Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] that he was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why was Roger Seelig told by someone giving medical advice several months after his trial began that he was on the verge of a mental breakdown , yet last week he was roaring up the M4 in his Porsche to look after his two properties ? |
| 2 | The victim , anxious to co-operate , would open his mouth to confirm that he was , indeed , everything the man had just said , only to be told to shut up . |
| 3 | The set of his mouth suggested that he was angry , and Lindsey felt the dull colour rising in her cheeks as she wondered why . |
| 4 | Early water-colours show him already using some of the techniques of miniature painting , and the scale and meticulous detail of all his work suggest that he was truly a miniaturist at heart . |
| 5 | Another completely unknown actor , also thirty but looking much younger , named Dustin Hoffman , impressed director Mike Nichols so much in his off-Broadway plays that he was running favourite , despite his lack of experience . |
| 6 | We understood his need to feel that he was special , that someone was looking after him , and wished he could draw strength from us , rather than locking himself in his fantasies . |
| 7 | His name suggests that he was the scion of one of the great families of fifth-century Gaul , a family , indeed , which Sidonius held in great esteem . |
| 8 | Clarence had sexual intercourse with his wife knowing that he was suffering from venereal disease and without disclosing this fact to her . |
| 9 | His blue eyes were gazing far away and his wife knew that he was thinking of that distant evening when he and Mrs Curdle had first met , on just such an April evening , many years ago . |
| 10 | In addition , entries in his diary indicate that he was both copying and selling these films . |
| 11 | His career suggests that he was capable of combining a sense of duty with an urge to self-help . |
| 12 | If the proxy was signed by the proxyholder himself , he can not vote in favour of any remuneration being paid to himself unless he produced written authorisation from his principal showing that he was entitled to sign the proxy . |
| 13 | ‘ Smile , ’ he said , his voice indicating that he was certainly grinning like a Cheshire cat . |
| 14 | Then the Dutch representative in his turn alleged that he was being asked to accept a position implying mere equality with that of the duke of Savoy , which was contrary to his instructions : he therefore also refused to attend . |
| 15 | For example , there was not much sympathy for Erwin when his employer observed that he was ‘ clever but lazy ’ . |
| 16 | He successfully accomplished his design by the simple expedient of walking out of the gaol disguised as a workman while his doctor pretended that he was ill and confined to bed . |
| 17 | He did n't want his Dad to think that he was interested in fixing his bike . |
| 18 | His mother complained that he was completely out of her control . |
| 19 | His mother writes that he was |
| 20 | The charges were dropped when his family proved that he was nowhere near Reading on 22 June . |
| 21 | Even when he was awake a feeding tube in his throat meant that he was unable to speak . |
| 22 | Wheeler , who was junior to them both , who had contrived to have the best set of rooms in the office and who had successfully requested both men to wait on him , cleared his throat to announce that he was ready to start the discussion . |
| 23 | If it can not be shown that the person uttering the remarks intended to induce his victim to believe that he was about to engage in violence himself , or intended to provoke the object of his remarks into using unlawful violence , what will be termed here the objective conditions come into operation . |