Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] [noun] that [vb past] him " in BNC.

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1 It was only my threat that stopped him because if his hand had touched me I would have walked out of this house that very minute and I would n't have had to go far .
2 Nathan thought bitterly about how it was only his abnormality that made him suitable for Leila 's purposes .
3 ‘ He is held in thrall to the Dark Ireland , but it was not my enchantment that chained him . ’
4 But it was n't his deeds that made him a Christian , it was his trust in Jesus Christ .
5 THOUGH FATHER MCGIFF ADMITTED to himself that he was no longer a youngster , he knew it was n't his age that had him suddenly welcoming autumn and winter far more than he had ever welcomed spring and summer .
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