Example sentences of "he [verb] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALAN Hickman from Derbyshire became worried about the advice he was receiving over his pension transfer when he realised that each expert he consulted recommended a different course of action . |
| 2 | He realised that fine-enough markings would be too difficult to read so he wound along a part of one arm of the balance a tight spiral of very fine brass wire , extending from where the suspended weight would balance metal A ( suspended in water ) to where it would balance metal B ( suspended in water ) . |
| 3 | Initially , he presumed that this phenomenon was merely a personal idiosyncrasy , but later observations showed that this was not the case at all : the tensing-up of neck muscles is practically universal . |
| 4 | He agreed that this advice had been good but said that things had now gone too far . |
| 5 | He agreed that some training groups might pull out but others would take their place . |
| 6 | He argued that many organisations ( especially those that were relatively long-lasting and dependent on leaderships for their organisation and continuance ) could be interpreted in terms of the transference of early childhood affections . |
| 7 | His position was itself controversial since he argued that former Stasi members should be integrated into the police force and the Interior Ministry to avoid their becoming a potential terrorist threat . |
| 8 | The theory was first put forward by H R Buchanan in his Manual of Psychometry in 1889 , when he argued that all objects contain the history of the world because they are connected to the Akashic Chronicles . |
| 9 | In this book he argued that all life should be a preparation for dying . |
| 10 | Though he argued that any attempt to lay down rigid rules for classifying applications would be doomed to failure' , Dobry thought that guidance should be given in a national code of practice . |
| 11 | Secondly , he argued that these consumption processes are increasingly provided by the state in a collectivized form , since they become too expensive , especially at times of economic crisis , for private firms to supply . |
| 12 | He argued that these publications were the precursors of the flood of artistic , intellectual and political creativity that accompanied the move towards colonial independence . |
| 13 | Eschewing strategic analysis in favour of a more polemical approach he argued that these concessions were to be used as ‘ trans-shipping points for American combat units that are to carry out punitive operations against the peoples of the Near and Middle East , as well as in Africa ’ . |
| 14 | He argued that fewer houses at the Cleveland end of the line would be affected by overhead lines than at present because 31km of existing pylons would be demolished as part of the scheme . |
| 15 | He argued that either symbol was used whenever it fell more easily to the hand . |
| 16 | Then he remembered that his wife had been there when old Sally had died , and he realized that this information might be worth something . |
| 17 | Hurst 's voice had risen a little , but he dropped it again as he realized that several pairs of eyes were watching them with interest . |
| 18 | And he recommended that most prisons should be ‘ community prisons ’ catering for a wide variety of prisoners from their locality , a prescription which does not seem readily compatible with the notion that this sort of mixture is conducive to disorder . |
| 19 | And , finally , he announced that another referendum would be held in January 1961 . |
| 20 | Of the science fiction writers he asked that each serial should explore and extrapolate on a known scientific or cultural theme , such as nuclear war , doppler imaging or xenophobia . |
| 21 | He admitted that some people in Hong Kong had been alarmed by reports of carnage in Peking but said this was only because they ‘ misunderstood ’ or had been misled by the ‘ false reporting and even rumour of some news media ’ . |
| 22 | Though he claimed all the peoples of Burma were now united he admitted that this unity ‘ is only in the initial stages … tender and fragile ’ . |
| 23 | If I were playing tennis , I would put the ball back in the hon. Gentleman 's court by asking whether he thinks that those claims are genuine because they have been put through someone 's letter box and because they ask the recipient to sign the form and post it back . |
| 24 | In fact , their own chairman , John Dunster , presented a paper to a United Nations session on atomic power in 1958 in which he revealed that some polonium had been released . |
| 25 | He postulates that such particles spend most of their time in a non-material or etheric state , momentarily leaping into the physical plane like a salmon leaping fleetingly into view above the water surface . |
| 26 | He supposes that some frogs are sitting on the coping stones of a circular lily pond . |
| 27 | The most prominent of these were hilltops , and he found that all leys had a hilltop for at least one of their terminal points . |
| 28 | In particular , he found that many researchers admitted to giving cited works positive and negative credit simultaneously in the same reference , a finding which supports the contention advanced by MacRoberts & MacRoberts ( 1984 ) that authors dissemble to diffuse the impact of negative references . |
| 29 | In later years , when he was in the position of having to counsel others he found that these doubts were quite common , and in answering their doubts he answered his own as well ! |
| 30 | He found that this feeling was not unpleasant . |