Example sentences of "that he [vb mod] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He added that he may appoint independent assessors to review the viability of the 10 pits that have already been closed . |
2 | Pension schemes are vital to many of our constituents , and I should have thought that they would be of equal importance to Conservative Members in Scotland , who may soon have to look to their own pension schemes although the Minister has reassured me that he may have other arrangements . |
3 | If a horse is very spooky and really does not ever settle down , there is a possibility that he may have defective eye-sight . |
4 | The pollutions which escape the field officer 's shroud of privacy are those which are so noticeable that they attract widespread public attention , or those where a complainant is of such status that he may enjoy direct contact with senior staff . |
5 | Having acquired a wife , Leslie began to think that he ought to take some steps towards securing our future . |
6 | Rob Bettinson , the director , has deduced that he ought to have these images plus disc-jockeys , radio commercials , midwestern hops , but he does n't seem to know why . |
7 | But in the meantime , you can let Jones know that he 'll have some waiting of his own to do . |
8 | A week later , magistrates gave him bail , despite police fears that he might commit further offences . |
9 | All along Zen had been haunted by the idea that he might make some blunder which would hang over him for the rest of his life , yet here he was behaving like a dope addict . |
10 | The Exercises were ill-received , and Gassendi seems to have decided that he might make more headway against the Aristotelians by systematically presenting an alternative point of view , rather than by direct argument against them . |
11 | He acknowledged that ‘ having him loose does raise the potential that he might make more mischief , take to the hills and be very hard to find ’ . |
12 | The notion that he might make any joke , except an obscene one , I dismissed without a second thought . |
13 | A cognac paid for here , a box of chocolates for the Party wife there , a hint that he might fix that plot of land for someone … . |
14 | He said that he might acquire new obligations . |
15 | Cook , Cook , Cook ! we croaked in deprecatory tones as one by one we crept past him cowed and cold , fearing that he might invent some pretext to detain us … we hurried to bring to his notice the only name which seems to have power in Syria , that famous name of the hydra-headed , the indispensable , the world-wide Cook . |
16 | Only the knowledge that he might provide some clue in the mystery of Suzie 's whereabouts held her prisoner . |
17 | In retrospect , does the Prime Minister agree that he might spend less time talking up false economic dawns and more time taking action for economic recovery ? |
18 | I listened with great fascination to the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington ( Mr. Dicks ) , thinking that he might take this opportunity to tell the House about his relationship with Professor Bedi , who is now awaiting trial in Brixton prison . |
19 | Althusser does not attempt such an argument but his sole example — a glancing reference to Foucault 's studies of asylums and clinics — suggests that he might have some sympathy with it . |
20 | His greatest worry was that somehow his presence had compromised her , that he might have another corpse on his hands , another death on his conscience . |
21 | Or was it her growing fear that he might wield another kind of power ? |
22 | ‘ He said that he detected an implied suggestion that he might obtain another credit card from a different company and use it to pay off his card . ’ |
23 | I ventured on one or two occasions to suggest that he might find some way of dispensing with her services . |
24 | I 'm glad you realise that the root of the problem lies with your husband not with you , and I 'm sure you 're right in thinking that he might need outside help . |
25 | Although she had no experience of drunks , a sixth sense convinced Constance that he would sleep all night . |
26 | A minister need only let it be known directly that he would welcome such demonstrations of ‘ spontaneous ’ violent support , or at least would not use police power to suppress it . |
27 | Patten also announced that he would make extensive use of enhanced capping powers in 1991 . |
28 | That he would make some attempt to coax her ? |
29 | JOHANNESBURG ( Reuter ) — President FW de Klerk said yesterday that he would meet anti-apartheid churchmen — including Archbishop Desmond Tutu — next Wednesday , the first sign that he will live up to election promises of entering into talks with recognised black leaders . |
30 | His uncle had mentioned every Anglo-Irish family in the district , hoping , he suspected , that he would meet some girl and take a fancy to her . |