Example sentences of "to him that [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It meant a lot to him that we try to create a novel . |
| 2 | Perhaps they meant it , but he died of a fever his first winter here and it must have seemed to him that they 'd broken a promise . |
| 3 | It was largely due to him that I managed to negotiate successfully with government officials and tribal chiefs during the months that followed . |
| 4 | When I saw his blue eyes open wide in surprise , I felt very sorry I had lied , and that evening , as soon as I found Joe alone for a moment , I confessed to him that I had lied about my visit to Miss Havisham . |
| 5 | I went on to say to him that I wished to make it clear that my disquiet did not relate to any particular name , but if in fact the names that I had heard turned out to be a correct report , and he published the List , the List would support legitimate criticism . |
| 6 | It occurred to him that he had reached the age when a man looks forward to his pleasures less keenly than in youth but is disproportionately aggrieved when his plans are upset . |
| 7 | She was so near to him that he had to close his eyes . |
| 8 | There , a former customer of the plaintiffs gave evidence that he had met the defendant in the street and mentioned to him that he had heard he had set up his own business and wanted the defendant to cut him a suit . |
| 9 | He followed them home with something of the elation of a successful spy , and when he eagerly observed Clare 's final self-abandonment in the porch it seemed to him that he had obtained some immensely pleasurable secret . |
| 10 | He remained in detention during the rebellion but stated in a letter published in the press that he had been responsible for it , a claim which was interpreted more as a dramatic personal gesture than a statement of fact ; earlier reports stated that the rebellion had been such a surprise to him that he had requested a pistol in order to shoot himself . |
| 11 | It seemed to him that he had intercepted some secret communication between them . |
| 12 | It seemed to him that he had come so far in discovering so much about his problem but was unable to bring about any substantial change . |
| 13 | Is it not the case that the right hon. Gentleman 's delay in coming to the House to announce his decision is because , when he looked at the facts , he was minded to reject the application but was told by the puppet master sitting next to him that he had to make a political decision ? |
| 14 | ‘ In Gloucestershire at their kennels and smallholding ? ’ he questioned , causing her to warm to him that he had remembered so much . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's all the more credit to him that he 's got his goals in this era . ’ |