Example sentences of "he was [adj] [that] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doug Wilkie , managing director of the Aboyne-based Deeside Training Enterprise , acknowledged he was disappointed that the grant would not be renewed . |
| 2 | In part he was relieved that the photograph had prompted Mariana to pose the question in confirmation of his own suspicions . |
| 3 | Lord declares that he was unaware that a contract had actually been signed with Harris — though he knew Harris was keen to write the biography — at the point when he wrote his own outline . |
| 4 | Mr Knowd said he was anxious that the church would be used not only as a place of worship , but also as a conference centre and concert venue by both sides of the community . |
| 5 | And he was certain that the President had told her not to tell anyone where he had gone . |
| 6 | Back in his own home , it seemed incredible to George that he had actually seen Tamar 's attacker at Thorsbury , and yet he was certain that the groom was the same man . |
| 7 | When Philip Jessup visited MacArthur in January 1950 the general stated that the Soviet Union should perceive the advantages to be derived from a Japanese treaty and he was sure that a diplomat like Jacob Malik would appreciate the position . |
| 8 | He was sure that a bishop was not stopped by his bishoping from going on with some scholarly work . |
| 9 | He was sure that the army would not be welcomed by the public . |
| 10 | And he was sure that the man was begging now , for he was holding out his other hand with the palm upwards ; except that then O thought that maybe the gesture had another meaning , maybe the man was extending his hand in the hope that some passer by might take it , grasp it firmly and pull him to his feet . |
| 11 | He was sure that the girl had something to hide , something that was embarrassing rather than incriminating , but he could not imagine what it was . |
| 12 | He felt that he knew the English character and , although he would n't hurt Ludovico by articulating it , he was sure that the sort of English girl who would get off a train and move in with a stranger would very soon be travelling on . |
| 13 | Finally Ramsey said that he would respond to any invitation provided that it had a consensus of advice behind it , and provided he was sure that the need for strength in the North was considered . |
| 14 | He was sure that the fear and the terror of the absorption was the reason for loss of mind and humanity . |
| 15 | He was sure that the match could n't have been left there by anyone in the PCC . |
| 16 | He was sure that the bishop was right and that he was hard to follow . |
| 17 | He was n't familiar with the model but he was sure that the car itself would be pretty unremarkable ; police vehicles always were . |
| 18 | He was convinced that a career lay in sport and reckoned the media influenced his perception of himself . |
| 19 | He said that he was convinced that the country did not want change , and was calling the referendum to expose the " lies " spread by " dissidents " about the level of support for multiparty politics ; it would , he said , give " people a chance to vote for me and my party … and to reject the introduction of other political parties " . |
| 20 | He was convinced that the surface of the planet Mars was criss-crossed by irrigational canals , betraying the presence on that world of a sophisticated civilization . |
| 21 | The ITGWU County Cork organizer , Hugh O'Callaghan , who had been a member of the workers ' delegation to the US Ambassador , responded that he was convinced that the project would go ahead , though an inquiry might help to quell current concern . |
| 22 | Like many of the gentry all over the country , he was convinced that the wound now bleeding Christendom might yet be healed , and the Church , the Body of Christ , made whole ; so when he gave sanctuary to young men on their way to train as priests in France , or secret agents from Spain or Ireland , he did so believing that he was acting in the best interests of his country , claiming that if anyone was a traitor it was the ardent puritans like Walsingham and Drake , who by their political manoeuvrings and piratical attacks on Spanish merchantmen were pushing the Queen remorselessly into a confrontation with King Philip of Spain . |
| 23 | Chadli , speaking after a Cabinet meeting on June 14 , said that he was pleased that the poll had been democratic and peaceful . |
| 24 | He liked mechanical things and he was pleased that the chainsaw he had had to dismantle several times in the past seemed to run perfectly . |
| 25 | Since its inception , almost 4,000 employees have taken part in the scheme and Heartwatch co-ordinator Andrew Smart said that he was pleased that the project had proved so popular . |
| 26 | ‘ He was upset that the boy would try to tap him for that dreadful suit . |
| 27 | He said he was shocked that the building could have been built with the same design as similar buildings that had suffered Legionnaire 's Disease outbreaks . |
| 28 | And he admitted he was shocked that an exorcist was brought in . |
| 29 | He was confident that a letter to the government in Peking would secure us a gift from the People 's Republic of a brace of breeding yaks . |
| 30 | None the less he was confident that the choice of the library as a focus for development was a wise one . |