Example sentences of "[verb] that [pers pn] [vb past] [vb pp] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no denying that she 'd caught his interest . |
| 2 | Did he know that she 'd revealed his habit of farting as he came , or that I had once worn his pyjamas while she blew me ? |
| 3 | He let Turgenev know that he had enjoyed his Sportsman 's Sketches , but his interest in them probably derived from his love of hunting rather than from the fact that the stories cast aspersions on serfdom . |
| 4 | Today he made a humiliating climb down in the Commons and demonstrated that he 'd lost his political touch — that he did n't realise how upset the voters would be if he put 30,000 — going on 100,000 — people out of work . |
| 5 | A romantic orphan , though , who was able to accept that he had caused his brother to suffer . |
| 6 | The television was switched on , Omi started a new piece of crochet-work , Herr Nordern abandoned his statistics , Frau Nordern her reports , and Paul , boldly and half-truthfully announcing that he had finished his homework , joined Erika on the sofa to watch a good thriller on West German television . |
| 7 | Dersingham had added that he 'd had his whisky at ten-thirty and gone up half an hour later . |
| 8 | She bit her lip , remembering that awful time when the news had come that he had lost his life in the fire that had demolished his holiday hotel — and how the tragedy , for her , had turned into a nightmare . |
| 9 | In her heart , Tallis had known that Scathach would not wait for her , but it still came as a shock to find that he had betrayed his word to her . |
| 10 | To find that she 'd pinched his windpipe shut . |
| 11 | and found that he had hardened his views and was most obstructive and unhelpful . |
| 12 | In their third session , Peter reported that he had had his annual pay increase and said , ‘ I think I 'm earning enough for Susie to stop working . |
| 13 | Albert realized that he had forgotten his report , but trusted his memory to make it up . |
| 14 | When the press noted the change in tone , Hitler agreed that he had altered his stance , but only to the extent , he said , that he had earlier been too mild , and had realized while at work on Mein Kampf that the ‘ Jewish Question ’ was one not solely for the German people , but for all peoples , ‘ for Juda is the world plague ’ . |
| 15 | Since the war had interrupted his career as a merchant , Peto needed to find an alternative outlet for his many talents and interests , and when childhood friend Ervin Marton , a photographer and designer domiciled in France , introduced him to photography , he quickly realised that he had found his true artistic vocation . |
| 16 | Herr Nordern 's temper was n't improved when , having caught the S-Bahn , he realised that he had left his book of tickets in his other Jacket . |
| 17 | A further campaign development occurred on June 28 when Lee Jong Chan announced that he had abandoned his plan to contest the presidential elections as an independent candidate . |
| 18 | After losing to the little Chinese-American again , this time by 6-3 , 6-4 , he admitted that he had changed his mind . |
| 19 | Without wasting time , she managed to close the door , having noticed that he 'd removed his foot the minute he 'd become a little uncomfortable . |
| 20 | Since he was practising alternative medicine under the guise of orthodox medicine the committee believed that he had misled his patients and that this amounted to professional misconduct . |
| 21 | Piggy believed that he had overcome his disabilities and looked at himself in a very different way from the other boys . |
| 22 | She ceased to wonder that he had survived his long ordeal of flight and hiding and hunger ; he was durable beyond most men . |
| 23 | It seemed that they had exceeded his instructions . |
| 24 | ‘ A friend of yours called Bunny rang last night and told you not to forget that you 're playing at Christopher 's place this morning , ’ said Doogie , then nodded to himself , pleased that he 'd remembered his lines . |
| 25 | He turned , pleased that she had used his name . |
| 26 | I noticed that he had pressed his elbows into the desk to stop his hands shaking . |
| 27 | He had changed his clothes , his hair , his moustache and his expression , but could she really believe that he had changed his most secret thoughts and beliefs ? |
| 28 | We must remember that he had started his active life as a lawyer and as a student of rhetoric , and he is using a common figure of rhetoric , hyperbole , within carefully controlled limits . |
| 29 | Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes . |
| 30 | Montaigne claimed that he had obtained his information by careful interrogation of a " plain simple fellow " who had lived for more than ten years in the French Huguenot colony which had been established around 1 540 close to modern Rio de Janeiro . |