Example sentences of "that he [verb] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what was happening to him , that he felt torn apart , rent violently in two , at the sight of her agony ? |
| 2 | Gerard confined himself to documentaries and it was while making a 90-minute update on South Africa , Back On The Frontier , for ITV in 1986 , that he became fired up to press ahead again single-mindedly with the feature . |
| 3 | ‘ After all , ’ said the Prince with a wave of his hand , ‘ it 's not every day that he gets called on by both Royalty and the Head of the Secret Police . ’ |
| 4 | Why did he have to be so careless that he 'd ended up in prison ? |
| 5 | Fergus , used to the occasional cigar with his brandy now that he 'd given up his pipe , pronounced the smoke quite cool , and objected more to the sweet taste of the Old Holborn than to the scent of resin . |
| 6 | Did that mean she actually did have a choice , that he 'd given up the idea of evicting her ? |
| 7 | But there was a sadness in Alina 's eyes now , unlike anything that he 'd seen there before ; a sadness not for what had been , but for what could never be . |
| 8 | And shortly after the daylight found him , he was pensively studying a box of a dozen contraceptives that he 'd turned out of her soapcase . |
| 9 | He had read it out to him but he knew that he 'd missed out bits . |
| 10 | Van Gelder had n't made any mistakes about her , Talbot thought , except that he 'd missed out on the wide green eyes and a rather bewitching smile . |
| 11 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
| 12 | By the time that he 'd stepped out of the kitchen and into the main hall , he 'd lost her . |
| 13 | She could n't really believe that he 'd weakened sufficiently to accept her presence without further protest . |
| 14 | He was staring at the lake , regretful perhaps that he 'd said too much not to say more . |
| 15 | Not that he 'd said so ; he had n't spoken a word to her since the guide had joined them . |
| 16 | Even in the short time since he 'd chased the car along the street , she could see that he 'd gone further downhill . |
| 17 | That he 'd gone out to look for her on the road and across the clunch pit field , returning alone half an hour later . |
| 18 | Surprising that he 'd talked back to them , yes . |
| 19 | After the laughter had died away , he told a story about one particular commercial that he 'd worked on . |
| 20 | , but he died soon after that but he 'd realised that he 'd worked hard all his life |
| 21 | It had n't actually been Guy Sterne 's fault that he 'd barged in and found her naked in his bedroom last night , even if his mocking treatment of the incident had been grossly insulting … |
| 22 | He worked on the buses when he arrived , showed me a canopy in front of a hotel that he 'd brought down on his first solo drive . |
| 23 | He looked up sharply at the sound of the door — Again ? he thought disbelievingly , and he winced as the movement aggravated the mild headache that he 'd brought home with him . |
| 24 | Sometimes I imagined that he 'd sneaked back into the country and was leading another life . |
| 25 | that he 'd used twice for moppin' the floor . |
| 26 | When he 'd started regaining his confidence he told us that he 'd taken over from Terry in the endless arguments with David Jacobsen . |
| 27 | With the passing of time , he began to think that he 'd taken far too glum a view of the situation . |
| 28 | And Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown 's popularity actually increased after the revelation that he 'd dipped more than just a toe into the typing pool . |
| 29 | A teenager who thought that he 'd won more than a hundred thousand pounds on a bet has today been told that he 'll get just seven hundred and twenty eight pounds . |
| 30 | It was certainly better than the sandwich and a can of beer that she 'd expected ; if this had been the late and unlamented Eddie she 'd probably have been faced with a walk to the nearest carry-out to find that he 'd finished off the beer in her absence . |