Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rather hoped that Eleanor would say this , even though other girls had n't . |
| 2 | On reflection , he rather regrets that they were n't looking out for each other . |
| 3 | The courts have recently demonstrated a reaction against an absurdly over-generous approach to the construction of agreements in the employee 's favour : see Home Counties Dairies Ltd v Skilton [ 1970 ] 1 WLR 526 in which the defendant was employed by the plaintiffs as a milkman and he expressly agreed that for a period of one year after his employment terminated he would not 'serve or sell milk or dairy produce " to any person who had been a customer of his employers and who had been served by him during the six months prior to his leaving . |
| 4 | Believing our intellectual abilities to be God-given , he presumably thought that , had they not been sufficient for our needs , God would not have supplemented them by innately endowing us with anything other than truth . |
| 5 | When Paine stated that a governmental act contrary to the constitution is an act of ‘ power without right ’ , did he thereby imply that such an act would be unconstitutional ? |
| 6 | We learn that he has not only killed his brother-in-law for opposing the Iranian government but that he unrepentantly believes that ‘ war is the source of love and hope and satisfaction . ’ |
| 7 | When he had sex , he secretly fantasised that he was the woman but even that was confusing because the concept of being with a man repulsed him . |
| 8 | Mr Gorbachev pleased his grinning hosts in East Berlin when he politely remarked that whatever affected the future of the GDR would be decided in Berlin . |
| 9 | He eventually found that the ideal mix was 55 per cent Polled Lincoln Red , 35 per cent Polled Beef Shorthorn ( he had also succeeded in polling the latter ) and 10 per cent Aberdeen Angus , which improved the qualities he desired without reducing size and liveweight gains . |
| 10 | He eventually concludes that it involved another acquisition — this time the American firm of Keebler in 1974 . |
| 11 | He eventually suggested that Orkney had used Highland Region 's guidelines , but the procedures used did not , in fact , comply with even these guidelines . |
| 12 | He did , and when he eventually learned that the child 's mother had committed suicide and that out of compassion the rag woman had taken her into her house to save her being put in the workhouse or farmed out , again they both agreed that the rag woman had worthy motives . |
| 13 | He sarcastically suggests that the story was probably invented ‘ to gratify some friends , who would be glad to hear what use can be made , even in point of life and manners , of a microscope ’ . |
| 14 | His failure before the English courts led him directly to Strasburg where he successfully claimed that his rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights had been violated . |
| 15 | Indeed , although Hegel does not admit quite what I am now suggesting , he effectively concedes that , given the difference between the sexes , unity between them is impossible . |
| 16 | When Paul denies that God is an idol in a shrine , he effectively denies that God is anywhere else too . |
| 17 | He bitterly regretted that the knife thrown during the banquet had not hit its target for he had recognised Corbett as a dangerous man . |
| 18 | He swiftly decided that it would be better for the Elves to have these people as allies rather than enemies . |
| 19 | So worried has he apparently become that Mr Yeltsin recalled his liberal ambassadors to Washington and Paris , who still hold deputies ' mandates , to bolster his support . |
| 20 | He apparently forgot that I could not understand German or else decided that what he wanted to say could not be left unsaid , for he began to talk fast and seriously . |
| 21 | May we have a change in our procedure for questioning the Leader of the House who last week announced the business for the following week even though he apparently knows that the election is to be called for 9 April and that the business will therefore be changed ? |
| 22 | He apparently promised that attendees at next year 's meeting would find themselves sitting next to representatives from DEC , HP , IBM and other Open Software Foundation partners . |
| 23 | He apparently believes that the construction ‘ to recommend that someone does something ’ is more correct than ‘ to recommend that someone do something ’ . |
| 24 | In all probability , the author did not know who was responsible for the original compilation : he merely assumed that legislation was an appropriate activity for the founder of a kingdom . |
| 25 | He merely postulated that an educated and skilled worker was more productive than an illiterate and unskilled labourer and that this explained the difference in their wages . |
| 26 | He merely notes that the bad news for technological illiterates is that the world is not as they think it is , and if they are interested in the truth his book will fill some gaps . |
| 27 | He refused to comment on whether his organisation was carrying out the interviewing or ‘ disclosure ’ work on the children ; , he merely reiterated that they were involved in offering their assistance in whatever way was required by the department who had contracted them . |
| 28 | I asked Gennaro how he came by the letter and he merely said that he knew the right people to approach . |
| 29 | He merely proposes that : |
| 30 | He merely insists that he , his wife Debbie and their two daughters live in ‘ an unremarkable family home ’ . |