Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] [verb] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was ultimately forced to see that the realistic tradition had proved too strong for his friends and for him : ‘ Jack did n't kill the giant . ’ |
| 2 | When he launched a well-timed attack on the greed of the boss class and their salary increases he was again made to feel that he had spoken out of turn . |
| 3 | Even though he was looking forward to the day when she moved on , he was already beginning to sense that her leaving would be something of a wrench . |
| 4 | He was later heard to say that seldom had he juggled on such a fine surface . |
| 5 | He was thus encouraged to believe that the Cambridge Board entertained some doubt over the strength of its case for unilateral action and was therefore anxious to reach a negotiated agreement with the WEA prior to making any application for additional Chapter III providing powers . |
| 6 | He was somewhat mollified to find that Armstrong was a cab and he could ride in the back and scowl at me , but he knew I thought it was a lousy idea going down to Brixton to track down Lewis Luther . |
| 7 | He was somewhat consoled to find that she seemed to be genuinely interested . |
| 8 | She wound her arms about his knees and dragged him laboriously across the gravel into the safe , thick grass ; his right cheek suffered , but he was hardly going to hold that against her if he survived . |
| 9 | So now he was gradually coming to see that there were several sides to every question . |