Example sentences of "[adj] that he have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if he came prepared to kill it was odd that he had relied on seizing the first convenient weapon ; unless , of course , he knew that the mallet would be ready to hand . |
| 2 | It seems possible that he had worked as a journeyman for Rastell on some part of the massive volumes of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert 's Graunde abbregement , 1516 , and its Table , 1517 ( Short-Title Catalogue 10954–5 ) . |
| 3 | No alarm as yet ; it 's quite possible that he 's gone for one of his walks or he may be shopping or just visiting someone , but I 'm concerned . ’ |
| 4 | Her general condition was so weak that he had arranged for the doctors to take special care of her , financially assisted as usual by Theo . |
| 5 | His army colleagues are upset that he has admitted in his book that the government was behind the killing of an estimated 10,000 people in a ten-day crack-down on ’ organised ’ crime in Jakarta in 1983 . |
| 6 | He was glad that he had expressed to her , however blunderingly , what he felt . |
| 7 | " Fell overboard , " Rowe explained , and the other crew members stood around shame-faced , each conscious that he had shared in the incompetence which had prevented the recovery of their skipper . |
| 8 | It had been Dalrymple 's idea to require the clan chiefs to take the oath of allegiance and it became obvious that he had hoped for an opportunity to punish one clan as an example to the others . |
| 9 | Her brother had been in the bathroom , but he was so drugged that he had slumped against the wall and slept in a haze through the remainder of the night . |
| 10 | HIS left foot is pointing away from her , which shows he is not confident that he has succeeded in his attempt to dominate her . |
| 11 | I smiled , nodding my head , not unhappy that he 'd jumped to the wrong conclusions , but surprised that he did n't know the secret of paying by instalments . |
| 12 | But he may also have intended to remind those present that he had come to the throne as a result of the treaty he had made with Edmund , which according to Florence of Worcester established peace , friendship and brotherhood between them . |
| 13 | He was manipulating her shamelessly and it was intensely irritating that he had homed in so accurately on the most effective way of doing it — not by bullying , but by appealing to her competitive instincts . |
| 14 | The staff listed consists only of the chancellor , one of the greatest of the royal officers , whose wages were five shillings a day , the master of the writing-office , who originally had tenpence a day , but Robert de Sigillo had made himself so indispensable that he had risen into the two shilling class , and the chaplain in charge of the chapel and relics . |
| 15 | ‘ We sang it as a song in Junior School , ’ he admitted , but Anne was still happy that he had thought of it . |
| 16 | But it was surely unlikely that he had talked over the idea with someone who was little better than a stranger . |
| 17 | Although certainly no fan of Guns N'Roses and their offensive lyrics , I am pleased that he has spoken about the still largely-hidden subject of male sexual assault . |
| 18 | Sartre records that by 1920–21 , the personal predicament of Nizan 's father had become so desperate that he had taken to disappearing at frequent intervals from the family home at night , disappearances which Sartre interprets as " attempted suicides " . |
| 19 | She is furious that he has married beneath him , but appalled when her vicious attack on him threatens to end their relationship for ever . |
| 20 | The right hon. Gentleman still has the ability to mislead the young that he has shown in his distinguished past . |
| 21 | Howard is relieved and pleased that his younger self could pass such a test ; to have been in his own company for fifteen minutes or more , and to have been so opaque and convincing that he 'd seemed to be like anyone else . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's particularly disappointing that he 's gone to another English club . |
| 23 | He should be satisfied that he 'd succeeded in destroying her calm façade . |
| 24 | I am not in the least surprised that he has fallen in love with you . ’ |
| 25 | Opening heavy lids , she found that he was staring at her with burning eyes , yet she was aware that he 'd imposed on himself an icy control . |
| 26 | She was aware that he 'd rocked with the insult , but was too furious and shaken to care . |
| 27 | Suddenly she was aware that he had moved in closely behind her and before she even had time to think his arms went round her . |