Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] that he [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just for a moment she let her hand linger on his sleeve , then slowly withdrew it , wondering if she was glad or sorry that he had given her such an insight into what made him the man he was today . |
| 2 | Our visitor had little knowledge of the passions or indeed the psychology of small boys , for he casually admitted after a day or two that he had inscribed the Master 's name on the bat himself ! |
| 3 | Beethoven learnt more from Haydn than from anyone , and all that he had made his own from that study is put to fascinating use here ; but the music is no reversion , and has its own lightness and gaiety . |
| 4 | and went straight through the garden and all the the time and all that he 'd spent and he went straight just through the garden and knocked her . |
| 5 | That evening , as we walked through the village that Eric had never seen on our way to the orphanage , I felt proud and happy that he had come back . |
| 6 | Appalled at the dealer 's vulgarity and furious that he had changed the work , Modi told Chéron he was a cheapskate . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But all that he 'd said was , ‘ She 'll be along in about an hour . |
| 9 | Anthony put an arm around her shoulders and she looked at him , surprised but pleased that he had managed to touch her again . |