Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , because … well , naturally when I took the job I did n't realise that I would come to dislike him so much . |
| 3 | I would be more than thankful and hopeful that I may have helped him in return for the inspiration he has given me . |
| 4 | You 'd better warn him that I 'll expect to see him some time tomorrow , if he does n't feel up to an interview this evening , that is ! ’ |
| 5 | I dedicate this article to the memory of Eric Mosley who helped me so much in the early days of my research , to George Wyndham Parker for his encouragement , and to Jack Alcock , without whom this article would never have been possible , my only wish is that I could have met him in person . |
| 6 | And the other thing is that it 's erm er , er Jeremy had er er , inadvertently really , er I , I know that I could have crowned him when he did it , but he was getting er , taking the lamp from the bookcase erm , which is at the end of the bookcase through to his own room to use temporarily because in trying to get the shade off his , the old one there , he , he snapped the fitting , and why , when he did that , erm , he er , disconnected the phone and of course , wiped out all the memory you know , the numbers that that you put in ! |
| 7 | That 's something I do n't sa , not so matter that I could have told him ! |
| 8 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 9 | I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK . |
| 10 | He was playing so well at The Belfry ( Lawrence Batley International ) in his practice rounds , especially , that I should have known he was going to do something special . |
| 11 | But she also foresaw that very thing — I mean , she foresaw that she would go to save him . |
| 12 | They gave themselves to each other naturally , confident that she would take and hold as he would thrust and that she would give to let him thrust again — long and deep , longer and deeper , longer and deeper still — till both their hearts were thudding and each was lost in the act . |
| 13 | Just because she did n't know how to ride a motorbike or even want to , it was unfair that she should try to stop him . |
| 14 | ‘ You may bring a woman photographer , ’ Felipe de Santis said coldly , turning back to her with an astonished look that she should consider questioning him . |
| 15 | He studied the hand , then her face for a couple of seconds as if mildly amazed that she should wish to touch him . |
| 16 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's wearing herself out getting him to notice her so that she can pretend to ignore him . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Nothing , ’ Lucy said , taking another chair from by the wall and bringing it over so that she could sit facing him across the desk . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't want your damn services as escort ! ’ she blazed at him , so angry that she could have hit him again . |
| 20 | He was so close that she could have touched him , and she wanted to touch him . |
| 21 | Her desire for such a life was so passionate , and her gratitude to Walter for this glimpse of it was so great that she could have kissed him in the street , and later that day she did in fact allow him to undo her brassiere strap without a word of protest . |
| 22 | He persuaded the court that she must have raped him . |
| 23 | ‘ Are you quite sure , then , that you will come to see him ? ’ |
| 24 | When we indicated that we would like to clear him on the spot he was very reluctant to let us on board saying that the boat was " in a hell of a mess " ! |
| 25 | Probably if ‘ Damnation Derek ’ had bothered to talk to people and get to know them a bit before preaching at them , he would have discovered that they would want to ask him some questions about what he believed . |
| 26 | A group of Scots taken prisoner at Solway Moss , the earls of Glencairn and Cassillis , lords Fleming , Maxwell , Somerville and others , obtained their release and were sent back to Scotland when they signed a request to Henry that he should take Mary into his care , with the intention of marrying her to his son , the future Edward VI ; their offer that they would help to bring him to power in Scotland , should Mary die , was kept entirely secret . |
| 27 | It could be argued that they might help to identify him , but it was felt that they might relate to another crime and that if we started talking about them it might put whoever was responsible on his guard . |
| 28 | He imparts it so generously to his readers that they may wish to follow him themselves . |
| 29 | He could have complained that they should have asked him earlier . |
| 30 | ‘ unless a defendant is assured that information given in response to an order for disclosure can not and thus will not be used as evidence at his trial for the offences charged , he may well be entitled to refuse to supply the information on the ground that it would tend to incriminate him . |