Example sentences of "that [prep] [art] [det] [noun] he " in BNC.

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1 He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps .
2 James faced such intractable problems that after a few months he nearly quit .
3 A caricaturist look at a face and extracts the significant features so that with a few lines he creates a likeness .
4 He knew that kidnap and torture were a blatant violation of the Chilean military code and that under the same code he was entitled to register any reservations with a superior officer .
5 At an early age he was apprenticed to the lace trade in Nottingham , but in about 1820 moved to Chard in Somerset , a centre of lace-making , and was so successful that within a few years he had established his own business as a manufacturer of bobbins and bobbin carriages .
6 Germany 's World Cup maestro believes that in a former life he popped up as a plant — or an animal .
7 She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too .
8 The incongruity was that at the same time he was convinced of retribution in this world .
9 Yes oh I ee I , I 'm led to understand that he , he built that church and I 'm led to understand that at the same time he started , he came as a curate to St Matthew 's and then he came to Street into a house and he had a little , he started a little church down there in a private house and then he built the church .
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