Example sentences of "[pers pn] [that] his [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And if I tell thee that his Guavas , Pawpaws , Ginger and Lime are in such plenty that yearly he makes abundance of wet sweetmeats , of his own growth that serves his table and makes presents to his friends . |
| 2 | Thee will not think I talk figuratively when I tell thee that his pine apple stove is sixty feet long , twenty feet wide and height proportionable . |
| 3 | Nothing that the Minister has said today convinces me that his heart and his mind have been won over to the case for a funding council . |
| 4 | Certainly , Mr Wheeler convinced me that his company was going to huge lengths to keep itself clean . |
| 5 | And we 'd like you to give it a good , hard look , ’ he says , in a voice meant to remind me that his company has a great deal of money lodged with us . |
| 6 | Pauline O'Brien said : ‘ He told me that his wife was leaving him and that she was having a baby that was not his . |
| 7 | He told me that his wife had left him and she had told him that the baby she was carrying was not his . ’ |
| 8 | But the possibility of them convinces me that his discretion to refuse is not absolute or unfettered . |
| 9 | Richard told me that his interpretation of Prince Hal caused some trouble with the director who was himself playing Falstaff and consequently wanted no serious note to disturb the comedy of the tavern scenes . |
| 10 | He told me that his happiness was leaving with me and … |
| 11 | A Downing Street statement in the Prime Minister 's name said : ‘ King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has told me that his government has made available £1.5 billion for the Al Yamamah government-to-government defence programme . |
| 12 | Herbert told me that his government , saddened by so many post-war feature films in which heroic Allies and horrid Nazis went on refighting old battles ( to me no more than the modern equivalent of cowboys and Indians ) was much impressed by the non-partisan nature of my films and books , and intended to give public expression of their approval . |
| 13 | ‘ Hello , my dear , ’ he said to his sister , but it seemed to me that his voice was not completely friendly . |
| 14 | He told me that his squadron landed at Singapore and took the surrender of the Japanese pending the arrival of the Burma army or the Navy . |
| 15 | A new member there tells me that his subscription has suddenly doubled and he now feels he joined without being told the facts . |
| 16 | To this point was Wordsworth come , as far as I can conceive when he wrote ‘ Tintern Abbey ’ and it seems to me that his Genius is explorative of those dark Passages .... |
| 17 | He told me that his marriage continued , shakily . |
| 18 | When I was allowed in the child abuse officer was in the chair and he told me that his behaviour was the behaviour of a child who was being sexually abused . |
| 19 | Somebody , an entertainer himself , once said to me that his idea of a perfect talk show host was someone you do n't remember seeing at the end of the programme . |
| 20 | ( One of the originators once told me that his memory of the first few weeks of the organization was of people literally waiting in turn to answer the phone every time it rang . ) |
| 21 | George Storr told me that his father , John Robert Storr , organised it originally and he himself was now involved in the organisation . |
| 22 | Which is interesting because he also tells me that his father expected him to follow him to Cambridge University . |
| 23 | Francis once told me that his father , Scott , had two or three that he knew about . |
| 24 | He told me that his father had died over the weekend … |
| 25 | However , I had to give in when , a few days later , Christopher returned from school and informed me that his teacher said a dog added to the character of a child and also taught compassion . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , although I knew that there would be no Castello di Blandings awaiting me — Eric had always gone to great lengths to tell me that his family was not at all grand or well-off-I said yes . |
| 27 | Mr Wheeler informs me that his family moved to Craven Arms from the Ross- on-Wye area . |
| 28 | A rheumatologist told me that his aim was to enable his patients to go on living their particular chosen lifestyle with the least possible hindrance and pain . |
| 29 | Mr Wood reported to me that his servants had never seen such splendour and , as they carried it up to my rooms — where it sits safely ! — they felt like pirates from the Spanish main , he said , hauling off the booty ! ’ |
| 30 | The junior minister at the Scottish Office , Allan Stewart , tells me that his role in matters such as mink in Shetland is no more than that ‘ essentially of a confirming authority ’ . |