Example sentences of "he was [adj] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was unaware that a harassed Mr Dixon , caught between Hank , his parents and the school authorities , had disclaimed any knowledge of Hank 's whereabouts , except to say , when asked by the school secretary , that probably Hank had the flu — there was a lot of it about . |
| 2 | Lord declares that he was unaware that a contract had actually been signed with Harris — though he knew Harris was keen to write the biography — at the point when he wrote his own outline . |
| 3 | He was unaware that a Garda inquiry was being conducted into the allegation , he added . |
| 4 | He was sure that a bishop was not stopped by his bishoping from going on with some scholarly work . |
| 5 | When Philip Jessup visited MacArthur in January 1950 the general stated that the Soviet Union should perceive the advantages to be derived from a Japanese treaty and he was sure that a diplomat like Jacob Malik would appreciate the position . |
| 6 | Waiting seemed endless , he was sure that a guilty verdict would be returned . |
| 7 | He was convinced that a career lay in sport and reckoned the media influenced his perception of himself . |
| 8 | But he said he was confident that a new offer by City director Christopher Needler to underwrite an increased overdraft will be accepted by the bank . |
| 9 | He was confident that a letter to the government in Peking would secure us a gift from the People 's Republic of a brace of breeding yaks . |
| 10 | But he was angry that a man of Pyle 's eminence in the bank could be ripping off client money for his own enrichment . |
| 11 | Roderick O'Sullivan , who has carried out research for programmes such as Channel Four 's Fragile Earth , said he was concerned that a mystery disease which wiped out half the swan population at the bay last winter had re-emerged . |
| 12 | He was aware that a captain with a record such as his has a big advantage , since any troops will respond better to a leader they know has been through the fire himself , and so he knew just what he could ask of his bowlers . |
| 13 | He forced his mind into action , though he was aware that a state of panic and a temperature around zero were not the best conditions for clarity of thought . |
| 14 | The soldier told Belfast Crown Court he was aware that a forensic scientist had given evidence maintaining a bullet fired by him ( Clegg ) entered the rear of the vehicle and struck Miss Reilly . |
| 15 | He was optimistic that a path would be cleared today . |
| 16 | He was worried that a dairymaid might leave the dairy , and then her cows would not like being milked by a stranger . |