Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [adj] [that] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became increasingly concerned that the monarchical regime of Kaiser Wilhelm II , which committed Germany to the First World War , was over-dominated by military and bureaucratic interests at the expense of the national interest . |
| 2 | Jonathan Aitken 's recruitment to the cause of Biafra was motivated originally by his close friendship with Hugh Fraser , but I am convinced that it was not long before , on a close examination of the circumstances , he became honourably convinced that the British government was backing the wrong cause for dishonourable reasons . |
| 3 | Every day he became less certain that the distinction between human and alien was an accurate one . |
| 4 | Edouard heard it too , and it was then that he became almost certain that the dropping of the cup had been no accident . |
| 5 | He seemed genuinely upset that the boy had been killed . |
| 6 | ‘ He seems pretty sure that the old man saw them coming . ’ |
| 7 | In 1798 , General Humbert of France came over and won a battle near there , but he took so long that the nearby towns had time to refortify . |
| 8 | The classic example offered is that of the diffident schoolboy , who has learnt the dates of , say , the English kings the previous night but who is so alarmed by his hectoring schoolteacher that he becomes completely unsure that the answers that suggest themselves to him under questioning are in fact the right ones . |