Example sentences of "that [prep] [adj] [noun pl] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that for six weeks he was on a special bed that could be turned so that he spent some hours on his back and some on his front , never getting off the bed at all . |
| 2 | He also became President of the Royal Society , so that for 5 years he led its activities in nurturing British science and ripening its fruits . |
| 3 | He had a strange sensation that for many minutes he had been holding his breath , though he could n't of course have been doing that . |
| 4 | The driver wound down his window and cursed him , adding that for two pins he 'd tell the police . |
| 5 | The house was full of trend-spotters , from gossip columnist Ivan Warner and irritable feminist Kate Armstrong to Treasury adviser Philip , worried about pension projections in an increasingly elderly society : from information vendor Charles Headleand to epidemiologist Ted Stennett , across whose horizon the science-fiction disease of AIDS was already casting a faint red ominous glow : from forensic psychiatrist Edgar Lintot ( who had not yet heard of AIDS , but who had heard rumours about changing views in high places on the sentencing of the criminally insane ) to Alix Bowen , worried on a mundane level about the future funding of her own job and on a less selfish level about the implications for the rehabilitation of female offenders of cuts in that funding : from theatre director Alison Peacock , anxious about her Arts Council subsidy , to Representative Public Figure , Sir Anthony Bland , the aptly named Chairman ( or so Ivan alleged ) of the Royal Commission on Royal Commissions , who was thinking that for various reasons he might have to resign , and from more bodies than one , before the jostling and the hinting pushed him into an undignified retreat . |
| 6 | Boase explained that for twenty years he had made a collection of notes relating to English persons deceased since 1850 , and that in compiling his work he had kept in mind the dictum of James Anthony Froude [ q.v. ] , ‘ we want the biographies of common people ’ , so that many hundreds of the thousands of entries included in his compilation related to persons who had not been eminent but had led interesting lives , accounts of which could not be found in any other book . |
| 7 | After lunch in a sheltered spot in the garden she 'd vetoed the idea of going sailing , despite Rune 's assurance that like many Danes he was a competent sportsman on the water , enjoying water-skiing and sailboarding as well as yachting . |
| 8 | When you come to analyse his splendid breakfasts you find that with slight changes he might almost be describing a nineteen-sixties , chop-house revival period , West End restaurant lunch . |
| 9 | Tradition says that with other Covenanters he was hanged from the upstairs window of the house that still stands at the north-west corner of Mauchline Cross . |
| 10 | ‘ I must say that from all reports he seems to know his business . ’ |
| 11 | One fundholder said that within five years he expected to see practices controlling every aspect of health care . |
| 12 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |
| 13 | It has been estimated that in 16 years he acquired a fortune of £40,000 , despite apparently losing a lot of money in a project for the commercial manufacture of seated cast-iron horseshoes . |
| 14 | As a price for his reduction of the rebels , Louis forced from the very reluctant abbot the recognition that in temporal matters he was subject to the decision of the royal court . |
| 15 | He said that in 10 years he hoped to have boosted the Mongolian economy to South Korea 's present level , with the help of the developed countries and of international economic organizations . |
| 16 | But Mr Heath was savagely criticised by the press and the public , and friends of Mr Major believe that in similar circumstances he would be unlikely to hang on . |
| 17 | ‘ Duart is forbidden visitors today , my lady , so that in two days he may be fit for the ceremony . |
| 18 | He stood for a moment longer , looking at her , unable to speak , seeing that she was so beautiful it was hurtful to him , thinking that in other circumstances he would be unmanned by such beauty , except that he was not unmanned , that was the very last thing … |
| 19 | And we know that in all respects he co-operates with those who love God . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I ask you to believe that in normal circumstances he would not behave like that , but he is still not quite himself … the death of his friend , you know … ’ |
| 21 | Hence it was that in many subjects he was behind the knowledge of the day . |
| 22 | On 23 February / 7 March , five days after his accession , Alexander told the ambassadors of Austria and Prussia that in foreign affairs he would adhere to the late tsar 's principles . |
| 23 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
| 24 | In Surere 's province , there had been many transgressions , despite the loss of privilege which was the only punishment he had dared impose , though there were rumours that in some cases he would have preferred to apply the death penalty . |
| 25 | There were rumours that in some cases he had . |
| 26 | Nevertheless on such occasions he gave the impression to friends and acquaintances that in some ways he had mellowed . |
| 27 | If the extremely unlikely event transpires that in three years he has discovered nothing of his partner 's past , then why should he complain ? |
| 28 | The infant was at once created Prince of Wales , to indicate that in Jacobite eyes he was the real heir to the throne of England , and the Young Pretender was soon to become universally known as Bonnie Prince Charlie . |
| 29 | A commission of inquiry chaired by Englishman Kgabo , looking into land allocations in villages surrounding Gaborone , had reported that Mmusi had been involved in improper land transfers , and that on two occasions he had interceded in favour of Kwelagobe in decisions of the local land board . |
| 30 | But then Carver had heard that on other occasions he used the same language about Galvone . |