Example sentences of "he [verb] that [det] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even if it was n't too personal , did she really want him to know that some wee devil of tenderness pulled at her heart at the grey lines of weariness etched into his face ? |
| 2 | Rubbing his palm across her skin , he slipped his thumb under the top of her brief bikini panties , but as he did so , he made that same quick exclamation of surprise and moved away from her slightly , looking at her with his dark brows drawn sharply together . |
| 3 | For a split second he experienced that same numbing fear he had felt the first time he had come under enemy fire . |
| 4 | Then he realized that any such news would be about ‘ Ben MacLean ’ and that they would not connect it with him . |
| 5 | He admitted that this financial capacity would be provided by fewer underwriting members . |
| 6 | Indeed this is the heart of Hilton 's argument for the validity of mixed life for the aspiring contemplative , for he says that this very desire , the burning coal which has to be thus nourished by a positive attitude to the demands of both active and contemplative life , is in fact God himself at the very ground of our being . |
| 7 | He says that this particular animal is a favourite . |
| 8 | He says that some contained mustard gas , which choked and burnt . |
| 9 | If he kissed Cora-Beth — not on her cheek as was his custom , but on the lips — would he feel that same passionate desire he 'd experienced when he 'd kissed Madeleine that night in the schoolroom at The Grange ? |
| 10 | Nonetheless , he condemned that same deluded world for its previous exclusion of Spain from the European Recovery Programme , thereby exacerbating the effects of a long period of exceptionally low rainfall . |
| 11 | He added that any further approach would be greeted by gunfire . |
| 12 | He believed that all home-produced cheese would rise in price and that the number of varieties would shrink . |
| 13 | He claimed that another political party which would have Scotland in the Second Division of Europe was the SNP . |
| 14 | He pledged that any final agreement would be subject to a referendum . |
| 15 | It was Galileo 's contemporary , Kepler , who contributed a major breakthrough in that direction when he discovered that each planetary orbit could be represented by a single ellipse , with the sun at one focus . |
| 16 | He ensures that this final position has the support of his boss and colleagues . |
| 17 | He thought that any Special Agent who dressed like this guy would be disciplined . |
| 18 | Yet he saw that this rough humour would not serve . |
| 19 | He knew that this tunnel-like place was shunned by tramps and feared even by drunks and peg-sellers . |
| 20 | He knew that this particular pony would test that weakness and so would help Evelyn to learn to correct her problem . |
| 21 | Not because he particularly approves of the exploitation of Henderson Island , but because he hopes that this latest development will force the government to come to some decision about the future of Pitcairn . |
| 22 | He hopes that another good will come from Official and Confidential . |
| 23 | He felt that this little piece of bad luck might affect his whole day . |
| 24 | In his own words , the head had " always made a substantial allocation of money from capitation to the library in addition to that which was designated " library " " , but he felt that this designated sum was " never sufficient " . |
| 25 | He explains that some cutting oil has been noticed in a culverted drain under the shop floor . |
| 26 | At eighteen , he decides that some freakish wind must have mistakenly transplanted him to France : he was born , he declares , to be Emperor of Cochin-China , to smoke 36-fathom pipes , to have 6,000 wives and 1,400 catamites ; but instead , displaced by this meteorological hazard , he is left with immense , insatiable desires , fierce boredom , and an attack of the yawns . |
| 27 | He said that all Premier Division clubs had indicated their approval . |
| 28 | He said that all Premier Division clubs had indicated their approval . |
| 29 | Once that poor girl 's divorce was through , he hoped that some decent kind young man would appear to make her happy , and take some of her present burdens from her . |
| 30 | He suggests that this maladaptive strategy helps to explain the traumatic neuroses which sometimes follow events like bereavement , and which can be contrasted with successful adjustment in which the individual works through grief triggered by indirect reminders and gradually progresses to being able to respond to stronger reminders of the deceased . |