Example sentences of "[pron] that he [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me that he made a point of seeing one pantomime a year . |
| 2 | For years afterwards my fellow pupils would remind me that he got a gong — an Air Force Medal — for teaching me to fly . |
| 3 | I became involved with him some years ago when I was consulted by Lord Rayne who told me that he had a friend — a leading paediatrician in London — whose daughter was in serious trouble . |
| 4 | ‘ His wife , ’ Theodora said hesitantly , ‘ Mrs Gray , did suggest to me that he had a problem . ’ |
| 5 | Eventually Jim Humby who was in Standard Two at school ( I was in one at this time ) told me that he had a spare . |
| 6 | Fagin drove into the cul de sac where I live , and told me that he had a permit for conducting his alleged legal trade . |
| 7 | He once told me that he found a company of not more than eleven people the most congenial . |
| 8 | My own specimen is in tropical conditions but I have seen young specimens for sale in a tank along with Sterlet and medium-sized Orandas and a retailer I know has told me that he has a customer with an extremely large ( 12″ ) Asiaticus kept in totally cold water with common Goldfish . |
| 9 | Joe also told me that he has a connection with cricket , although it is a comical one . |
| 10 | Ackroyd put the signals to red , rang the station down the line to tell them that he had a problem and then rang the next station above to alert them that he still had a train in his section . |
| 11 | He should remind himself that he has a duty of confidentiality to his client and he should not be afraid to say so to the police . |
| 12 | Tell me , how sure were you that he had a gun ? ’ |
| 13 | His father used to say that he was so desperately anxious to amount to something that he chose a subject about which critical people knew nothing and cared less . ’ |
| 14 | But he pulled thing was sorry thing was that he pulled the one next to the one that he had a toothache in . |
| 15 | Silently she brooded on her own thoughts , unwilling to admit to herself that he presented a challenge . |
| 16 | It was always important to him that he had a voice and it was difficult to work with him , ’ says Gregory . |
| 17 | Her first reaction to her baby 's birth had been to cable to him that he had a son . |
| 18 | The medium had also told him that he had a gift , but he did n't discover it until my older brother , just after the war , contracted polio and was discharged from hospital with a paralysed arm and leg . |
| 19 | And it seemed to him that he heard a voice answer him from within . |
| 20 | So angry was he with her that he flung a handful of the stars after her , and they fell to earth with such force that they formed a row of waterholes across the country . |
| 21 | The doctor told us that he had a tumour . |
| 22 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |