Example sentences of "that his brother " in BNC.
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| 31 | Normally Desmond was pleased to hear that his brother was doing his share of what he privately called ‘ oldie watching ’ , but tonight he merely said ‘ Good ’ , with a preoccupied expression on his face , and made for the hall . |
| 32 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 33 | Compare the way that his brother may be part of the " given " starting situation , or part of the allegation in : ( 77 ) Wally says that his brother is an arms dealer Does this imply that there is a possible interpretation of ( 76 ) where red-haired is the " given " and her the item that is not solidly established ? |
| 34 | Compare the way that his brother may be part of the " given " starting situation , or part of the allegation in : ( 77 ) Wally says that his brother is an arms dealer Does this imply that there is a possible interpretation of ( 76 ) where red-haired is the " given " and her the item that is not solidly established ? |
| 35 | You know that his brother is head of the Securitate ? ’ |
| 36 | Chopra had not told the shapechanger that his brother was dead . |
| 37 | In , his brother in law in you know and er he was somewhat hurt that his brother in law Will was getting a tremendous share of small blocks and he wanted to make more money out of them . |
| 38 | This account of the treaty may , as Florence claims , have been a lie , but it , or something like it , could well have been what Cnut preferred people to believe , for he may have been aware that it had not been unusual within the West Saxon dynasty for brother to follow brother : it was the succession of King Æthelwulf 's sons in turn which brought Alfred to the throne in 871 , despite the fact that his brother Æthelred I had male issue . |
| 39 | It is significant that his brother , Jean fils aìné , a musician to the King ( also ‘ musette ordinaire et haubois de la Chambre du Roy ’ ) , and his wife , Marie Pellerin , were present at the marriage . |
| 40 | How could she tell this hostile man that his brother had only suggested she pretend to be his fiancée as they 'd turned into the long drive leading up to Rocamar ? |
| 41 | Perhaps he 'd simply cancelled whatever social engagements he had when he 'd realised that his brother needed sorting out ? |
| 42 | Hours after the American strike on Iraq , a Swindon businessman learnt that his brother and 18-month-old nephew had been killed . |
| 43 | His solicitor John Freer said : ‘ It 's absolute and positive that his brother did lead Robert Cunningham 's son into a life of crime . |
| 44 | Robert said that his brother had shot him without warning from about ten feet , inflicting a serious thigh wound . |
| 45 | That his brother lied to him , like that . |