Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pers pn] [verb] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , at first sight he appears to deny that they existed in his own day . |
| 2 | He may very soon be trying to use that enormous power endowed by evolution to ensure parental acceptance of responsibility , to ensure that we pander to his every whim — if we let him , probably by screaming and indulging in ‘ tantrums ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Take care , ’ she whispered back , frightened by the sheer naked will to succeed that she surprised on his face . |
| 4 | It is not necessary to suppose that he acted on his own initiative , although this is implied in the Anonimalle Chronicle ( 11 , pp.158–9 ) : possibly his advisers felt that he might be less at risk than they themselves , and that in the circumstances a policy of temporary conciliation was the best course of action . |
| 5 | That is why he never took up any of the opportunities to teach that he had in his later life . ’ |
| 6 | He took a rather wrong-headed view of the history of the development of competition in these industries , although he will not be surprised to learn that I agree with his criticisms of the Labour amendment . |
| 7 | The court has no jurisdiction either to say that he erred in his application of the general law ( since the general law is not applicable to the decision ) or to reach a contrary view as to the effect of the domestic law ( since the visitor is the sole judge of such domestic law ) . |