Example sentences of "that [conj] he [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also Leslie Silver said in the paper that although he wanted the national team to do well he thought that Leeds winning the title was far more important and that he would fight ‘ tooth and nail to keep Howard Wilkinson at Leeds ’ |
| 2 | She thought that if he said the wrong thing now everything would be over for her and him . |
| 3 | Lucien feared that if he told the other vibrancers he was working with Jeopardy , it would excite resentment among them . |
| 4 | He had better start by accepting that if he does the right things , they will not be popular ones . |
| 5 | My Lords , erm I I I 'm glad t t to know that a text is readily available er I agree with my Noble Friend that if he took the simple course of comparing the Bill with the nineteen sixty four Act as it was printed , he would have run into trouble . |
| 6 | ‘ I think that if he touched the electric fence when it was on , he 'd be frightened to death and we 'd never get near him again , ’ says Penny Stevens , his groom for the last five years . |
| 7 | A troubadour once sang of her that if he possessed the whole world he would sacrifice it to hold the Queen of England in his arms for just one night . ’ |
| 8 | He knows that if he fails the first time , he 'll win the second time , if not the third time . |
| 9 | ‘ He was told that unless he repaid the outstanding balance in a couple of days , he would be crippled . ’ |
| 10 | Those in the know say that unless he drops the square fringe and lets his locks grow he 'll never get to pop the bubbly . |
| 11 | His delusions were those of a messenger boy who assumes that because he takes the Chief Architect 's drawings to the print room , he has played a leading role in the design of the building . |
| 12 | He realized that because he saw the new world in the people 's eyes ; and if the populace wanted change , then there could be no return to what had been . |
| 13 | Of course it can be argued that since he adopted the Liberal cause in the 1920s , he was practically at one with Liberalism , and that is all that matters . |
| 14 | He also stated that subversion had its roots in social injustice and that while he trusted the armed forces , they had to act within the Constitution and to respect human rights . |
| 15 | She stood there for hours watching the stonemason so that when he returned the next day , he gave her a piece of stone and two chisels . |
| 16 | Better telephone so that she can be sure that when he asks the dreaded question that they are . |
| 17 | At this point , Alf Jacobson entered the room to inform us that when he rang the Canadian Pacific Railway to check on the 9.15pm train by which Mr Murray and party were to travel to Regina , he was informed that the train was held up at Swift Current because of the blizzard , and that it would seem the CBC party might have to spend the night in Moose Jaw . |