Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] that his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was told that his legal advisers were concerned that if he applied for a taxation this would amount to an adoption of the bills and prejudice his other objections to the bill . |
| 2 | Certainly he expects to be happy there , but even if we were to claim that his ultimate end is pleasure we should be using ‘ end ’ in another sense than when we say that his flight was the end to which booking the ticket was the means , since to enjoy living in a place is not an activity separate from and subsequent in time to living there . |
| 3 | It was fitting that his last innings for Middlesex should bring him 221 — his highest first-class score . |
| 4 | His position was further undermined when , on Aug. 3 , it was revealed that his private secretary had been an intermediatory in a separate scandal involving fraudulent loans of 260,000 million yen by the Fuji Bank . |
| 5 | Although it was said that his main contribution to debate was his sonorous ‘ hear , hear ’ , his speeches , reflecting the outlook of a liberal-minded Whig , were usually sensible and to the point . |
| 6 | The tale of the prospective parliamentary candidate who , a few months before a General Election , was charged with a rape offence , and acquitted , haunted the debate and it was alleged that his whole prospective parliamentary career had been unnecessarily ruined . |
| 7 | The evangelical Lord Ashley viewed the prospect of marrying into such a family with trepidation , particularly as it was rumoured that his bride-to-be was the illegitimate daughter of Palmerston and Lady Cowper . |
| 8 | Already in 1928 he was protesting that his own pronouncements at the time of the Imagist manifesto were tailored to the specific needs of 1914 , and should not be taken as binding fourteen years later . |
| 9 | Although Lowe under Dr. Watson had also learnt enough speech to make himself understood by members of his family , he was to say that his usual method of communicating with his family was by his fingers , and with strangers , by writing . |
| 10 | He was advised that his best chances for advancement in life lay in spending some time at the royal court and seeking some government office . |
| 11 | Erm , he he he was saying that his young boy of eight , he does n't allow to play out alone . |
| 12 | He was not told that he was being dismissed , but the EAT found that he could reasonably have assumed from what was said that his continuing employment prospects might well be limited . |