Example sentences of "[adv] that his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anger was rippling through him so fiercely that his whole body seemed to be shivering uncontrollably . |
| 2 | Thus Leo I thought it better that his congregation should keep their fasting for the proper liturgical seasons publicly set aside for it , rather than carry it out as a private ascetic exercise . |
| 3 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 4 | The Bishop says gently that his path simply does not cross those of the diocese 's landed families . |
| 5 | In 1747 the postmaster of Stirling was one of the magistrates , Bailie Maiben , and it was made clear enough that his job was at stake in the political contest of that year , for Sir Peter Halkett of Pitfirrane , one of the candidates seeking to represent the district in parliament , complained to Lord Milton that the bailie |
| 6 | Secondly , it is not enough that his contemplation is that there is a remote possibility but there must be a real possibility of a breach of the peace . ’ |
| 7 | Then Doushan was so cast down that his moustaches drooped to his shoulders . |
| 8 | He paled for an instant , thinking perhaps that his socks had slid down , but they had n't . |
| 9 | Pie'oh'pah stood his ground , knowing perhaps that his nakedness was his best defence . |
| 10 | In the meantime Sir Joseph Pennington , aggrieved perhaps that his mines were not yielding income to his estate , issued a grand proclamation on 21 February 1730 offering his copper and lead mines and works at Tilberthwaite and Langdale ( including Greenhurn ) for a term of 21 years maximum to any substantial persons allowing a duty of 14s. per " Tunn " for copper and 10s. for lead , reckoning " … |
| 11 | The deflection is intended to turn his closed side towards you , so that his immediate counter is restricted to a back fist or suchlike . |
| 12 | Do not deflect the opponent so that his open side faces you or you may well find yourself facing a powerful reverse punch fuelled by the fall forward . |
| 13 | They went for him then , Alexander and Donald McLaggan , the Duke 's two sons , dragged him from his father 's side so that his head bounced on the steps , lifted him bleeding , like foresters keeping a dying deer clear of the hounds , and started to carry him down to the river ‘ just to cool him off ’ but Cameron ran and gripped Donald 's shoulder and shouted , ‘ If you injure an officer it is treason on top of sedition , ’ so they carried him back and laid him carefully at his father 's feet . |
| 14 | To prove his importance and so that his entrance was emphasised all entered in order of precedence . |
| 15 | A year or so later I chanced to meet him and he acknowledged that this was just criticism , but that he had been obliged to insert these names so that his book would look like a truly up-to-date , intouch work of scholarship . |
| 16 | In accordance with the procedures governing Roger Hall 's comedy , they do so at regularly-spaced intervals , each entering with a gasp and clad in a ridiculous profusion of scarves , hats and rainwear , so that his droll point about the awfulness of the country 's climate can be adequately appreciated . |
| 17 | Westley explains how he made sure he stayed around long enough so that his respondents had to talk , because of the difficulty people have of remaining silent for long ( 1970 , p. viii ) . |
| 18 | The guy says he was in a hurry to get home because he has to get up at six tomorrow morning because he 's donating some of his bone marrow so that his sister can have a bone marrow transplant … |
| 19 | Wexford took hold of his jacket roughly , pushing him so that his head jerked up . |
| 20 | Thus an ‘ owl ’ will often pursue his hobbies or interests late into the night so that his preferred life-style will accentuate the natural tendency of his clock . |
| 21 | Paul , whose remark had been the opening move in a carefully planned campaign to enhance Bodo 's image so that his plan to leave school and work with him would not meet resistance , meekly accepted the rebuke and the order , especially as the television he wanted to watch was a rock concert . |
| 22 | Not that those considerations need worry Baggio , who has bought 52 stand tickets so that his entire family can watch him today . |
| 23 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 24 | Klepner played the usual corporate cat and mouse game of making at least one or two word changes on each and every page so that his own secretary could re-type each page under her initials and the initials ‘ FK ’ . |
| 25 | Tug 's head was being forced backwards so that his throat was stretched almost unbearably . |
| 26 | And he said it secretly , so that his father did n't see . ’ |
| 27 | From school I knew this parable by heart , and I think the reader must have known it too , because as he reached the concluding sentences , his frail hands were already feeling for the embroidered marker and preparing to close the great heavy book , so that his eyes were not on the page but were gazing unseeing into mine as he spoke the final well-worn words , ‘ Then said Jesus unto him , ‘ Go , and do thou likewise . ’ ’ |
| 28 | De Niro 's slightly unhinged devotion to detail , the madness in his method , is well documented the best recent example being his insistence on wearing silk underwear from the same store that supplied Al Capone so that his portrayal of the Chicago gangster in The Untouchables felt just right . |
| 29 | The press had advance copies of the speech in which he was to defend Marshall , so that his climb-down was plain for all to see when he failed to deliver it . |
| 30 | He then took from his pocket a filthy blue handkerchief , reversing it so that his small audience could examine both sides . |