Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [that] he [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The television was switched on , Omi started a new piece of crochet-work , Herr Nordern abandoned his statistics , Frau Nordern her reports , and Paul , boldly and half-truthfully announcing that he had finished his homework , joined Erika on the sofa to watch a good thriller on West German television . |
| 2 | Not out of Steve , anyway , who was saying nothing much , only affirming that he had bashed Charley to save his mother ; he had ‘ guessed ’ where she was . |
| 3 | As he had passed her in the little hall this morning a tendril of her silky black hair had brushed his ruined cheek , and the smell of it had been so distracting that he had feared for his composure . |
| 4 | Mr Patten spent much of yesterday emphasising that he wanted to respect local decisions , and that once the regions and his department had worked out overall allocations , it was for local electorates to decide where they put the bricks and mortar . |
| 5 | He came to see me some weeks later explaining that he had failed to get a job . |
| 6 | Maria met Cavell 's watchful sapphire eyes and a furious resentment gripped her , felt on Cavell 's behalf almost as much as her own , because Luke could n't have spoken to her as he had earlier , openly stating that he intended to make her his mistress , if he had had any real regard for Cavell , or women in general , for that matter . |
| 7 | At the moment he 's probably wishing that he 'd stuck to music . |
| 8 | Understandably thinking that he had achieved an odd escape , declarer gleefully played off three rounds of diamonds to discard his losing club , but now it was West who took the setting trick when he was able to ruff . |
| 9 | He was now regretting that he had brought Bigwig . |
| 10 | Without even realising that he 'd moved , he found himself standing by the door to her room . |
| 11 | While emphatically denying that he had acted improperly — Richardson claimed that his resignation was motivated by the desire to avoid damaging the ALP 's prospects in the next federal elections , due by mid-1993 — he admitted meeting Symons in his Senate office , writing a reference for him , and telephoning Amata Kabua , President of the Marshall Islands , after Symons was arrested . |
| 12 | He met both Shamir and Levy , reportedly stressing that he had found evidence of " new thinking " in Cairo and Riyadh . |
| 13 | Paul wanted to retch , and at the same time felt his member thrusting against his clothes ; there was no denying that he had wanted this , when all was said , for a long time . |
| 14 | It was as if he were truculently stating that he had gone as far towards her as he was prepared to go . |
| 15 | Mars-Jones J in Palacath Ltd v Flanagan [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 161 decided that a surveyor was not immune without specifically denying that he had acted as a quasi-arbitrator . |