Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] that he [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was better known as a spirited champion of atheism , so many people do not realize that he believed in God until he was eighteen . |
| 2 | The fact that the accused 's wife spent money on their flat does not mean that he assisted in the disposal of money stolen by the wife : Coleman [ 1986 ] Crim LR 56 . |
| 3 | In the provinces of the empire , however , there was no choice of magistrates : the provincial governor ( or a deputy appointed by him ) heard all cases , whether they were based on the civil law or not ; and we can hardly expect that he switched from one procedure to another according to which kind of case he was hearing . |
| 4 | One of the reasons they all became friends was that Wally 's mum and dad did n't mind that he bunked off school all the time . |
| 5 | Safi was obviously excited by something , but his usual bonhomie was so much in evidence that we could n't imagine that he knew of anything ghastly in the offing . |
| 6 | You 'd certainly never guess that he suffered from arthritis … that was the chair cracking … not his hip . |
| 7 | The warrior pharaoh Tuthmosis III referred to the hour indicated by the sun 's shadow at a critical juncture of one of his campaigns in Asia , and it would therefore seem that he carried with him a portable sun-clock . |