Example sentences of "he [vb past] that a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Senna said he realised that a good start was vital . |
| 2 | Indeed he agreed that a great deal of hypocrisy had been involved in what Macaulay had called one of the ‘ fits of morality ’ to which the British nation was periodically subject . |
| 3 | In a letter to Richard Bentley , a leading philosopher of the time , he agreed that a finite collection of stars could not remain motionless ; they would all fall together to some central point . |
| 4 | He agreed that a regrettable lack of foresight was at the root of it , but he felt that there were extenuating circumstances , and he seemed resolved to do something about it , in so far as he could . |
| 5 | on er , on er , oh he sold that a long time ago , he 's built a bungalow now they live |
| 6 | In a lecture in 1983 he argued that a civil servant who could answer ‘ yes ’ to the question ‘ Is he one of us ? ’ should retire and become a party politician . |
| 7 | He argued that a fundamental conflict was taking place during the period of social modernisation . |
| 8 | Like Harrison , he expected that an earlier form of Afghan neutralism could still be resuscitated . |
| 9 | On Nov. 25-26 Craxi convened the 500-member national assembly of the party ( still generally referred to as the Socialist Party — PSI ) , at which he announced that a full congress would take place in April 1993 . |
| 10 | Does he recall that more than two years ago he announced that an organic scheme would be introduced in a matter of months ? |
| 11 | He admitted that a further increase could be necessary . |
| 12 | Neville Chamberlain , often regarded as the architect of the National Government , confessed , in July 1931 , ‘ I myself hate the idea and hope it wo n't come to pass ’ ; nevertheless , he admitted that a National Government might come about as a result of the financial crisis . |
| 13 | He found that a poor Tambov peasant who harvested 35 pudy of grain from one desiatin of land had to pay 15 pudy of it for the hire of a plough , 7 pudy for having the grain carted off in a richer man 's wagon , and to top it all 7 pudy in tax . |
| 14 | In his research on Mexico and Brazil , he found that a good proportion of his samples were interested in following national and international news on the radio and in the newspapers ( Kahl 1970 ) . |
| 15 | When Nigel went into the Left Arts Review he found that a good review of Eleanor 's book was ready and waiting . |
| 16 | He found that a quiet bay gelding had been saddled for him , and mounted along with the others , the Hearthwares hissing with effort as they pulled the weight of their armour into the saddle . |
| 17 | In his private practice he had adults in psychoanalysis and some children too , though with children he now concentrated more on the ‘ therapeutic consultation ’ , where he found that a single interview could at times unhitch a developmental hold-up . |
| 18 | In those Whig-dominated years he found that England was preponderantly not Whig but Tory ; he found that a corruption-wielding establishment could win elections only in the , numerically preponderant , boroughs and even then only at the cost of an enormously expensive patronage machine . |
| 19 | Indeed , in one of the Criterion Commentaries he maintained that a rural existence was ‘ the best life ’ for most people — a view which ‘ most people ’ have not shared . |
| 20 | He first addressed himself to Parliament , to which he proposed that a Presbyterian form of government should be established for a limited period , during which the King and his household would be allowed to use the Book of Common Prayer . |
| 21 | He proposed that a departmental committee should be set up to advise the Commissioner of Works and , looking at the War Department first , should draw up a specification of their requirements , and a competition should be organized ‘ open to the architects of every country , in order that no means may be neglected of obtaining the best designs ’ . |
| 22 | He proposed that an international court be established to try drug cases . |
| 23 | This budget was withdrawn by Waigel on Aug. 9 , however , in response to the pace of unification negotiations , and he promised that a new budget would be presented to the Bundestag soon after unification had occurred . |
| 24 | Fortunately , in my recent meeting with Peter Gordon , in discussing the criticism which the report had drawn from certain sectors , he mentioned that a second report is being prepared for Scotland which is to be launched next June . |
| 25 | He mentioned that a special piece of equipment was a split-charge alternator of 133/65 amp output . |
| 26 | He recalled that a large Cupressus lusitanica ( known as Cedar of Goa , though from Mexico ) had flourished at Goodwood until 1740 , when frost killed it . |
| 27 | He noted that a big change had been made in the plan : Serbs in areas from which the Serb army withdrew were now guaranteed UN protection . |
| 28 | When Dixie Dean was on holiday in Ayr , he noticed that a professional sprint was to be held and entered it as an outsider and won ; he thereby not only demonstrated the outstanding athletic abilities of top footballers ( Matthews was also a fine athlete ) , but underlined the survival of the old pedestrian traditions at the new resorts catering for working-class holiday-makers . |
| 29 | Driving very slowly over the narrow bridges spanning the fast flowing streams which stemmed from the River Ouse , he noticed that a massive flock of coots had flown in while he had been away . |
| 30 | He added that a similar approach would be appropriate for the other regulated sectors . |