Example sentences of "that [subord] he [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Deputy manager of communication services at the Hotel , Catering & Institutional Management Association , Tim Knowles , said that although he welcomed the directive , it still needed a lot of work in its present form . |
2 | Does the Secretary of State recall that although he gave an account of meetings with the Japanese , the question asked specifically what representations he had received from business men ? |
3 | So many allegations of political interference did those restructuring plans prompt that the then Arts Minister , Richard Luce , felt it necessary to reassure the Commons ( 27 February , 1989 ) that although he supported the aims of the proposed restructuring , he believed responsibility for management of National Museums should be delegated to chairmen and directors . |
4 | He badly wants to play , and believes that once he has a League match with Lazio under his belt he will be ready to give his heart to England . |
5 | Carter , accordingly , seemed to believe that if he studied the energy problem in sufficient detail and drew on the views of the appropriate experts his administration could develop an adequate policy . |
6 | The manager ca n't justifiably desert either of his regulars at the moment but knows that if he walked the street and canvassed the fans there would be only one answer : bring on the Frenchman ! |
7 | THE screen persona of Lee Van Cleef suggested that if he met a rattler , the snake would come off worse . |
8 | Bunny works on the principle that if he asks every woman he meets to sleep with him , a certain percentage are going to say yes . |
9 | And then , one day , out of the blue , Jean-Claude mentioned that if he had a piano he might take pupils . |
10 | He made notes and said that if he had a key to the house he 'd be able to plan what was needed in a shorter time . |
11 | In the same series of correspondence , General Smith wrote to General Ritchie suggesting that if he had an operation in mind he should consider using the Free French troop as there was a danger of them becoming stale after their period of intensive training . |
12 | ‘ Ken was such a brilliant bloke that if he had an idea of how to deliver a line , he 'd try to find a way to block it . |
13 | Harvey said that if he had the thermometer that was in his baggage he could show me whether he was il or not , and that then I would n't think it was so funny . |
14 | As to the steps that are now being taken at Maastricht on the development of the Community , my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made it clear that if he gets an agreement that is right for Britain and for Europe , he will sign , but if he can not , he will not . |
15 | Tundrish said slyly , ‘ Maybe he imagines that if he becomes an officer , he will regain his old privileges . |
16 | He thought that if he shot the barracuda behind the head , it would leap clear of the water with its jaws snapping . |
17 | Had n't he realised that if he married a girl she had to eat ? |
18 | It might also be the case , too , that if he timed the attack carefully he might be able to give the verb ‘ caught short ’ a transitive sense . |
19 | Perhaps he thought that if he made a success of the concert party , word would get around amongst show business that here was someone to keep an eye on , and his big chance might come ; that someone important in the music world might come up to him with a contract in his hand and sign him up for the next ten years as a successor to Sir Malcolm Sargeant . |
20 | People surged forward and back ; the Man realized he was needed and turned to go out of Woil 's cage , probably thinking that if he left the door ajar for only a moment Woil was too placid and safe a bird to try to escape . |
21 | I insisted that Eric should take it seriously and , as he had nothing else to do , work hard at his grammar , because I knew that if he left the hospital knowing hardly any Italian he would surely be recaptured . |
22 | And give warning to Dacre that if he led a force into Scotland hereafter , as reputedly planned , he would suffer at his house of Gilsland . |
23 | It depends on an understanding by the man of the horse 's natural reactions , knowing that if he recognises the horse 's signals and makes the right moves , the horse will treat him — and trust him — as he would another horse . |
24 | Another owner discovered that if he put a line of coins on his sideboard his cat would knock them down one by one . |
25 | Despite all his careful preliminary research , Bjornsson discovered that if he calculated a formula from one half of his data he obtained a completely different equation from that which was obtained from the other half . |
26 | The most open arrangement was to inform a rich suitor that if he wanted a date , he would have to take the whole troupe out . |
27 | It amounts to telling the reader that if he has a bet today , he might win , which remains true whether he bets or not , and if he does , whether he wins or not . |
28 | To make the comparison fair , we should have to assume that built into each typist 's chair is a gun , wired up so that if he makes a mistake he is summarily shot , his place being taken by a reserve typist ( squeamish readers may prefer to imagine a spring-loaded ejector seat gently catapulting miscreant typists out of the line , but the gun gives a more realistic picture of natural selection ) . |
29 | He was stunned to find that if he turned a knob , music came out of the tiny speaker , and he never stopped playing with it . |
30 | You talk about getting work you talk about getting work and all that sort of thing erm we 've offered John , at one point , that if he did a bit of clearing up in the churchyard erm that he would be given a small amount of money . |