Example sentences of "he that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was apparently Da Ponte who persuaded the emperor to pass the text , telling him that all scenes which might offend good taste or public decency had been excised . |
| 2 | I hated the growing fear my father ( and we ) shared during his illness , that he would mess the bed , and once suggested to him that all families should be required once a month to show each other the contents of their potties . |
| 3 | There was a light about him that all onlookers could see . |
| 4 | There was a glow about him that all men had when they were around Paula . |
| 5 | Leopold wrote resignedly , telling him that such things were inevitable for every artist of outstanding talent . |
| 6 | That seems to have been inspired by his father 's excellent library , as well as the spiritual contact with him that such studying brought . |
| 7 | He said the figures excluded urgent treatment cases and Darlington GPs had said to him that such cases could be dealt with in a matter of days . |
| 8 | He 'd gone on saying it until people complained and the landlord was forced to tell him that such talk amounted to the spreading of gloom and despondency ; it was almost as bad as careless talk and would land him in the Bridewell if the police got to hear . |
| 9 | Minch had taught him that neither feeling was useful to an eagle unless it was controlled . |
| 10 | Corbett grinned back ; a Welshman had once told him that each person has an aura about him , be it good or evil , which goes out to other people . |
| 11 | A moment 's thought told him that this system worked only because two-thirds of the expected total of a Yeo Davis partnership came out at an amount well in excess of his salary , or that of any public servant of his age . |
| 12 | I reassured him that this warning was unnecessary : my ambition was to set the record for the slowest lap of the circuit . |
| 13 | hours I told him that this glimpse |
| 14 | He had heard so many stories of musket balls lodging in Bibles , not of course that he really believed them , but all the same What he wanted to do now was to find some immoral passages with which to confront the Padre , thereby proving to him that this book could not possibly be the word of God ( unadulterated , anyway ) . |
| 15 | It also occurred to him that this precaution eliminated the likelihood of ever finding a witness who had seen Sandy arriving in her Jaguar at the bell tower close to dawn . |
| 16 | The two-way division agreed at Aachen in March 842 is best seen as a way of putting pressure on Lothar , convincing him that this time he had no alternative to opening negotiations in earnest . |
| 17 | I dashed across to the DC 's house to tell him that this train with several hundred refugees was standing in the station , and some shelter must be found for them . |
| 18 | I assure him that those constituents who seek help from our staff in the Huddersfield jobcentre , and in other jobcentres throughout the country , will find that the charter means that they can identify the people with whom they are dealing because they are wearing name identification badges . |
| 19 | ‘ He will be nursing a secret desire to try to make amends , even though everyone has reassured him that these things happen . |
| 20 | The defendants had previously sent the shop manager a letter instructing him that these shoes were not to leave the shop without the label first being removed . |
| 21 | I do not know who the hon. Gentleman thinks he is speaking for , but I remind him that these people are volunteers and join with the approval of their parents . |
| 22 | ‘ At the moment , it seems impossible to convince him that any kind of action at all is necessary . ’ |
| 23 | Covering her impatience , she told him that some keys similar to MacQuillan 's desk keys had been found and Ruby had been trying to divine from them the identity of their owner . |
| 24 | It depressed him that some observers thought the debate would be used ‘ as a way of paying off some scores , real or imagined ’ . |
| 25 | A British Rail quality manager and former Sunderland nut , he changed allegiance in 1980 when it seemed to him that some Roker players were becoming too mercenary . |
| 26 | He remembered his wife mentioning to him that some immigrants had moved into the street , and , because he knew that neither Donna nor Mrs Stych would bother to call on immigrants , he felt vaguely sorry for the newcomers ' isolation . |
| 27 | What was even more satisfying was knowing that she had given him that same lesson , not once but twice , this morning when she 'd stunned him by agreeing to see his grandmother on her own time , and last night , when she 'd turned away his advances , and never mind all that pretence about his not being interested . |