Example sentences of "that his [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that his government attached the highest priority to restoring the health of the economy , and promised that a budget would be introduced within a month and that dialogue with the IMF would continue . |
| 2 | Marshal Akhromeev admitted that his views differed from Mr Gorbachev 's . |
| 3 | There appears to be little direct authority on the point , but in Lewis v. Cox Webster J. said that even taking into account the fact as found by the magistrates that the defendant was intoxicated and that his intoxication affected his actions , they must still inevitably have inferred that the defendant intended to obstruct . |
| 4 | Another interest that he had in the scheme was that his clerk occupied No. 20 South Parade , which was within the area covered by the 1855 Act , and Brunel 's office and home were at No. 18 Duke Street , adjacent to the site . |
| 5 | His failure before the English courts led him directly to Strasburg where he successfully claimed that his rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights had been violated . |
| 6 | His only explanation is that possibly the gentleman had travelled on the line for many years in the past and that his ghost fitted into a well-worn slot in time . |
| 7 | Squeezing away so that his biceps shifted in his sleeve , he asked ‘ so , Rog , what 's going down the chute ? ’ |
| 8 | It is , therefore , right that a solicitor who finds that his talents run to advocacy should be able to change to the Bar with a minimum of fuss . |
| 9 | ‘ The heaviest pig ever recorded was a Poland-China hog named ‘ Big Bill ’ , who was so obese that his belly dragged along the ground . |
| 10 | He curled away so close that his wash disturbed it . |
| 11 | He kept quiet , excepting that his look changed from friendliness to seriousness . |
| 12 | Mr Wheeler , now moving to the rear of the plant to show off the £2m smoke-cleaning section , which had just broken down , pointed out that his company achieved destruction of at least 99.9999 per cent of all materials . |
| 13 | But Fleury knew that his life depended on not being shaken off and so he clung on with all his might , his legs gripping the sepoy 's waist as tight as a corset , his hands dragging on the two broken pieces of violin . |
| 14 | He knew that his life depended on two letters , one to Lanyon and one to Poole . |
| 15 | Whilst swearing to uphold the country 's 1987 Constitution , he emphasised that his election marked a break with the past and promised to combat the greed and corruption which had characterized the county 's previous governments . |
| 16 | His last Test ( as a captain ) was the first that his country played against those particular opponents , and he was the only right-hander among his team 's top six batsmen . |
| 17 | He told me that his squadron landed at Singapore and took the surrender of the Japanese pending the arrival of the Burma army or the Navy . |
| 18 | Also hanging on the back of the door was the hot water-bottle that his Mum filled for him when he had tonsilitis . |
| 19 | ‘ If he tells me once more that his parents met at midnight on Hallowe'en and live in a riverside pub which is his and his brother 's — I do n't know what I 'll do ! ’ thought Jane . |
| 20 | Omar Pound , with Walton Litz of Princeton , has edited the letters that his Parents exchanged through their protracted courtship , and their Publishers have made of this a very pretty book . |
| 21 | He could sense that his parents despaired of him and were beginning to put their efforts into his stronger rival and that soon … |
| 22 | The sounds that Angus heard and the sounds that his wife heard and the songs that they sung . |
| 23 | Most of all , though , he had to make sure that his wife rested in peace . |
| 24 | His sense of proportion and balance ensured that his music flowed no matter how the level of his inspiration varied . |
| 25 | Singers are called upon to exercise this talent more often than instrumentalists but Mr Cliburn realised that his success depended in large part on boyish charm . |
| 26 | ‘ The press have been decent about it for years ; even the Opposition has n't suggested that his attitudes affected my credibility or my wife 's . |
| 27 | Miller was quite used to finding that his work fitted into the elusive category of ‘ UnAmericanism ’ . |
| 28 | Wilfrid 's biographer , some satisfaction to point out that Ecgfrith 's partnership with Wilfrid coincided with the king 's years of military success and that his failures followed from their differences . |
| 29 | He says that his mate bought a car from there and , he were a undecided about this clocking this time , what 's , what call it ? |
| 30 | Mr Wheeler informs me that his family moved to Craven Arms from the Ross- on-Wye area . |