Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman has for some time been against the original fast rail link through Kent and south London , and we have learnt tonight that he is against the current project , apparently because he believes that all British Rail 's money should be spent on saving his neck by improving the lousy commuter service that his constituents have had to tolerate for 13 years of Tory misrule — to use a well-known phrase from a couple of decades back . |
| 2 | It had become so much a matter of routine that when she answered he came close to putting the phone down before he realized that all he 'd heard was , ‘ Hello . ’ |
| 3 | Is it not because he believes that 2.5 million unemployed is ’ a price worth paying ’ ? |
| 4 | I spent the brief stop at the small town of Kenora hanging out of the open doorway past George 's office , watching him , on the station side of the train , walk a good way up and down outside while he checked that all looked well . |
| 5 | They came on him rapidly and powerfully and he decided that all he could do was to circle in a gentle way to indicate that he was not hostile , his heart filled with joy to see his own kind . |
| 6 | His confrontational attitude caused controversy , notably when he suggested that some ambulance personnel were little more than professional drivers . |
| 7 | Lou Duva , co-trainer of Holyfield , might have been cranking the hype handle too far when he said that this evening 's fight might be a once in a lifetime affair . |
| 8 | He was sitting beside the river watching dead leaves floating downstream when he noticed that one leaf had suddenly started to behave very peculiarly — it was floating upstream . |
| 9 | Yet when he says that this change is not deliberate , he raises the fear that he might go back to a Thatcherite policy , if and when he has the chance . |
| 10 | Hurst 's voice had risen a little , but he dropped it again as he realized that several pairs of eyes were watching them with interest . |
| 11 | CAN ANYBODY be expected to take the Deputy Director of Wirral Social Services seriously when he suggests that feeding curry to toddlers will help them counteract the evils of racism ? |