Example sentences of "that he had the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was said in the 1840S of a future President of the republic that he had the advantage of the ‘ magic and mystery of a name ’ . |
| 2 | The Prime Minister said that he had the resignation of his Cabinet in his pocket , but the King replied that he trusted there was no question of the Prime Minister 's resignation : the leaders of the three Parties must get together and come to some arrangement . |
| 3 | But he was too expert a swordsman to make the fatal error of becoming careless , despite the knowledge that he had the measure of his opponent . |
| 4 | ‘ But do n't you think Sunil might have been in danger had it been realised that he had the run of the Admiral 's computer ? ’ |
| 5 | Though Will was distracted by crowds and other outside influences , he was very quick to learn and Trish felt that he had the makings of a dressage horse . |
| 6 | The pilot repeated this information and stated that he had the airfield in sight . |
| 7 | Manville grinned , pleased to see that he had the man rattled . |
| 8 | When the British columnist Godfrey Winn travelled to Northern Ireland in June 1941 to interview the crew of Smith 's Catalina and found that he had the scoop of a lifetime , he was not able to use it , and based his article instead on Smith 's co-pilot , Flight-Lieutenant Briggs of the RAF . |
| 9 | As we have seen , it was not until 1102 that he had the possibility of holding a council ; but when the opportunity at last arrived , he applied all his talents and energies to the task . |
| 10 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
| 11 | It was not merely that he had the work done quickly but he had done it thinkingly . |
| 12 | Mancini 's account is an inversion of that suggested here , but it is possible that he had the spectrum of conciliar opinion right and then misread its implications . |
| 13 | Mancini 's account is an inversion of that suggested here , but it is possible that he had the spectrum of conciliar opinion right and then misread its implications . |
| 14 | It was born upon Rostov that he had the opportunity — perhaps the only one he would ever have — to communicate the extent of the scientific advancement of the Empire and to speak of the technology which he and his companions were capable of introducing to Tarvaras , even given the prohibitions of the Yasa . |
| 15 | Now that he had the opportunity , Lucien was too embarrassed to speak . |
| 16 | However , whether or not someone might have bumped him off is mercifully a hypothetical question , seeing that he had the decency to do the job himself . |
| 17 | Smart 's claims that he had the support in this enterprise of ‘ many of the Bishops and other dignified Clergymen ’ seems to have been completely unrealistic . |
| 18 | He had , however , succeeded in demonstrating to President Ratu Penaia Ganilau that he had the support of the majority of the FPP leadership behind him . |
| 19 | How she had learned that he had the painting , which was not a matter of public knowledge , is unknown . |
| 20 | The man 's global standing was summed up by the fact that he had the whole of Cardiff Arms Park standing for an ovation that tingled your spine . |
| 21 | and his wife , it was her second marriage , her first one had been to the doctor and he had actually examined paedophilia backed off , basically said well she did n't , she could n't get a conviction but it was quite clear that he had the motive and he 'd had the opportunity because Connie died from the fire which Harvey Jones had set cos he found out |
| 22 | He spent weeks editing and was personally convinced it was a work of art ; he made gross statements that he had the movie that would end all movies . |
| 23 | This , in all probability , was approximately the state of man 's physical development when he first became aware that he had the power to partake to the full of the golden opportunities before him , and increase the richness of life by gradually controlling the residual violence which was an unavoidable by-product of his evolution . |
| 24 | The difference with Bill was that he had the power to be able to make his fantasy come true and that he lacked the self control , and the basic decency to say ‘ no ’ to himself and to Mandy . |
| 25 | He could say that he had the power but no obligation to do so . |
| 26 | It was not for money that he had the bear dance to amuse commuters . |
| 27 | Glad that he had the shadows to conceal his distaste , Oscar shook it , and bid the boor goodnight . |
| 28 | The church found it hard to enforce chastity within marriage when a pagan man took it for granted that he had the right to sleep with his slavegirls . |
| 29 | He himself says that he was ‘ del ordre de freres menours ’ , and that he was ‘ ordenours ’ , which probably means that he had the right to administer absolution ( a right much sought after by the mendicants ) . |
| 30 | It was clearly intended as a question about her personal life , and , after a short hesitation , she decided that he had the right to an answer , if she really was going to take the job — and she now suspected gloomily that she was . |