Example sentences of "[to-vb] that he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To know that he knew the truth at last . |
| 2 | He was beginning to find that he enjoyed the big offworlder 's company , and it was amazing how many things they had in common . |
| 3 | The other members began to find that he gave the faculty coherence and a sense of purpose . |
| 4 | Manville grinned , pleased to see that he had the man rattled . |
| 5 | She was surprised to see that he had the green flashing lights of a doctor set into the fairing at the front of the bike , and a siren that almost deafened her . |
| 6 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 7 | ‘ It is disappointing to see that he heeded the whisky lobby but not the wine merchants who must be very disappointed with the rise , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Printed on the back of the letter there will be forms enabling the allottee to renounce , and the person to whom they are ultimately renounced to confirm that he accepts the renunciation and agrees to be entered on the register . |
| 9 | He wants me , for some reason , to realize that he knows the lights are going out in the Masai world . |
| 10 | My brother prior has himself testified to her powers of grace , and says plainly that no man has been found to own that he carried the reliquary . |
| 11 | Taskopruzade does not mention any successor to Tursun Fakih , nor does he seem to describe the activities of any other scholar of the relevant period in such a way as to suggest that he held the office of Mufti . |
| 12 | So vague , indeed , is Mustakimzade that one is led to suspect that he doubts the validity of Abdulkerim 's claim to the Muftilik . |
| 13 | He is right to insist that he rejects the material world of philosophers , such as Descartes and Malebranche , a world that is only indirectly perceived r=itvia our ideas . |
| 14 | A racecourse cameraman alleged that Roger Hoad stuffed lead weights down his son 's boots after the race to ensure that he passed the scales correctly . |
| 15 | In view of his delight in music and ceremony there is every reason to believe that he enjoyed the liturgy of the church . |
| 16 | He immediately set off and arrived that night at Lesnes Abbey in Erith , with his household , and if we are to believe that he walked the whole way , it was a goodly walk for a bishop . |
| 17 | The defendant omitted to plead that he tendered the money in full satisfaction : ‘ And always the manner of the tender and of the payment shall be directed by him who made the tender or payment , and not by him who accepts it . ’ |
| 18 | Taskopruzade 's statement about the three posts is ambiguous in this respect , although his assertion that Molla Fenari was unable to make fair copies of a number of his works because of his duties as kadi , muderris and Mufti might be taken to imply that he held the posts simultaneously . |
| 19 | But I have tried to talk to him , to persuade him to say that he thought the askaris were going to shoot him or that it was a misunderstanding , but he refuse absolutely to excuse himself . ’ |
| 20 | Although Woolf stated that ‘ there is no single cause of riots ’ ( para 9.23 ) it may not be too great a distortion to say that he saw the lack of legitimacy of the prison for its inmates as the key factor in explaining the disorders . |
| 21 | For example , a defendant will presumably not be able to say that he injured the complainant intending to have sexual intercourse with her but she then consented . |
| 22 | ‘ use threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour ’ This point is best proved by taking a statement from a witness to say that he felt the words or behaviour were threatening , abusive or insulting . |
| 23 | Having listened to the arguments of my Hon. Friends I do not know why the Minister has not leapt to his feet to say that he accepts the new clause . |
| 24 | To say that he has the qualities of his mother and grandmother is to misunderstand . |
| 25 | ’ This was the ‘ first attempt to land a fish ’ and he went on to say that he awaited the reply with interest . |