Example sentences of "he [vb infin] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If , however , he believes in the right to a free and independent trade union , let him grant that right to the employees at the Government communications headquarters , who have been denied it for the past eight years .
2 What I want is to see him win that second gold and wear the flag again — while the Yanks stand fuming .
3 He 'd never met a woman who made him feel that way , and , let's face it , he was n't getting any younger .
4 He said he knew it sounded crazy , but ever since he 'd read it he 'd wanted to experience it , but had never met a woman who made him feel that way . ’
5 Maybe it is just the cold air that makes him sound that way .
6 She had heard him use that tone of voice in the past and knew exactly what it meant .
7 I let him sleep that night — and succeeding nights — with Montaine … .
8 Some feeling like that which had attacked Jim Nesbitt last year and made him marry that girl in Durham , who , to his mind , had nothing going for her .
9 She might secretly find this tall , elegant man extremely disturbing , but she was n't prepared to let him guess that fact .
10 " Funny , being a bird-watcher , " a boy called Cosgrave had once said and Stephen had made him take that back , twisting his arm until he agreed to .
11 She smiled up at him , wishing she could will the tension out of his body , wishing she could make him relax that guard .
12 I let him have that bike . ’
13 She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him .
14 First of all I think we have worked out the importance of establishing a very good relationship with the media and that 's developing and that means that , that the views of the trade union movement are beginning to be heard , er , when we , when we spoke to the editor of the local paper for example , we pointed out that on the business page there 's nothing about trade unions and did he think that business er existed without er on , just on one side .
15 Can he explain that contradiction , or is he just a politician running scared of the electorate and trying to be all things to all people ?
16 Nor does he consider that animal behaviour might provide us with prototypes of human understanding on the basis of which we might consider something akin to different language-games , reflecting both the similarities and the differences implicit in the respective cases .
17 What did he do that wig on his head for ?
18 While welcoming my right hon. Friend 's reply , may I ask him to accept that the best training for Royal Navy reservists is with the regular Navy and will he give that priority in the coming operations for the Royal Naval Reserve ?
19 Will he acknowledge that Government Departments have not even come near their own target of 3 per cent .
20 Will he remove that slur on the loyalty and patriotism of those employees and give a categorical assurance that there is nothing incompatible about membership of the Labour party and membership of the trade unions in question ?
21 Does he understand that planning permission was initially gained , with difficulty , for the building of motorways through areas of outstanding natural beauty and great environmental sensitivity , so many people would not be keen to see developers spending hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of pounds fighting in a long succession of inquiries so that they can build not just motorway service areas — possibly excluding the disabled and lorries — but hotels and other facilities that would never have received permission when the original planning consent was granted ?
22 Will he withdraw that word and condemn the retail giant law breakers ?
23 How does he square that record with his promise a year ago today to build a country at ease with itself ?
24 Well why do n't he use that bloke at St. Johns , who you use ?
25 Will he use that voice to get such projects approved ?
26 But can he use that difference to call his opponents ' view ‘ metaphysics ’ and therefore nonsense ?
27 The ideal needs integrity , however , for a citizen can not treat himself as the author of a collection of laws that are inconsistent in principle , nor can he see that collection as sponsored by any Rousseauian general will .
28 Did n't he recognize that trade , the trade union movement had a role to play er in that , in , on that page and to the , to the credit of , of the local press , they had responded and so we are now asked to put forward the views of the trade union movement , something I think which local trades councils should be doing , should be the role of local trades councils to do that effectively .
29 Did he call that woman señora ?
30 Does he intend that policy to be part of the new executive agencies ?
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