Example sentences of "that he [verb] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His ‘ guys ’ in Lebanon , the Asmar network , were not to be risked on routine intelligence for the DEA , and Coleman had no other contacts there that he cared to expose to the Syrian-backed heroin cartel in the Bekaa Valley . |
| 2 | He loved the bittersweet aura of it all , the mixture of ecstasy and debasement that he felt lay at the paradoxical heart of life . |
| 3 | He also said , rashly , that he felt stirred by the efforts of American radicals . |
| 4 | When Paul was encouraged at Corinth by the fellowship of Priscilla and Aquila we read that he became gripped by the Word ( 18:5 ) . |
| 5 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 6 | In fact he was so huge that he became known as the Paunch of Misty Mountain , or simply as Grom the Fat . |
| 7 | Although Gordonstoun and Australia had an effect on his character , it was at Cambridge that he began to develop into the man he now is . |
| 8 | His business career remains equally obscure , but it is likely that he began working on the rougher side of the tavern trade . |
| 9 | His face was smiling and , when you tapped the head , it rocked on a concealed axle so that he seemed to chortle at the absurdity of human antics . |
| 10 | And I did n't tell him that he came banging on the bloody door and all that . |
| 11 | He says that he managed to stay on the crest of the wave . |
| 12 | In the run-up to recognition , the commander of the Second Military District , General Milutin Kukanjao , hinted strongly that he wished to opt for the second option . |
| 13 | It is known that he wished to stay in the Government and would have liked to have pressed on with the reform of prisons . |
| 14 | On May 3 Matiba announced that he wished to stand as the FORD candidate in the presidential elections , expected to take place before the end of the year . |
| 15 | He does , indeed , make an attempt to meet this difficulty , by alleging , in the replication to the fourth plea , that he married relying on the testator 's promise ; but he shrinks from alleging , that though he had promised to marry before the testator 's promise to him , nevertheless , he would have broken his engagement , and would not have married without the testator 's promise . |
| 16 | Suddenly it occurred to Alexei that in the event that he failed to return from the embassy the question of solemnising the marriage would not arise , and he wondered again how far he could trust Burun . |
| 17 | At least he 'd made someone happy , he thought drily , regretting that he 'd snarled at the lad in front of him . |
| 18 | All 180 kids gathered right at his feet and he did a completely different show from any show that he 'd done in the sell-out places for five or six thousand . |
| 19 | By this time , Lewis had shown Morse the yellow A4 sheet ; and Morse had seemed so delighted with it that he 'd turned on the car 's internal light in transit . |
| 20 | ‘ That he 'd arranged for the bank to cash cheques on his and my signature until all this is settled . ’ |
| 21 | I smiled , nodding my head , not unhappy that he 'd jumped to the wrong conclusions , but surprised that he did n't know the secret of paying by instalments . |
| 22 | Carson pulled out his pad and tried to read the shaky notes that he 'd made on the Underground . |
| 23 | Then there were the bruises on his knees and elbows that he 'd received from the fall over the trip-wire at Jacqui 's . |
| 24 | He had mistaken it for an ashtray and I watched from the back seat as he painstakingly flicked his ash on to the small pile of dead matches and cigarette ends that he 'd accumulated in the bowl of the vent . |
| 25 | " He could have given me a ticking off , considering that he 'd gone to the trouble of telling me that you were coming . |
| 26 | In the bay-windowed room Forester locked the door behind him and closed all the curtains before turning to the rod case that he 'd laid on the bed . |
| 27 | The Tibetan was talking in loud self-congratulatory tones about the religious statues and paintings that he 'd smuggled across the border and sold in India ; how time and again he 'd outwitted the border police , with silver , musk and contraband of every sort . |
| 28 | He took out the keys that he 'd brought from the office back home , and opened the door . |
| 29 | It turned out that he 'd inched along the parapet — a thin one about six inches wide — and had a good peek at us through the windows . |
| 30 | He bent down and picked up a carrier that he 'd lain on the floor . |