Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb past] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was with some relief that they assented to his desire to take over outreach work in the local community . |
| 2 | A good indication of what was passing through his mind in the aftermath of Barricades Week is provided by a letter that he wrote to his son in mid-February : " we had to be done with the impertinent pressure of the European population in Algiers , with the hard core of politicians which was forming in the army , and finally with the myth of " French Algeria " which merely disguises the desire of the " pieds noirs " to maintain their domination over the Muslims … |
| 3 | And he was so happy that he said to his mother one day , mother I want to live for ever . |
| 4 | He was depressed , so severely that he took to his bed . |
| 5 | Now I am wondering about the other lists that he annexed to his letter , of suggested colleagues , procedures and methods . |
| 6 | It was Cizek 's reputation that drew him to Vienna ; it was the spirit of this outstanding man that he brought to his life 's work in Yorkshire . |
| 7 | A tangerine that Modigliani gave me — we were in front of a fruit-shop — and another that he gave to his wife : that is my last memory of them . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Now , it seems , ’ Richie went on , ignoring Mitch , ‘ that he withdrew to his place in Andalucía . |
| 9 | It was only in such oblique ways that he referred to his state of deserted , now divorced , husband . |
| 10 | During Sunday morning Miss T. 's father became so concerned with her apparent condition that he telephoned to his mother ( the paternal grandmother ) who arrived at 11 a.m . |
| 11 | Mr Clarke said that he commented to his wife : ‘ That must be the reason why he came across . |
| 12 | And this ‘ vague altruism ’ apparently permeated up to the highest levels in government : for example , Neville Chamberlain , who had been a leading figure in the pre-war National Government 's denial of the problem of child malnutrition , was so shocked by the stories of the children 's condition that he commented to his sister , ‘ I never knew that such conditions existed , and I feel ashamed of having been so ignorant of my neighbours . |