austria where food was so short that he exchanged a piano accordion ( the Fawcetts , it seems , were always able to find the means to make music ) for two loaves of bread baked from chestnuts . |
| 18 | To begin with , there was no evidence from either of the policemen concerned that he feared a breach of the peace . |
| 19 | i think it was very important that he served a term in jail … |
| 20 | This made him so angry that he threw a knife at me , which cut my neck , and then he rushed towards me , swearing violently . |
| 21 | It was in 1688 that he became a leader of the seven bishops , including Archbishop Sancroft of Canterbury , who refused to ‘ make themselves parties ’ to the two Declarations of Indulgence issued by James II and aimed at giving the Nation a greater degree of religious tolerance , thus taking some of the pressure off the Roman Catholics . |
| 22 | The redoubtable Joseph Parker made four visits although it was not until 1887 that he made a lecture tour which was not a success due to ill health and financial disagreements . |
| 23 | Eileen was amazed that he expected a reply . |
| 24 | He was looking , without seeming to look , at Andropulos as he said the last words and felt almost certain that he saw a flicker of expression cross his face . |
| 25 | ‘ I suppose we just took it that he would , and were n't surprised that he made a pretence of being unconcerned and going his own way about it . |
| 26 | Is it sufficient that he perceives a suspicion of bias , or must he perceive the higher hurdle of likelihood ? |
| 27 | He says that he was so mad that he got a knife to scare them . |
| 28 | It is certainly true that he gave a sculpture of Our Lady of Sorrows , with a gold heart round her neck , to the hospice . |