Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [that] he was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shot a 69 , three-under-par , and although it was n't leading , it did n't change my thinking that he was going to be there at the finish . |
| 2 | Sometimes , not feeling confident in her judgement that he was playing up , she let him stay . |
| 3 | It had crossed her mind that he was using her , but was n't she using him ? |
| 4 | There was no doubt in her mind that he was doing this deliberately and it drove her to forcefulness . |
| 5 | Even the dogs would be hushed as she told the story of the highwayman who came riding , riding by , or the shipwrecked sailor lost in a terrible storm , or the faithful lady who died by the gun to warn her lover that he was riding into a Roundhead trap . |
| 6 | But he was incapable of saying more , and instead seized her in a bearlike hug , heedless of her cry that he was squashing her . |
| 7 | Resistance might have been easier if he had been , not that her belief that he was had been enough to stop her succumbing to him once . |
| 8 | The claim is currently being considered by the Adjudication Officer who is awaiting a reply from the employer regarding Mr. Docherty 's response to their claim that he was dismissed for misconduct . |
| 9 | One of the boarders was a clergyman , the Reverend Baron from Cheshire , and he , finding her at every turn with the Bible open , praised her devotion , which released from her such loud protestations of her unworthiness that he was stopped in his tracks . |
| 10 | His expression was unreadable , but she knew from the hot breath flowing over her breasts that he was finding the procedure as erotic as she was . |
| 11 | Hummel was so concerned with tempo that he had it written into his contract that he was to have control over all tempos during his 18-year tenure at Weimar . |
| 12 | But he probably could n't believe his luck that he was going out with you that night . |
| 13 | His trip here was a homecoming , and there were times when I could see in his eyes that he was reliving his first memories . |
| 14 | She could see in his eyes that he was thinking the same , as in a flat tone he told her , ‘ Point taken . |
| 15 | ‘ Normally , when I hit anybody with that punch they do n't get up , but as Ruddock was getting to his feet I just kept watching him and I could tell by his eyes that he was hurting bad . |
| 16 | I could see in his eyes that he was wondering why he had been advised to consult such a lunatic . |
| 17 | So complete was his disguise that he was circumcised before the journey . |
| 18 | Trent shouted with all his force that he was going about . |
| 19 | Maria was momentarily gripped by an odd , angry despair in response to his denial that he was having an affair with Cavell . |
| 20 | And Dyson knew from the depth of humility and reverence in his inflection that he was getting a larger fee than even Lord Boddy . |
| 21 | He heard that Daniels had set fire to his car after telling his wife that he was going to ‘ lose ’ it and tell police it had been stolen . |
| 22 | We had embarked two such affairs in the last year ; the most memorable being an English lawyer who had arrived with his French mistress , but only after telling his wife that he was attending a legal conference in Brussels and , to preserve the lie , he had been forced to hide every inch of his pallid skin in case a sun-tan betrayed him . |
| 23 | He also informed his father that he was to compose a two-act opera entitled Alexandre et Roxane as well as a sinfonia concertante for his Mannheim friends . |
| 24 | Swift said of his Examiner that he was writing " to the Vulgar , more than the Learned " , whilst Leslie saw his Rehearsal as intended for the " common people " who had been poisoned by the pernicious principles of the Whigs . |
| 25 | No FA inquiry into his claim that he was struck on the head by a coin thrown from stand occupied by Millwall fans . |
| 26 | ( 72 ) This was the last time in his life that he was heard to raise his voice . |
| 27 | ‘ No , it ent , ’ and Willie knew by the certainty in his voice that he was telling the truth . |
| 28 | Cotton took an appointment as golf director at Royal Waterloo Golf Club , telling his friends that he was testing the theory that absence really did make the heart grow fonder . |
| 29 | ‘ You do n't think … there could have been something … dark in his past that he was trying to hide , do you ? ’ |
| 30 | He gave his word that he was going to land but he did n't " . |