Example sentences of "[verb] that he [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 She felt like that fish caught by the curlew , one part of her praying that he would spit her out again , the other , perversely , longing for him to swallow her up .
2 We talk about London and Grand Isle , and all the while I am praying that he will ask us on his boat .
3 She did n't doubt that he would find her .
4 And she had half expected that he would follow her and continue the argument .
5 Formally but icily they replied that they " do not desire to interfere with any views which he may have towards improving his position in life , but they expect that he will give them six months ' notice of his intention to resign the mastership of the School " .
6 Hope had written an evasive reply which he would frank and give to George Wood to post for him but he doubted that he could deter him for much longer .
7 If he just wants that he can have it .
8 The assembled friends were told by Brendan Bracken in tones of wonderment that Churchill — that great Francophile — had rung to bellow that he would watch them die without a qualm if they ‘ ratted on Poland as they had ratted on Czechoslovakia , ’ while Bob Boothby told them repeatedly how he had exhorted Winston to ‘ break Chamberlain and take his place ’ .
9 I do n't think that he would get us too far in those questions .
10 I do n't bother Frank , and I do n't think that he should bother me .
11 He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House .
12 he thinks that he can buy I could buy this standing space because I 'm a businessman and I 've got lots of money .
13 Now he is proving that he can do it here with 55-yard boundaries , and when he is batting with Paul Parker , another incredibly fast man between the wickets , it is going to be very difficult for sides to control them . ’
14 He was glad , for he realised that he would need her to direct him now .
15 I was irritated that he could imagine I would want to go back to him .
16 King Edward bent to pick it up amid suggestive laughter , declaring ‘ shame on him who thinks evil of it ’ , and prophesying that he would make it the most sought-after badge of honour in Britain .
17 I shall repeat it and , if I have it wrong , I trust that he will correct me .
18 ‘ Sounds like it , ’ she mumbled , realising that he could hold her in his arms , yet be unaware of her presence because his mind was full of the stream and the bridge .
19 Yes , and Li Yuan would fight to preserve the boy , for he honestly believed that he could control him .
20 Having used most of it up taking shots of you , he realises that when anything happens that he should cover he 's going to look very foolish with no film in his great big camera . ’
21 Mr Brown says that he will consider it only if 500,000 people sign up .
22 It was decided that he would take me in as an apprentice to old Bill ( Mr Carswell ) .
23 He was sorry that he had brought up the subject and hastily departed for his shower , shouting that he would tell her while he was dressing .
24 They may go through , but I hope that he will make it clear that , in the next Session of Parliament , this legislation will apply , and anybody considering introducing a works Bill will do so through this legislation and not as a private measure .
25 When the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment replies to the debate , I hope that he will tell us how the British Government will apportion the 24 delegates from the United Kingdom who will represent us on that new body , the committee of regional and local authorities .
26 I know that the Minister may not be in a position to respond in detail to the comments made on this subject by the hon. Member for Cardiff , North and me , but I hope that he will take them on board and I ask him to write to us on these important local issues .
27 He has always been a source of inspiration to me and I hope that he will take it as a compliment when I say that , from the days when I was a student , he has been an inspiration to me .
28 I hope that he will find it possible to allow extra ranks to be recruited all the way along the line — not only at the most junior level — to ensure that we do not lose those very able people .
29 He says he does n't feel that he can do it , does he ?
30 He had found an ancient leather wine-pouch and was boasting that he could drain it dry .
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