Example sentences of "that [verb] he [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kite , one of the few golfers to have had any success with switch-hitting on the greens , came out this year with a compact whip-and-zip to his swing that made him look like one of those little mechanical Arnold Palmer golf games that were so popular in the 1960s ( and have recently surfaced again ) . |
| 2 | He leaned and peered a little , but not from any weakness of the eyes , rather out of a fixed suspicion that caused him to study with narrow attention all who came near him , and especially strangers . |
| 3 | He fought four times for his seat on Southampton council before winning it : a result that encouraged him to move into national politics . |
| 4 | Le Tissier went on a run that took him ghosting past two defenders only for Baker to save . |
| 5 | Because the males ' reproductive success is probably limited by the number of females they can attract and defend from other males rather than their sperm supply , natural selection will favour any property in a male that enables him to mate with more females . |
| 6 | The member who brought this matter to our notice stated that had he known about this in one particular case , a capital gains tax assessment due by a client would not have become payable in consequence of the option available to pay at one-half the taxpayer 's rate of income tax . |
| 7 | And it could be argued that had he fought during that time , he might have honed the ring sharpness to capitalise on the moment he rocked Tyson in the opening round . |