Example sentences of "[noun sg] that he [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His case , involving an allegation that he raped another student after going out with her , has attracted wide media attention . |
| 2 | He lost so much weight that he wore two suits , one on top of the other , because he despised the sign of toll . |
| 3 | Hobbes ‘ s talk of ‘ true ratiocination ’ is an indication that he has some theory of what reason or ratiocination is , some explanation or analysis of it . |
| 4 | He was also offered the post of organist at Versailles , on condition that he spent six months of the year there , but , after some reflection , he turned it down , arousing Leopold 's anxieties once more . |
| 5 | The pilot realised after take-off that he had less fuel than expected . |
| 6 | It was not the case that he neglected domestic issues — least of all in the period 1963 – 65 — but rather that he saw them within the larger framework of France 's relations with the world . |
| 7 | when Moore says he knows such and such [ for instance that he has two hands : JD ] he is really enumerating a lot of empirical propositions which we affirm without special testing ; propositions , that is , which have a peculiar logical role in the system of our empirical propositions . |
| 8 | But it was to this very building that he departed each morning , from an office much like this that he returned each night . |
| 9 | He told the Guardian that he believed senior management took deliberate steps to hush up the dangers . |
| 10 | Herluin might hold it against the boy that he had disgraced Ramsey not so much by attempting theft , but by making a botch of it , but Herluin had also been of the abbot 's party . |
| 11 | The Duke forced a smile and airily denied to a lady that he had any fear of an imminent French attack . |
| 12 | The clash between Balcon 's nationalism and the Ostrers ' requirement that he pursue international popularity led to the signs of strain that are evident in much of the Gaumont-British output , and it is easy to understand why Balcon became so disillusioned with the idea of international production . |
| 13 | Mel Smith took a sideswipe at Nigel Kennedy with his announcement that he had good news for music lovers — the violinist 's appearance had been cancelled . |
| 14 | The other big difference that he found concerned rucking . |
| 15 | By mid-September there were some 150,000 US military and support personnel in the region , but on Sept. 13 the senior US commander in the Gulf , Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf , dampened the growing speculation about a possible move on to the offensive in mid-October , expressing the opinion that he needed two months to bring the forces up to strength . |
| 16 | It was during this interval that he drew several versions of a famous picture of the Hague period , entitled Sorrow . |
| 17 | Despite having the worst of yesterday 's weather , Torrance was so sharp with his putter that he had seven birdies and no bogeys . |
| 18 | It was couched in the form of a joke , or at least of banter , but it had the directness that he knew many women responded to . |
| 19 | I told my husband that he had this problem . |
| 20 | The original equations of General Relativity implied the expansion of the Universe , but Einstein was so disturbed by the notion that he introduced another term to eliminate it , an action he later much regretted . |
| 21 | A taxi driver told Gloucester Crown Court that he saw two drivers laughing at each other as they roared past him nose-to-tail just before the crash . |
| 22 | The former Nottingham Forest football manager , Brian Clough , has denied claims in the High Court that he received illegal payments during the transfer of one of his players . |
| 23 | Had the above account been a linguistic account , an explanation of the meaning of ‘ legitimate authority ’ , it would have followed that anyone who believes of a person that he has legitimate authority believes that that person satisfies the condition set by the justification thesis . |
| 24 | Sir Peter Teazle suggests to Sir Oliver Surface that he impersonates this Mr Premium whom Charles had never met , and ‘ you 'll see your nephew in all his glory ’ . |
| 25 | John Johnson said in evidence that he heard two shots and saw the defendant 's car reverse and then drive away from the scene ‘ like a jet . ’ |
| 26 | Although it was recorded that ‘ he could read a balance sheet ’ ( not in fact a particularly useful attribute for the Treasury ) , there is no evidence that he left any imprint upon Exchequer policy . |
| 27 | In spite of Hutchinson 's claims that he had 20,000 members in the Mansfield district , and large numbers of followers in Lancashire and other industrial areas , and that he had printed hundreds of thousands of copies of the National Worker , there was no evidence that he had any members in his organization . |
| 28 | There he had gained experience in mountain warfare against the tough hill-folk ; there is also evidence that he evoked strong feelings of respect from the people of his province , so he was probably also a skilful diplomat . |
| 29 | The armed following that accompanied Robert the Frisian on his Jerusalem pilgrimage so impressed the Emperor of Byzantium , Alexius Comnenus , with its martial bearing that he requested similar assistance from the west . |
| 30 | There are three elements : ( a ) an intent to make a demand with menaces ; ( b ) a view to gain for himself or another , or intent to cause loss to another ; ( c ) either no belief that he has reasonable grounds for making the demand or no belief that the use of menaces is a proper form of reinforcing the demand |