Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He made out that he 'd gone to take a nostalgic look at it , and of course he never said he 'd tried to get in , or that he 'd been before … |
| 2 | He realised suddenly that he had to go to the bathroom . |
| 3 | He realised too that he needed to know about both . |
| 4 | When I reminded him that I had given expert advice and spent time and petrol on his call , he agreed reluctantly that I had a case . |
| 5 | He realized afterwards that he had known for years , that there were a hundred fine details that he had chosen to ignore about her behaviour , her phone conversations , the times of her comings and goings . |
| 6 | It was only once he got outside that he became aware of what the good people were chanting . |
| 7 | He swallowed his pride and kept quiet , but was so furious when he got home that he hurled his hated casts into the coalbin . |
| 8 | He revealed earlier that he had no illusions about his chances of persuading US President Bush to lift economic sanctions against South Africa , but he expressed confidence that South Africa could now demonstrate clear evidence that a process of political change had begun , including moves towards negotiations and a new constitution . |
| 9 | I do n't know how he found out that she belonged to that lass , but find out he has . |
| 10 | He 's only recently started to take notice of Hannah like take her swimming and that on and since he found out that she 's got a heart murmur and that 's what it 's like , cos he for tea on the way back , and then he bathed the children and put them to bed , and last night no , what he put them all in the bath again , put that down again |
| 11 | He claimed later that he had done so for the reason that a few months earlier he had sold a stallion to Dunlop which had died within a few weeks and that his motive had been to recompense Dunlop for his loss . |
| 12 | Simultaneously the ball reached Breig at silly mid-off. he claimed later that he reacted instinctively on seeing Kalli several yards out of his ground , threw down the bowler 's wicket and appealed . |
| 13 | ’ He commented brusquely that he 'd seen her in it before — at the concert . |
| 14 | He stated categorically that he had no doubts that the parents in this case were innocent . |
| 15 | When I did emerge to eat , he remarked gloomily that he 'd managed to stick them to the bottom of the pan . |
| 16 | He fancied too that he felt the cold less than they did . |
| 17 | ‘ Before you can convict you must he satisfied so that you feel sure — which is the same thing as being satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of the defendant 's guilt . ’ |
| 18 | Nine ladies dancing he decided perhaps that she had ordered the extra milk in case they got thirsty . |
| 19 | He knew well that you opened the front door to walk into the kitchen . |
| 20 | He knew also that he had n't the right to refuse . |
| 21 | He knew too that she had a lover called Joe Landau by whom she was not pregnant . |
| 22 | He was not clear about it , had no notion of his objective or destination ; he knew only that he had once felt filled with high sense of purpose , that aimlessness had not then been his condition , but a starry conviction . |
| 23 | He knew then that something had happened to Rosie . |
| 24 | He knew then that they wanted him alive . |
| 25 | He knew then that she spoke the truth . |
| 26 | And he knew now that he wanted her , wanted her when it was obvious that she did n't want him and would never again risk rejection . |
| 27 | I am bound to say that his personality and his voice with his Glasgow accent were a little disconcerting at first ( I felt rather as if I were being addressed by my highly educated carpenter ) , but he inspired me with such confidence as he went on that I forgot that , and of course one has to recognise that a new era in political life has dawned for England , the old aristocratic school is practically swept out of it , it is the dawn of the new " regime " . |
| 28 | He felt acutely that he lacked the authenticity that the popular vote bestows upon a leader . |
| 29 | In fact he had worried about it so much that he felt now that he had done it all . |
| 30 | He asserted explicitly that he appealed ‘ not … to the feelings or the passions of the House but to the stubborn facts , incapable of contradiction ’ . |