Example sentences of "[that] he [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father came up and listened for a while and then said that he thought it was all marvellous but he did n't understand a word of it . |
| 2 | Nor did he say that he thought it was unlikely , on the whole , that the Bishop would sack a perfectly competent administrator who happened not to be smarmy enough to some thruster from the Scottish lowlands . |
| 3 | And while her heart swelled — could he be saying that he thought she was lovely ? — a few seconds later he was steering the Mercedes around a bend and was then at once driving to the other side of the road where a kind of lay-by had been cut into a high mass of rock . |
| 4 | It had been bad enough that he thought she was interested before this had happened . |
| 5 | The Barley Mow tends to be an instant poll of opinion on matters motor racing , and before the Spanish Grand Prix when a Mansell comeback was mooted , one regular announced that he hoped it was true because Nigel was the most exciting British driver anyone could remember . |
| 6 | He went on to say that he felt they were both being rather silly and he wanted to make amends . |
| 7 | He said that he felt it was unfair that his wife should reprimand Jenny as she was so young and did not know how to share properly yet . |
| 8 | What one can read between the lines was that Jackie was n't yet a champion , that he knew he was good enough to be one and that the pressures and opportunities to make money were too good to be passed up . |
| 9 | One 11 year old who was asked about the shape of the Earth replied that he knew he was supposed to say that it was shaped like a sphere , but that he thought people only say that so that it would fit easily on a globe : |
| 10 | Paradoxically , it was n't till her eyes opened that he knew he was wrong . |
| 11 | Now that Luke had her , now that he knew she was incapable of resisting him , there was no longer any need for him to be seen with her . |
| 12 | ( He ) said that he considered it was impossible for Mr Asquith to form a Government after what Mr Bonar Law had said about his party . |