Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that he [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for the benefit of others , he never does anything for the benefit of others , one can only feel that he sees some advantage in releasing these British people . |
| 2 | A good friend of mine , in the same set for physics and chemistry , grew so disturbed that he took some scissors and cut all round the stiff white collars , which we have to wear on Sundays , and made them into little points . " |
| 3 | But it just seemed that he held all the cards , he made all the decisions . |
| 4 | Terrorism will come to an end when the terrorist no longer believes that he has any chance of securing his objective by the means that he is using . |
| 5 | It was claimed that he had confessed to spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency , but the US authorities had always denied that he had any official connections . |
| 6 | He still maintains that he believes this , and makes a great show of sending off a manuscript to publishers down in London , trying to get them to publish a book expounding this view , but I know he 's just mischief-making again , and gets most of his pleasure from his acts of stunned disbelief and then righteous indignation when the manuscript is eventually returned . |
| 7 | He had the arrogance and the charisma of a Bob Stanford-Tuck or Doug Bader , but I will also add that he had that indefinable something that was an essential ingredient in an outstanding bomber pilot . |
| 8 | Mr Gavron cheerfully admits that he has more staff than he needs to handle the currently depressed workload . |
| 9 | Having flatly denied that he has any intention of going to British Rail , Sir David Plastow , chairman of Vickers , yesterday announced that he has installed a ‘ safety valve ’ guaranteeing that he will not be solely responsible should his company hit the slippery slope . |
| 10 | ‘ Frank S again showed that he has that combination of speed and strength that first team coach Egil Olsen is looking for . |
| 11 | Hall appeared with a letter from the Duke , who perhaps not unexpectedly said that he had some ‘ pressing business in Scotland ’ and , therefore , regretfully had to resign his duties , 2 although Burn later said that this was due to the death of the Duke 's uncle . |
| 12 | You would never guess that he had any problems . ’ |
| 13 | I think my father used to work in a university for a few years after he graduated , and he might have invented something ; he occasionally hints that he gets some sort of royalty from a patent or something , but I suspect the old hippy survives on whatever family wealth the Cauldhames still have secreted away . |
| 14 | Stair , who usually ignored Neil since his brother had given up his privileged life and become an East End doctor , occasionally felt that he had some sort of duty to him ; he was , after all , his heir . |
| 15 | The campaign in favour of the name change was led by Anatoly Sobchak , the radical city council leader , and supported mainly by intellectuals and young people ; the head of the Russian Orthodox Church also supported St Petersburg , and Yeltsin too indicated that he favoured this change . |