Example sentences of "[vb infin] [that] he [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You did n't know that he acquired them through his wife who must have got them while she was housekeeper-companion to Mrs Armitage ? ’ |
| 2 | There was a trace of a Dorset accent in the voice , which had sufficient gravity in its tone to let D'Arcy know that he took himself and his position with the utmost seriousness . |
| 3 | We did n't go to the funeral , but me cousin Dora who was Aunt Lucy 's daughter , she got there was er Walter , , Walter and Leonard were in a pram and me cousin Dora went down Lane and wh to the corner of Street and watched the funeral go past up to I 've got vague memories of that they 're not clear but I do know that he took us to watch me dad 's funeral past the corner of Street and I presume that now that it must have gone up Street up to Street street , cos he 's buried at Ryecroft . |
| 4 | But first she must know that he loved her . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know that he wanted it . |
| 6 | The House will know that he changed his allegation between his first and third questions . |
| 7 | ‘ But you were Mr Russell 's only child , my dear , and you must not doubt that he loved you , even if he did n't always make it perfectly apparent . ’ |
| 8 | Maybe she would think that he wanted them . |
| 9 | It really did still hurt that he believed her capable of such evil . |
| 10 | He could fancy that he smelt its medicinal tang in the rain-washed air . |
| 11 | Do n't you ever feel that he dragged your family in to this terrible holocaust unnecessarily ? |
| 12 | His debts to her were never-ending and yet she had never once made him feel that he owed her anything . |
| 13 | In that case it is all one operation , and it could not matter that he wrote his signature on the document before the dispositive wording of the will . |
| 14 | I could swear that he told me he did n't know ! |
| 15 | Qualified privilege may be claimed if the member of the council making the statement about a person can show that he made it without malice and in pursuit of a public duty . |
| 16 | Three years earlier Richard had performed homage to King Louis at Montmirail but now that he had worn the ring of St Valerie he could claim that he held his duchy in indissoluble union with the people of Aquitaine and the saints who watched over them . |
| 17 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 18 | Most of Wordsworth 's readers who have left us their opinions were middle-class , but we must remember that he addressed his poetry to readers of all classes and we do not know how much the choice of natural subject matter may have meant to urban dwellers who lived out of sight of flowers and trees . |
| 19 | And at the same time the racing of her blood was only partly fear , and she could see that he knew it , that he had discovered this power and tuned it to performance pitch , that the insults were a kind of invitation , the display of force a plea turned upside down , and she also wanted , because she longed to please , to take off her clothes then and there and let him down from his prideful pose , and soothe him with her obedience to his rage . |
| 20 | But we can see that he had something more to work on than the Roman thirst for gold . |
| 21 | It happened that she was propped on her elbow and could see that he had his fingers crossed . |
| 22 | His glance raked her from head to foot before he even moved further and she could see that he thought her very decadent to be in her housecoat at this time in the morning . |
| 23 | Anybody who has kept copies of WCM will see that he made his debut against West Indies at Lahore in November 1986 , scoring 8 and 6 . |
| 24 | Now , abruptly , she could see that he imagined he 'd chalked up yet another small victory . |
| 25 | She could see that he meant it , and knew that there might never again be such an opportunity . |
| 26 | I mean , I can see that he upset you about something . ’ |
| 27 | Bernard could not fail to have been impressed by such spontaneous enthusiasm ; equally , Peter felt Bernard was ‘ obviously a man of excitement heading a most intriguing company , I could see that he needed someone to deal with the administration leaving him free to run his company . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps if he saw her looking wonderful , dancing beautifully , he would realize that he needed her as much as she needed him . |
| 29 | She 'd longed to hear him whisper that he loved her — but he had n't . |
| 30 | It is clear that Lenin 's references to ‘ primitive democracy ’ and the delegation of state functions to ordinary people did not mean that he thought there would be no place for administration in a socialist state . |