Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [that] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uncorrected homework will create a negative attitude in the student , leading him eventually to believe that the teacher is not really interested in his progress . |
| 2 | He did , and when he eventually learned that the child 's mother had committed suicide and that out of compassion the rag woman had taken her into her house to save her being put in the workhouse or farmed out , again they both agreed that the rag woman had worthy motives . |
| 3 | He sarcastically suggests that the story was probably invented ‘ to gratify some friends , who would be glad to hear what use can be made , even in point of life and manners , of a microscope ’ . |
| 4 | He bitterly regretted that the knife thrown during the banquet had not hit its target for he had recognised Corbett as a dangerous man . |
| 5 | May we have a change in our procedure for questioning the Leader of the House who last week announced the business for the following week even though he apparently knows that the election is to be called for 9 April and that the business will therefore be changed ? |
| 6 | He apparently believes that the construction ‘ to recommend that someone does something ’ is more correct than ‘ to recommend that someone do something ’ . |
| 7 | He merely maintained that the non-recurrence of the same complexes of qualities was a probability , not a certainty . |
| 8 | The Commander-in-Chief in 1939 felt it necessary to review his " troops ' ; and when he came to Driffield he obviously felt that the Occasion was so important that he spoke to the officers in one corner of the hangar and spoke to the sergeant pilots in another . |
| 9 | On the other hand , he obviously felt that the past exemplified virtues which he admired . |
| 10 | When they reached the Treasury , he obviously decided that the reward was no longer worth the effort and with a valedictory wave disappeared up Parliament Street . |
| 11 | He only knew that the speech had told and that he raised applause , and that he made some jokes which aroused laughter . |
| 12 | Whether Mick would have proposed this he did not know ; he only knew that the desire had been there ; but it seemed to be the pattern that she and her uncle left together at dinnertime . |
| 13 | On 3 August , Roberts and Cross met with Lawrence but he only said that the lorry story was ‘ hearsay ’ . |
| 14 | His 1932 work had been greeted with great interest and in 1958 he rightly decided that the news from ZETA merited a press conference . |
| 15 | He suddenly realised that the French really did believe that he was here on a secret and delicate diplomatic mission on Edward I 's behalf , that his interest in Alexander III 's death was mere drapery , a trick to conceal his true task . |
| 16 | He suddenly realized that the impact of this too-vivid memory had slowed him down and finally arrested him in the middle of the wet pavement Two girls in a shop-doorway were staring at him and giggling . |
| 17 | Is he just saying that the place he 's living in is a dump ? |
| 18 | For yesterday he arrogantly announced that the nation is in good shape . |
| 19 | ‘ You may as well accept that he 's going to be around for a while — until he finally accepts that the club 's not for sale . |
| 20 | Legend has it that Nigel Rudd was watching Magic Roundabout with his four year old son when he finally decided that the recession was too good an opportunity to miss . |
| 21 | Legend has it that Nigel Rudd was watching Magic Roundabout with his four year old son when he finally decided that the recession was too good an opportunity to miss |
| 22 | He soon realised that the Bible was full of journeys ! |
| 23 | He already knew that the knot of pressmen by the Lodge gates was swelling by the hour , and the Super intended to issue an interim statement to keep them happy . |
| 24 | Within a few days of his election he already knew that the way to realize this ‘ new Pentecost ’ was an Ecumenical Council . |
| 25 | He already mentioned that a girlfriend was back in town . |
| 26 | In none of his parables or stories or recorded interviews does he ever suggest that the material world is evil and that wealth is in itself bad . |
| 27 | Rolle stresses at the beginning the joy which is the obverse of the discipline : But although it is characteristic of Rolle 's writing to stress the joy of the contemplative , it would be a mistake to suppose that he ever suggests that the passage to it is easy : At the very start he warns against the specific danger attendant on solitary life — hallucination ; a point to remember when considering the arguments of those who tend to be distrustful of Rolle 's theology . |
| 28 | He still hoped that the Revolution would bring forth some good result , but could not suppress his fears : |
| 29 | Charlie was n't frightened of any Germans , but he still hoped that the war might come to an end quickly and that his father would return to Whitechapel and his routine of working at the docks during the day and drinking in the Black Bull at night But with no letters and only restricted news in the papers even Mr Salmon could n't tell him what was really happening at the front . |
| 30 | So , for thirty years Alfred Glynn had preserved this room as it had been when he still believed that the silk counterpane and the eiderdown would be the covers on his marriage bed . |