Example sentences of "he [verb] that [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued that social progress towards a free-enterprise society was inevitable and saw progressive evolution as a useful foundation upon which to build a philosophy of cosmic development that would include the human race . |
| 2 | He realized that one wall of the pit was convex and made of some hard substance . |
| 3 | ‘ Lie back … ’ he said thickly , his long fingers touching her boldly , and he stroked that throbbing pulse with authority and experience , his mouth against hers , his strong hand between her silken thighs . |
| 4 | Dr Alex Comfort lifted the argument to the realm of world peace when he maintained that sexual activity of every kind is necessary in order to free human beings from the instinct to fight and harm others . |
| 5 | Bukharin had already indicated a part of his reasoning when he proposed that political economy as a subject of study would disappear under socialism , because : |
| 6 | He adds that any killing of animals should be painless , and their use in experiments restricted as far as possible to ‘ the less highly organised ’ creatures . |
| 7 | He says that certain morphine like substances are released from the brain during acupuncture . |
| 8 | Being asked how he knew this he says that each carucate of land by the custom of the district contains one hundred and four score acres of arable land , which quantity there is not in that Manor . |
| 9 | Will he ensure that any suggestion of parachute recruits going to Lichfield to train with Royal Army Medical Corps recruits of both genders would be ruled out of court immediately ? |
| 10 | He added that Croda-funded research at Stirling was now targeted towards developing a further ‘ Lorenzo 's Oil ’ which it was hoped could be used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis . |
| 11 | This was not because he had any interest in values realized in animal life , but because he believed that some degree of goodness pertained to things or states of affairs which do not involve consciousness of any kind . |
| 12 | He turned that lop-sided grin towards Virginia , sho shrank into her chair , appalled . |
| 13 | He claimed that adding VAT to domestic fuel and power would help create a greener and cleaner world by stimulating the use of more energy efficiency measures , particularly in the home . |
| 14 | As in other matters , he showed that typical combination of simultaneous indecision and dogmatic self-assertion in his approach to what became the ‘ Civic Centre ’ of Bucharest . |
| 15 | At first he was surprised at this and only when they referred to him as an ‘ adult ’ did he realize that some time in the previous weeks the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted and his wings now had the rich and glossy glow of an adult golden eagle . |
| 16 | For some reason he hated that middle name of his . |
| 17 | Although he concedes that this kind of research is sometimes necessary , he deplores the tendency to regard it as the norm . |
| 18 | King Bucar ordered his tents to be pitched round about Valencia , and Abenalfarax who wrote this history in Arabic , saith , that there were full fifteen thousand tents ; and he bade that Moorish negress with her archers to take their station near the city . |
| 19 | He remembers that miasmic stretch of time before becoming aware of the details of his own identity . |
| 20 | When at last they drew back , he saw that one side of their faces was skinless and bleeding . |
| 21 | Then Sharpe saw the far crops being trampled flat and he knew that each patch of collapsing rye betrayed the advance of a French column . |
| 22 | He notes that any loss of earnings can usually be made up during the first ten years of work . |
| 23 | Here , in Mixed Life , he relates that individual experience of Christ in every man to the Christ who transcends individual limitations and is expressed by the whole body of those in whom he is born in time through their knowing and doing : It is precisely because of these " sundri wirchynges " in the lives of individuals dictated by their particular talents and circumstances that discussion of active and contemplative life tends to polarise life-styles which are then also subject to evaluation in which contemplation is more highly esteemed simply because it relates to a greater state of spiritual awareness . |
| 24 | He remembered that ghastly hunt across the fields at Woodstock and bit his lip at the despair he felt . |
| 25 | He remembered that strong question-mark of recognition : Is it you ? |
| 26 | As he said that last part about ‘ bumping into her ’ he glanced across at Lisa , and a flicker passed between them as , silently , they shared their private joke . |
| 27 | In the long-term he hoped that Soviet control over them would break down , allowing the re-creation of a common identity in Europe ‘ from the Atlantic to the Urals ’ . |
| 28 | He accepted that some delay in the Shah 's arrival might now be needed , but he felt that the United States owed him refuge . |
| 29 | CAN ANYBODY be expected to take the Deputy Director of Wirral Social Services seriously when he suggests that feeding curry to toddlers will help them counteract the evils of racism ? |
| 30 | He suggests that this conception of the state , together with the emergence of Rationalism in politics , has subverted the moral integrity of civil association . |