Example sentences of "[vb past] that he [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once he frogmarched a knocker out of a press conference , although it transpired that he could hardly wait to see what the victim wrote next . |
| 2 | Although Ramsay proposed that he should lead the decoy party , under the royal standard , Murray insisted that he himself must do that , as was suitable . |
| 3 | On Oct. 29 Walesa proposed that he should himself serve as both President and Prime Minister for a guaranteed two years . |
| 4 | He said that he and two other members of staff tried to restrain Mr Dodd who shouted that he would kill Mr Maguire . |
| 5 | He then shouted that he would burn the place down . ’ |
| 6 | He promised that He would build his church . |
| 7 | Mr and Mrs Jonesy apologised to Dad for their son 's behaviour and promised that he would get ‘ what 's comin' to 'im when we get 'ome ’ . |
| 8 | But Mr Chirac promised that he would give his full support to the government , expressing criticism only in private to Mr Balladur . |
| 9 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |
| 10 | In his acceptance speech Göncz made particular mention of leading opponents of the Soviet intervention of 1956 as his friends and mentors and promised that he would " serve the nation 's independence , free thought , the free word , the idea of free faith in a homeland , the defence of social justice which is fulfilled in human rights … [ and ] Hungarian democracy " . |
| 11 | He denied opposition claims that he was a hardliner , however , and promised that he would take " a rational and reasonable approach " towards the current unrest , rather than employing " harsh measures " . |
| 12 | On Oct. 16 the Romanian National Assembly approved by 324 votes to seven the new Council of Ministers proposed by Prime Minister-designate Theodor Stolojan , who undertook to accelerate reforms and promised that he would continue his political neutrality and would not stand in the forthcoming ( 1992 ) elections . |
| 13 | The payment made to Olaf Tryggvason in 994 , for example , seems to have been part of a deal in which Olaf agreed to be confirmed ( with Æthelred standing sponsor ) , and promised that he would never return to England . |
| 14 | According to Goscelin 's account of the translation of the relics of St Mildred from Thanet to St Augustine 's Canterbury , written in the late eleventh century , Cnut went to Canterbury as he was setting out for Rome and promised that he would allow the translation if he returned safely . |
| 15 | He referred Dawn to a neurosurgeon , who promised that he could operate to cure the spasticity which kept causing her muscles to tense up involuntarily . |
| 16 | Karrimor 's project development engineer demonstrated that he could do shoulder high kicks just as easily wearing with its 20kg load as without . |
| 17 | Odinga ridiculed the attempt and maintained that he would continue as chairman . |
| 18 | James maintained that he could issue dispensations from the provisions of this Act by the royal prerogative , an opinion which was upheld by the judges in the test case of Godden v. Hales in June 1686 , although it required a purge of the judicial bench to achieve a verdict favourable to the Crown . |
| 19 | For a start , the resident sound engineer did n't like it , because he had n't been consulted about its introduction and he maintained that he should be responsible for all sound equipment . |
| 20 | The star , who is 55 today , joked that he would treat wife Jenni to the slap-up meal . |
| 21 | Louis joked that he must be getting old ‘ when ladies declare war against me ’ , but it proved an ill judged jest . |
| 22 | There were those who doubted that he would win even one major title . |
| 23 | She doubted that he would ever have had reason to suggest that to Nicole . |
| 24 | Hope had written an evasive reply which he would frank and give to George Wood to post for him but he doubted that he could deter him for much longer . |
| 25 | After a closer inspection of the young man , I doubted that he could help anyone . |
| 26 | Somehow she doubted that he 'd now ever believe she was innocent of her father 's plans , and that , if her father was successful in forcing Ace 's hand , she would be the one who would suffer . |
| 27 | About 12 months ago Innes mentioned that he could be interested in a rugby league offer after the World Cup , and so it was not a surprise that he was tagged by the cheque-book boys in Britain . |
| 28 | And Father Kipling mentioned that he 'd like to help you . |
| 29 | Benson was a large , calm man in his early sixties , grey of hair , cherubic and cheerful of countenance , and wearing a sports jacket , flannels and polo jersey , all of varying shades of grey and all so lived in , comfortable and crumpled that he could well have inherited them from his grandfather . |
| 30 | He found that he could make a speech — that is , he could think on his feet , and not be at a loss for words . |