Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] he [prep] that [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown .
2 He said that ‘ the powers that be ’ had presented him with a summons and the Protestant people had presented him with that book and he thought a parallel could be drawn between the two .
3 If politicians were normally able to manipulate freeholders and councillors by judicious use of their patronage powers , it is equally clear that they were on occasion themselves manipulated , and for all David Scott 's obvious embarrassment over the Robinson affair , it is evident that he felt unable to show much resentment towards the man who had led him into that predicament .
4 When he stood there was blood all over the white shirt his mother had dressed him in that morning .
5 Van Gelder also knew it , Denholm had reassured him on that point .
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