Example sentences of "he [verb] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I am still your maid , ’ McAllister had said gaily to him , but , of course , she was now less and less of a maid and more a member of the family , working side by side with Matey in cheerful equality , living and playing with them in the evening , and when Dr Neil spoke of the wedding day again she said that she must write to her uncle at least , before anything could be arranged , and let him think that she had done so . |
| 2 | She was so pleased to hear him laugh that she ignored his words and sat on the floor at his feet . |
| 3 | To tell Luke the truth , somehow force him to accept that she had never been involved with Florian in the way he imagined , might just possibly put an end to his — his persecution of her . |
| 4 | I overheard him say that he lost his desire , lost his drive and everything . |
| 5 | When she did this , let him know that she made this silent skilled reckoning of what he spent , what he must be doing , he hated her totally , and showed it . |
| 6 | She would tell Robert that and let him know that she did n't need to be treated as though she were completely helpless . |
| 7 | She would never let him know that he had broken her heart . |
| 8 | " And you wo n't let him know that I phoned you ? " |
| 9 | ‘ But really I just want him to know that he 's got to do a bit of work , that he can walk , that he can get around . ’ |
| 10 | It was not necessary for him to know that she 'd been a widow for years . |
| 11 | She did n't want him to know that she had been looking at him . |
| 12 | ‘ Or someone like her , ’ Belinda stressed , not wanting him to guess that she had noticed the brunette 's special interest in him . |
| 13 | This not only showed how out of touch with the English political scene Tyndale was , but illustrated the honesty or obstinacy which made him feel that he had to declare his opposition to the divorce , although it had been supported by most of the other Reformers . |
| 14 | It made him feel that he had failed even at failing . |
| 15 | His debts to her were never-ending and yet she had never once made him feel that he owed her anything . |
| 16 | In the quiet of his own skull he called it manly , but he would never have used such a word to her , not only because she was privately decorous but also because the way she talked about her children made him sense that she dreaded being thought lesbian . |
| 17 | Let him assume that she knows how annoying it is and does it to annoy — if you know your job he will not notice the immense improbability of the assumption . |
| 18 | Oh she said it 's silly making him do that I said er very quickly I said , I said do n't get me wrong I said for kids who enjoy going to that sort of thing it 's great and fine if it 's alright |
| 19 | But she could n't let him see that it had meant something to her . |
| 20 | She would n't let him see that he had hurt her in a way that Harry Martin and all his tricks could never have hurt her . |
| 21 | Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face . |
| 22 | After protesting that she simply could n't share her bed with anyone else , she admitted the real reason : she was ashamed to let him see that she had to get up to pee once or twice a night . |
| 23 | Well , was n't that what she had wanted — to let him see that she had known all along what lay behind his invitation this evening ? |
| 24 | He finds that although the globular bodies of the histone molecules no longer contact the DNA of heavily transcribed genes , their charged tails still do , leading him to suggest that they remain tethered by their tails while the polymerase passes so that they can rapidly ‘ snap back ’ into their former structure . |
| 25 | And with him adding that he had to get rid of a notion in football that Manchester United was a drinking club . |
| 26 | Her subsequent unhappy reaction caused him to regret that he had inadvertently damaged her self-esteem by destroying part of her image of self which she presented to the world . |
| 27 | She 'd longed to hear him whisper that he loved her — but he had n't . |
| 28 | In the same way that , in 1941 , he had been convinced that Hitler was in his debt for services rendered in the struggle against communism , Franco now believed the western powers owed it to him to recognize that he had been right all along . |
| 29 | Yes , I did n't hear him saying that they waive the payments from you when , I did n't know if you were meant to ? |
| 30 | And , at one point , Malcolm must have asked him if he 'd consider coming over to join the band , because Hell wrote to us via him saying that it sounded interesting but that because money and visas would be a problem he just could n't . |