Example sentences of "that he [vb -s] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so on , right to the very end : ‘ As each story [ the reviewer is now only talking about Mr Herriot ] grinds to its predictable punchline , it is as if Herriot has ground a slightly stronger dose of the Nembutal that he uses to dope recalcitrant patients into each successive page . |
| 2 | As I understand it , Kitto J. is saying that the mere availability to the payee of summary remedies for non-payment may amount to sufficient compulsion on the payer to entitle him to recover irrespective of whether the payee has given any indication that he proposes to exercise such remedies . |
| 3 | There is no specific exemption for cold calls in relation to futures transactions although calls on existing customers may be made where the investor has indicated in writing before the call is made that he envisages receiving such calls . |
| 4 | At his farewell , received various gifts from the company and workmates , and said that he plans to devote more time to his allotment and to his duties of vice-chairman and bar-chairman at the Ipswich Conservative Club . |
| 5 | Therefore , at the end of " Matters arising " a brief announcement by a member that he intends to raise some item — no discussion allowed at that stage — helps everyone when A.O.B. is reached . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm just sorry that he 's had this problem at a time when he would surely have had the chance to establish himself in the England side . |
| 7 | I think the most likely thing is that he 's had some sort of accident . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , let's hope he is , now that he 's got that letter back , ’ said Joe . |
| 9 | and then I hear him back , he says that he 's got great faith to believe the truth , know the truth , mhm , mm |
| 10 | I 'd rather him not travel it , I 'd rather him stop here on Sunday and not come home so that he 's got ample rest , cos he 's not getting it I , I , I du n no , I , I might be wrong , but he moans at me cos I knock me |
| 11 | He suggests that he 's got no evidence , then that he 's got some evidence , then both at once : ‘ There 's nothing here , precisely nothing , perhaps absolutely nothing ’ — the torture tune . |
| 12 | The worker , we concluded , is caught in that he wants to make some investment in work , even though the ends sought may be quite diverse by different workers , and , at the same time , is always caught in a situation where he has to experience feelings of resentment . |
| 13 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman will make it clear that he has accepted that point . |
| 14 | Signor Datrino attributes his success and influence within Russian circles to the ideal combination of Russian fatalism and Italian fantasy , noting that he has achieved enormous recognition for his efforts , including the patronage of the Italian President Scalfaro who will be paying a visit . |
| 15 | His Mother tells me that he is of a mechanical turn , and I know that he has made some progress in mathematics . |
| 16 | His other concession to fame is that he has turned one room of his house in Oswestry into his office where his sister-in-law is his full-time secretary , though she also helps Woosnam 's wife , Glyndreth , with their young family . |
| 17 | At the end of the novel , when the narrator understands that he has to recover unconscious memories to become their chronicler and therefore a true artist , a re-integration of the personality similar to that achieved by Wordsworth 's poet-hero is made possible . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been trying to get it into his thinking that he has to do more running , that he has to fight more and that there are defensive duties he has to do . ’ |
| 19 | It is an example of his assiduous , hard-working and caring role as a constituency Member that he has raised this matter which he feels is of great importance to his constituents . |
| 20 | We say that he has done enough damage in bringing about the birth of this child , in giving him a father who does not know he is his father , a mother who is so ice-cold a scientist that she willingly abandons her own child to the researcher in the laboratory , where he will inevitably be regarded in the same light as any other laboratory animal . |
| 21 | Granted , if his deficit-reduction plan eventually gets through Congress relatively unscathed , he will be able to claim that he has done more good in an important area of policy than either of his predecessors . |
| 22 | We have been encouraged to hear from the president of the National Licensed Victuallers Association that he has seen some softening in the brewers ' approach since our meetings with them . |
| 23 | Man may be distinguished from the animal by his capacity for non-violence , but it does not mean that he has shed all vestiges of the animal in him . |
| 24 | But by the leave of all here , I challenge your view , Father Abbot , that he has committed any offence touching the removal of Saint Winifred 's reliquary . |
| 25 | If a person writes a book or magazine article denying that he has committed any crime , are his words to be interpreted as his opinion regarding the crime ? |
| 26 | A quick spin of his ‘ Sweet Freedom — The Best Of ’ compilation album of a few years back is proof enough that he has had many hits in his home patch without making similar in-roads here . |
| 27 | As a member of that Council I emphatically deny that he has had any mandate , or that he is justified in assuming that the Council as a whole takes his view . |
| 28 | The leisure chief , who was once a Labour party member but is now an ardent Thatcherite , was so incensed by the FT leading article that he has cancelled Grand Met 's daily subscription . |
| 29 | Chris is so emotionally paralysed that he has spent two years wooing Ann , who has been working in New York , through the post . |
| 30 | Simon adds that he has bought low-alcohol beer once — for an alcoholic . |