Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] he [vb past] [vb pp] [pron] " 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 | I gathered from Doone 's face that it was n't the type of answer he 'd expected , but he pulled out a notebook and wrote down the reply as given , checking that he 'd got it right . |
| 3 | She told Spruce more or less what she 'd told the Archdeacon of her contact with Mrs Marr in London at St Sylvester 's Betterhouse mentioning Racy without revealing that he 'd phoned her on Sunday . |
| 4 | Seeing that he had frightened her , Mungo tried to soften the blow . |
| 5 | Abashed , realising that he had overheard her conversation with Victoria , Shelley did n't try to make excuses . |
| 6 | Even now he could n't stop himself from making a comic routine out of it : looking at his fingers , his face screwed up in disgust , pretending that he 'd found something unspeakably revolting in the depths of his pocket . |
| 7 | She shrugged casually , hating to spoil the impression of intimacy between herself and Piers by confessing that he had told her nothing . |
| 8 | He went to look for it , remembering that he had used it a couple of times since October , trying to take the plugs out of the estate car . |
| 9 | ‘ I could get anyone under the spell , ’ he says , adding that he had hypnotised their maid ( as Breavman had in The Favourite Game ) and feared that he had driven her insane by it ! |
| 10 | Sally-Anne , her heart thudding in the strangest way when he asked her this , as though he had said something much more intimate , and then suddenly understanding by the ambiguous way in which he had spoken that he had offered her other games than chess , and his wicked expression betraying that he had seen her confusion , flushed , and he added softly , so that Matey could not hear him , ‘ Come , McAllister , give me your answer — you surely wish to please the Master in every way possible , ’ the last bit in a fake American accent so bad that she laughed out loud . |
| 11 | ( He started the talk by saying that he had misled us , its true title was ‘ An Excuse for Vic Smith to Look at His Railway Slides Again ’ ! ) |
| 12 | At a press conference the following day , Koffigoh called for calm and for the restoration of state authority , saying that he had regained his freedom of movement and had returned to his residence . |
| 13 | His sisters and brothers-in-law would now concern themselves with his property , his effects and his will , assuming that he had left one , which , having known George , wag by no means a foregone conclusion . |
| 14 | Yet he could return to Cairo with a justifiable sense of pride in knowing that he had delivered what he had promised . |
| 15 | But he knew he was well known for knowing that he 'd got you . |
| 16 | This year he was not doing so , claiming that he had left it too late to make arrangements . |
| 17 | When , sensing that he had left her alone in more ways than one , the woman asked him to come back to bed , he had not turned to look at her but instead remained silent a moment longer . |
| 18 | He absorbed another spoonful of nursery food , thinking that he had said something rather good which could be used in next week 's article . |
| 19 | Whether or not he was right in thinking that he had allowed his music to be led by and all but overwhelmed by Auden 's words Paul Bunyan marked the end of his close collaboration with Auden . |
| 20 | The difficulties that a Martian or child might have with such a system are neatly illustrated in the following Yiddish story : A melamed [ Hebrew teacher ] discovering that he had left his comfortable slippers back in the house , sent a student after them with a note for his wife . |
| 21 | ( 10 ) He would concoct anecdotes and then he 'd tell them to me over and over again , you know , obviously not realizing that he 'd told them to me before . |
| 22 | Feeling that he had done what he could , Redpath walked back to the steps . |
| 23 | If he could confront physical danger and win he could go to bed feeling that he had achieved something with his day . |
| 24 | He fell to his knees , buried his head in the grass , feeling that he had lost his chance in that moment . |
| 25 | McLeish made a conscientious note , feeling that he had got himself sidetracked off the more interesting question of Angela Morgan 's capital investment in Yeo Davis . |
| 26 | In the meantime , in the Paris suburb of Montfermeil , the mayor refused to register children of immigrant descent in his town 's primary school , declaring that he 'd filled his quota of foreign children . |
| 27 | He saw himself , ten years on , a querulous old man complaining in self-pity : What company have my children ever been to me ? — and forgetting that he had sent them so lightly away from him , Blanche across the sea to Heidelberg , to a husband she had never seen ; Philippa , possibly , to remote Denmark ; Thomas , only this Spring , to be titular governor and keep his court in Ireland , and try to make good the wrack and ruin of castles and garrisons there . |