Example sentences of "[vb -s] that he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is an intellectual man but since he has married , a woman who is quite the opposite of him , the reader often notices that he retreats to his library during the course of the book . |
| 2 | Duress that invalidates consent consists either of a credible threat to take substantial action against the agent or against a person or a cause that he values if he does not consent or in the taking of such actions against him or against persons or causes that he values with an offer to restore the situation if he does consent . |
| 3 | He also sent his brother a sketch of the little church at Turnham Green — together with a sketch of another church at Petersham — and he records that he returned to Turnham Green on a number of occasions subsequently . |
| 4 | Has he forgotten , within the past hour and a half , the belly laughs that he got from his own Back Benchers with his stories of social security fraud ? |
| 5 | Wipo , the biographer of the emperor Conrad II of Germany , says that he burst into tears after hearing a sermon delivered to him at his coronation in 1024 . |
| 6 | He says that he seemed like a nice chap . |
| 7 | She says that he thinks of her as Mum . |
| 8 | el-Kefevi likewise says that he came in the reign of Mehmed I and adds " during the decade of the 820s ' , which would mean that Fahreddin Acemi arrived in the early 820s . |
| 9 | Mecdi , in his article on Molla Husrev , says that he went in 877/1472–3 but gives no indication of the date of his return . |
| 10 | If a person goes to the town hall and says that he qualifies for a discount , the authority will need proof . |
| 11 | His mother says that he talked to her about it and she tried to convince him that he was misinterpreting what he had seen and heard , but as far as I can learn John never mentioned it to anyone else until late in life , when telling Dr Schäfer about the thoughts which led him to make his ballet Spuren . |
| 12 | She says that he pushed past her and said he 'd lost somthing in her garden . |
| 13 | He says that he worked at Emma 's request to produce a record of the deeds which touched upon the honour of her and hers , and the oldest surviving manuscript , which is very close to the author 's original , may be the copy she received : it contains a miniature which shows an ecclesiastic presenting a book to a woman while two figures , presumably her sons Harthacnut and Edward , look on . |
| 14 | Steve Chapman says that he comes from the Shennington club and Nigel was a member there … he jokes that mansell was a big an idiot as all of them … breaking in the wrong place and that sort of thing |
| 15 | Gedge confirms that he flirted with Catt but felt he considered it harmless and totally unrelated to Charman 's dismissal . |
| 16 | On the tragedy and the hilarity of being in an uncomfortable place : Yasser Arafat jokes that he lives in an aeroplane because being made homeless , he might as well live in the air . |
| 17 | The certificate shows that he served for 7 years 71 days as a private ; 2 years 310 days as a corporal ; and 10 years 349 days in the rank of sergeant . |
| 18 | This argument , however , is countered by drawing attention to the passage in Emendatio Vitae ( c.11 ) describing singular love : which shows that he conceived of an unlimited and thus , literally , unfulfilled desire for God . |
| 19 | A further gloss on this quieter side of his character appears during Johnson 's own reflection in ( rather than upon ) Montrose — where he comments that he has by now had an opportunity to compare Scotland 's beggars with others he has seen . |
| 20 | Grayling reckons that he has about another two years of research to do before he can come up with a conclusive report . |
| 21 | The Ordinatio assigned Italy to Lothar " if God wills that he lives to be our successor " ( c.17 ) , without mentioning Bernard . |
| 22 | He gossips about the weather and American football , recalls that he played at school and in the Army , and was a big follower of the game . |
| 23 | At precisely what date he went is difficult to determine , for although Ibn Hajar states that he went to Egypt in 778/1376–7 , he follows this immediately with the statement whereas in fact Molla Fenari should have been twenty-seven years of age at that date according to the birthdate given by Ibn Hajar himself . |
| 24 | Hasted disputes the King but Jaenbert was Archbishop from 764–793 Dart in his History of Canterbury , states that he signed to a Charter of the same prince of lands at Hallynges , Jaenberthus . |
| 25 | When the carrier acknowledges that he holds for and on behalf of the buyer , e.g. by accepting and acting upon the buyer 's instructions not to convey the goods as far as their original destination or to convey them to a further destination , or |
| 26 | When a human chess player finds himself ahead , the art of the game demands that he win in the most expeditious manner ; some sort of lightning stroke that ends the game rapidly . |
| 27 | It seems that he died after drinking brandy which had been laced with strychnine and we have to try to discover how the poison got into the brandy . ’ |
| 28 | It seems that he believes in destiny , is loath to prevent fate from running its inevitable course , in the last few pages of the play . |
| 29 | He finds that he looks at the beggar intensely , as if he would like to know his life story , and smiles quite naturally . |
| 30 | It appears that he stepped on one of those box mines placed in a gap in a hedgerow . |