Example sentences of "that he [verb] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last Noah found a pub that he thought was suitable . |
| 2 | However it is clear from the context that all that he meant was that , where what is claimed to be confidential is an idea based on a well-known theme , it must have something such as a significant twist or slant which is not public knowledge . |
| 3 | A librarian may build up sections of the stock that he feels are important even though there is no immediate response in terms of issues . |
| 4 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that when the shadow Chancellor recently visited the James Halstead group in my constituency — it employs more than 400 people and is successful in making good profits — he expressed satisfaction to the local media that most of the technology that he saw was British-made and that most of it had been made 20 miles from Bury ? |
| 5 | There grew in him a wish to touch with his fingers a future that he knew was that of many others . |
| 6 | Information that he knew was hard to find , proved easy to locate . |
| 7 | Charles smiled in a way that he knew was infuriating . |
| 8 | His decision , since the madness of Doc Askins , to live without the emotions , was one that he realized was impossible . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend is right to put his finger on advice that he thinks is wrong . |
| 10 | The values that he advocates are identical with his life . |
| 11 | The passion , the energy , the excitement that he brought was extraordinary , was , was special beyond words . |
| 12 | Wilson identified with his father , to the extent of wanting to have genital , genital contact with him , since Wilson saw his father as the author of all his skills , his strength and all that he 'd been grateful for . |
| 13 | When Pat told me that he 'd been pleased with what I 'd said on Day to Day I felt better ; I could n't have coped with his disapproval as well . |
| 14 | He 'd told them once that he 'd been married . |
| 15 | He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help . |
| 16 | Even Roquelaure 's omission to tell him that he 'd been involved in setting up the deal with Iran seemed less mysterious as the Métro train cruised beneath the Paris streets . |
| 17 | " I saw him just before nine and I thought then that he 'd been dead about twelve hours , perhaps a little longer . |
| 18 | If someone had told him that he 'd been angry a moment before , he would 've denied it . |
| 19 | He 's great , he came round very soon with a lot of dignity — he just accepted that he 'd been wrong . |
| 20 | It was at that moment , Ronni thought later , that Guido made up his mind that he 'd been wrong in associating Jeff with the disappearance of his speedboat . |
| 21 | Simon was convinced , or persuaded himself , that he 'd been ill used by Constanza , that their marriage had been a mistake , a youthful mistake , the kind of thing one did in a war . |
| 22 | She 'd reassure him over and over that she was fine , she was safe , there was nothing for him to worry about , and Ashdown would then ring Joe and pass along anything new or helpful that he 'd been able to pick out of the conversation . |
| 23 | That being an impossible expectation , I went off on a tack and remarked that he 'd been lucky , as a politician , that he was also a natural entertainer . |
| 24 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |
| 25 | At the Court of Appeal today , Rachael 's solicitor explained that he 'd been frightened of losing the children , and that for several weeks before the killing he 'd been taking medication for depression . |
| 26 | The important issues that he noted were these : |
| 27 | He knew he had done nothing , knew beyond suggestion 's reach that he had been innocent of action as well as intention . |
| 28 | Within six days , on 3 May 1862 , the young boy died , Benjamin declaring as he applied for a certificate that he had been present at the death . |
| 29 | On Aug. 15 , 1990 , Martin Kirchner , general secretary of the CDU , was suspended from office as a result of allegations that he had been one of the most senior paid informers of the Stasi . |
| 30 | In a reflective article for the February 1991 issue of Life magazine , Atwater admitted that he had been one of the " most ardent practitioners " of negative campaigning tactics as manager of Bush 's 1988 presidential election campaign against Michael Dukakis . |