Example sentences of "that he [vb past] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case it is all one operation , and it could not matter that he wrote his signature on the document before the dispositive wording of the will . |
| 2 | Jam-packed with a complete run of Plebs and sets of the TUC and Labour Party conference reports , it was here that he wrote his book The Labour College Movement . |
| 3 | Jam-packed with a complete run of Plebs and sets of the TUC and Labour Party conference reports , it was here that he wrote his book The Labour College Movement . |
| 4 | It was to celebrate recovery from this illness that he wrote his Hymn to the Supreme Being , on Recovery from a dangerous fit of Illness . |
| 5 | It was clear that he made her life happier than it had been , but she still had to put up with the desperately uncomfortable conditions and go out on her terrifying foraging expeditions . |
| 6 | Sitting there , stroking her , the ball of his thumb soothing over and over but never so long in one place that he made her hand sore , he let his voice caress her into sleep whose dream-depths crushed her in peacock and navy . |
| 7 | ‘ Are you seriously trying to tell me that Gramps … that he made your mother pregnant with … ? ’ |
| 8 | It was as a policeman that he made his mark . |
| 9 | In the latter case Z buys from X through X 's agent Y ; it is with X that he made his contract and if things go wrong , he can look to his seller , X , for a remedy . |
| 10 | Sutton-born Geoff Chilvers had been with the Palace as a Junior in the early days of the 2nd World War and had appeared at Selhurst Park in an interesting schoolboy game that was used as an experiment with numbered players , but his extraordinary claim to footballing fame , which will delight fans with a statistical quirk in their nature , is that he made his debut with a League club as a 16-year-old in a match where his side scored double figures . |
| 11 | Anybody who has kept copies of WCM will see that he made his debut against West Indies at Lahore in November 1986 , scoring 8 and 6 . |
| 12 | It was here that he made his name , carrying out the first really ambitious operation of its kind in the country , which was to be a blueprint for his ‘ Great Design ’ for the Fens . |
| 13 | None the less , it was in London that he made his will on 8 April 1416 , characteristically dedicated to his kin , staff , and domestic servants . |
| 14 | It was with a sense of relief that he made his way alone into the bar and ordered a glass of champagne . |
| 15 | What is certain is that he made his way there , ignoring all warning from mortal and immortal alike . |
| 16 | Dissenting minorities were driven out by religious difficulties : Roger Williams left Boston within a year of arriving , though it was not until five years later that he made his way south through the dense woodlands to Rhode Island to launch the first settlement based on principles of religious toleration in 1636 . |
| 17 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 18 | World-seasoned traveller that he thought himself Maxim sat glumly watching the dawn over the Washington skyline , having woken far too early and dry-mouthed from the air-conditioning in the aircraft and now the hotel . |
| 19 | Some still persist in their view that Morris burnt his boat when he chose previously to hand over the captaincy , saying in effect that he thought his cricket was suffering because of it . |
| 20 | Vic Williams has said that he left his regiment only after concluding that he had no other option remaining ( at no time prior to his decision to leave was he made aware of his rights as a soldier to register a conscientious objection to military service ) . |
| 21 | The result was that he left my flat in a fuming temper , very gruff but very sober , and the broadcast was , I was given to understand , of consummate skill and effectiveness . |
| 22 | This was such an important discovery that he sent his consort back to Holland to spread the good news while his ship continued alone . |
| 23 | He was so enraged that he blasted his love rival to death in front of the girl ’ . |
| 24 | He wanted to blurt out that she looked beautiful in blue , that he 'd like to kill the man who 'd been in her flat the previous evening , that he hoped her date with him had been a miserable failure , that he had hardly slept a wink all night , beside himself with jealousy . |
| 25 | On yet another level , however , de Gaulle provided just enough mystery about his own preferences to allow those who wanted to believe in " francisation " to go on believing that he shared their views . |
| 26 | It turned out that he shared my liking for the more conventional kind of organ . |
| 27 | It is a defence , however , if the defendant can satisfy the court that it was not known or suspected that drug trafficking was involved , or that he disclosed his knowledge or suspicion to the relevant authorities . |
| 28 | Welsh bardic tradition was that he carried his offensive into the heartland of Gwynedd . |
| 29 | He 'd walk me home from school and it 's often said that he carried my ballet shoes , which sounds kind of romantic , but he actually did sometimes , if I was carrying a whole load of things . |
| 30 | In spite of herself she stirred so sharply that he felt her astonishment recoil upon his own flesh and set him trembling . |