Example sentences of "that [pron] [be] [verb] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stopping to ask a local woman where I might find Dr Mareda , I discovered that I was speaking to his companion , Vera , and that I had stopped outside their front door . |
| 2 | He had my old measurements and I apologised for all that I was doing to his calculations . |
| 3 | Perhaps talking to her about Rob made him feel that someone was dancing on his own grave . |
| 4 | ‘ Ubaldo told me that someone was going behind his back , ’ she repeated . |
| 5 | Philip knew that she was irritated by his being there , that she wanted to be on her own . |
| 6 | Pete 's guess was that everybody in the valley knew something about her by now , and nearly all of them would know that she was staying in his house . |
| 7 | She was aware that she was trembling in his hold , but , when she suddenly realised that some of that trembling could be coming from Ven , only then did she realise the stress he was under , and , for him , she pushed through her own fear barrier . |
| 8 | It no longer occurred to Folly to doubt that Luke was telling the truth — and she knew that she was concentrating on his explanation simply as a shield against the other questions that hovered only a breath away . |
| 9 | She knew someone 's shaking hands were on Damian 's tie , pulling it loose , pushing his dark blue jacket to the floor , but they could n't be her hands — she would n't do such a thing ; and as their hoarse breathing mingled further she realised his shirt was completely unbuttoned and that she was staring at his bare chest and it was exactly as she had known it would be . |
| 10 | She had spent the evening smouldering with resentment after his callous dismissal of her father 's death , but now the biblical phrases Luke had employed earlier were suddenly hammering at her brain and heightening her agitation , although she suspected that she was playing into his hands by allowing them to do so . |
| 11 | ‘ May I point out that you 're sitting on his shoulder , not him on yours , ’ said the Thing . |
| 12 | May the merciful God hold his hand over us so that we are guided in his way and seek for peace which he has prepared for us . |
| 13 | She was worried about her husband ; it had been obvious for the past few days that something was preying on his mind . |
| 14 | At his death in 1917 , he bequeathed his entire collection of 1,279 artworks to the City of Philadelphia , stipulating that they be exhibited in his home . |
| 15 | To her horror , she saw that they were exposed to his avid gaze . |
| 16 | He was subtly changed now that they were flying to his mountain abode . |
| 17 | The fact that he does not explain anything about them probably means that they were known to his audience . |
| 18 | Once established , even man finds it difficult to change his trend of mind , even if he is aware that it is leading to his downfall . |
| 19 | Yanto laughed when he realised the old joker had palmed the sawdust and was allowing it to trickle in such a way as to give the impression that it was trickling from his ear . |
| 20 | The fact that it was used for his or another 's use could be established by questions and answers between the police and the defendant . |
| 21 | On seeing them escape , Shovel requested that he be shot with his own pistol , rather than return in disgrace . |
| 22 | ‘ Only that he 's living with his stepmother who 's younger than he is . |
| 23 | And I think the most disgusting thing of all is that Alan Sillitoe does n't show that he 's disgusted by his young man . |
| 24 | The European community on the other hand also saw a growth of output of over twenty percent , twenty three point seven percent but that gave rise not to eighteen million but to only six million additional jobs and I just say to the honourable gentleman the lesson for Europe is to go further down the route that I have suggested of further deregulation and less bureaucracy and a stable economic framework , than to go down the route that he is advocating in his short address and question to me . |
| 25 | That is the implied warranty given by any agent ( whether auctioneer or not ) that he is acting within his principal 's ( in this case the seller 's ) authority . |
| 26 | Thus , a director must know that he is connected with his company or a related company ; an officer or employee must know that he is connected with his company or a related company , and so on . |
| 27 | Thus , a director must know that he is connected with his company or a related company ; an officer or employee must know that he is connected with his company or a related company , and so on . |
| 28 | For instance , usury was not a sin in the Jewish laws so his way of living , which is seen as immoral by Christian terms , is justified by the fact that he is abiding by his own laws . |
| 29 | Later , Broderick admits that he was drawing on his own feelings about the death of his actor seven years ago , just as his career was taking off ( ‘ He watched everything I did , he was my big influence , and when I finally started to get work , he never got to see it ’ ) . |
| 30 | She stood silent , not knowing that he was struggling with his love for her . |