Example sentences of "[vb past] [indef pn] that he " in BNC.

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1 The outcome of the local government election showed little change for the main parties , and SDLP MP Eddie McGrady said the Secretary of State would see the results revealed nothing that he did not already know .
2 In this very pub , one night , and told everyone that he was the Wimbledon poisoner .
3 Oh yes but he told somebody that he was a hairdresser .
4 Jesus once told a parable about a merchant who sold everything that he had , in order to buy one single pearl of immense value .
5 He 'd gone with one once , after a party , back to a flat with a friend of Dave 's , who 'd laughed at him and had eyes that made him feel he was being drawn into something he could n't stop , and when she shed her clothes and left them discarded on the floor he 'd stared , open-mouthed , aware of the noise inside his head , something to do with what he 'd drunk , he could still hear the music , and was aware too of the smell of some cologne that merged with hairspray and covered something that he did not want to know about , the dirt and dust of the room and the female odours that half-attracted and repelled him .
6 NICK FARR-JONES picked up a ball for the first time in three months and reminded everyone that he is the world 's best scrum-half .
7 When the drinks arrived , the stranger did something that he wanted nobody to see except me .
8 She stalked off before she said something that he might regret , stepping accidentally on one of the deactivated security drones now littering the Base , and cracking its delicate shell .
9 Between 1940 and 1960 , virtually nobody read anything that he had written .
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