Example sentences of "he that [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a glow about him that all men had when they were around Paula . |
| 2 | I remind him that great improvements have been made not only in the amount of assistance that is available to people who are unemployed , but in the amount of assistance to ensure that people receive training so that they can get back into work . |
| 3 | History never had the heart to tell him that great keepers use both hands . |
| 4 | That seems to have been inspired by his father 's excellent library , as well as the spiritual contact with him that such studying brought . |
| 5 | He 'd gone on saying it until people complained and the landlord was forced to tell him that such talk amounted to the spreading of gloom and despondency ; it was almost as bad as careless talk and would land him in the Bridewell if the police got to hear . |
| 6 | Mr Slade 's extensive breeding programme within his flock of 400 pedigree ewes has convinced him that terminal sires do not have to be ‘ big and long ’ . |
| 7 | Sentencing Harris , Lord Sutherland , told him that attempted murders involving such lethal weapons were becoming far too prevalent . |
| 8 | Corbett grinned back ; a Welshman had once told him that each person has an aura about him , be it good or evil , which goes out to other people . |
| 9 | This was not the moment to tell him that six people had to put money into a building society for every borrower who took it out , and some of the six must read the paper . |
| 10 | A moment 's thought told him that this system worked only because two-thirds of the expected total of a Yeo Davis partnership came out at an amount well in excess of his salary , or that of any public servant of his age . |
| 11 | It also occurred to him that this precaution eliminated the likelihood of ever finding a witness who had seen Sandy arriving in her Jaguar at the bell tower close to dawn . |
| 12 | The latter commented on the air raid and that he never expected to see soldiers guarding the tunnel , especially inside the tunnel for a second time , it having been guarded during World War I. The foreman told him that three soldiers had been killed near the spot that Mr Myer had been in the recess the previous night , they had apparently been run down by a train just inside the tunnel mouth . |
| 13 | ‘ He will be nursing a secret desire to try to make amends , even though everyone has reassured him that these things happen . |
| 14 | It depressed him that some observers thought the debate would be used ‘ as a way of paying off some scores , real or imagined ’ . |
| 15 | He remembered his wife mentioning to him that some immigrants had moved into the street , and , because he knew that neither Donna nor Mrs Stych would bother to call on immigrants , he felt vaguely sorry for the newcomers ' isolation . |