Example sentences of "[noun] that he [modal v] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark : Judas decided to betray Jesus and told the chief priest that he would lead them to Jesus in order that they could arrest him in secret . |
| 2 | Then , when King John took over the French lands which he had inherited in 1200 , he was allowed to do so only on condition that he should recognise them as being fiefs held of the king of France . |
| 3 | That many of his clients saw him in the former category is suggested by the fact that they frequently passed to him details of their restless and unsuitable executives in the hope that he would redeploy them . |
| 4 | But his office issued a decree he had signed on Monday containing a strong warning to all regional government officials that he would hold them personally responsible for obeying his orders . |
| 5 | But even with his new London base it was impossible to gather enough talent from both his schools for the coming Christmas , so he advertised for dancers in the trade papers and took a chance that he could knock them into shape . |
| 6 | In the light of such reflections of opinion , stereotype reports that people ‘ with insight ’ were saying the Führer could not be aware of the extent of the damage , otherwise more extensive rescue operations would have been deployed , or that people were looking ‘ full of trust ’ to the Führer and expressing the wish that he should stir them up and strengthen their faith , have a hollow ring to them . |
| 7 | Edward , thinking with relief that he could leave them to it now , began to withdraw , clutching the bottles that gave him a certain exemption , free to come and go . |
| 8 | She checked with her uncle that he would keep them in horse-feed , and he agreed , amused at her presumption . |
| 9 | The gunman holding children hostage at a school in Paris has broken off negotiations with a threat that he 'll kill them and himself if his demand for twelve million pounds is not met . |
| 10 | The chances that he will get them out of a mire of their own making are as thin as their performances have been for most of the season . |
| 11 | He still treated Edward coolly , stating with conviction that he had his orders direct from London and saw no need to go over them in detail , and no possibility that he would modify them on the say-so of a junior officer he did not know . |
| 12 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |
| 13 | Bigwig told Hawkbit and Speedwell that he 'd scratch them to pieces if they did n't obey him . |
| 14 | Where , however , the entry of the goods was inevitable , not only is there no liability for trespass on the part of their owner , but the view that he can retake them seems to be right , even if there is no direct decision to that effect . |