Example sentences of "that [subord] he [vb -s] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It depends on an understanding by the man of the horse 's natural reactions , knowing that if he recognises the horse 's signals and makes the right moves , the horse will treat him — and trust him — as he would another horse .
2 In a case where the driver 's option is to be explained to him under section 8(2) , the driver should be told that if he exercises the right to have a replacement specimen taken under section 7(4) , it will be for the constable to decide whether that specimen is to be of blood or urine and , if the constable intends to require a specimen of blood to be taken by a medical practitioner , the driver should be told that his only right to object to giving blood and to give urine instead will be for medical reasons to be determined by the medical practitioner .
3 The Chancellor also made a deliberate effort to show that while he recognises the dangers of a rising public sector borrowing requirement , his first priority is to avoid blighting the economic recovery by raising taxes too far and too fast .
4 The commodore , having just tacked in from Pin Mill , says that while he recognises the accomplishment of an ancient mariner there in teaching a grey parrot to recite the complete works of Shakespeare in Urdu , and could see that this might help international relations in some way , he is far from certain this was the sort of thing Mr Major had in mind .
5 One of the problems with Heelas ' excellent discussion ( this volume ) is that while he develops the ambiguities concerning intentionality in our own concept of ‘ aggression ’ very well , he does not seem to recognize that this may be a very general feature of related concepts in other cultures .
6 He is one of those players that when he gets the ball can turn it on and do something magic .
7 This reminded me strongly of Wittgenstein 's story of ‘ the diviner who tells us that when he holds the rod he feels that the water is five feet under the ground ’ , and who , when we express our doubts , says , ‘ You can estimate a length when you see it .
8 These minor changes in style are all designed to make the unchurched newcomer feel that when he visits the church he is not visiting another planet .
9 He he he 's got erm a pump for the erm , hosepipe , so that when he hoses the front or the car he 's really got a spurt , yes , yes , he actually put 's the hose in one side and goes sh shoots it out again .
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