Example sentences of "he [verb] that [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Then he realised that for the first time he was looking into the front of a hurricane .
2 He realised that for the first time in weeks he had not thought of school , Murray , Fairbrother or the wretched affair of the letter .
3 Nevertheless , he realised that for political reasons it would be very difficult to do less than had been proposed in the Bill introduced in 1938 .
4 But he realised that for a man like Lancaster — trusting and timid — the betrayal would have been much , much worse .
5 He realised that without western investment there was little chance of turning the economy around .
6 He realised that despite the money he would miss this place , the friendly faces , even the work that blinded him .
7 He realised that in the centre of the soft fake torso was a hard real butcher 's hook .
8 He realised that in his discussions with Ranulf he had not mentioned old Martha 's death .
9 He was about to go back to the company when he realised that in the middle of the town was a house where an old man lived , exactly where the company were planning to build their new station ; and the old man was refusing to sell . "
10 One non-commissioned officer , writing home , said he presumed that by the time his letter arrived ‘ the bells throughout the whole of Germany would be announcing the victory over the mightiest enemy of civilization .
11 He remarks that in America especially there has always been a strong cross-racial homosexual attraction less restrained by social barriers than its heterosexual counterpart ; ‘ the very furtiveness and outlaw status of the gayworld has led to its greater integration across colour lines ’ .
12 erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place .
13 He agreed that without a friendly settlement of the candidate question and a unified opposition campaign , the Janata Dal could not hope to win .
14 I actually spoke to the A2 's designer and he agreed that in such a situation this would be a boon .
15 Stephen and he agreed that in view of the value to the island of Crystal Springs ' recruitment plans , the regulations would be waived this time and Michael Stein 's long-term permit would be processed as quickly as possible .
16 Furthermore , he agreed that after the trials and tribulations of the previous 29 months since taking over from Bobby Robson , he finally feels at ease with himself and the job .
17 He insists that at the moment there is no such point of friction within the England camp .
18 But he insists that for him , ‘ green ’ is a gut reaction that ‘ transcends policies ’ …
19 He insists that in the last analysis there is a fundamental difference between believing in ahi sā , even though it is not possible to behave non-violently in all life 's circumstances , and believing in hi sā .
20 He argued that at deeper levels of processing , more semantic encoding is performed .
21 He argued that by helping Men protect themselves against Chaos they would create an invaluable bulwark against the forces of darkness .
22 He argued that in some markets the lumpy nature of demand made it essential that contracts be shared out , to ensure that the competitors were not exposed to the risk of alternating ‘ feast and famine ’ in their order books .
23 While welcoming the changes that the Minister has introduced to the home improvement grants scheme for houses affected by high radon levels , may I ask whether he agrees that in cases of severe hardship there should be access to 100 per cent .
24 Does he recollect that during the talks last summer that he strove so hard to make successful the IRA , at least for a time , was marginalised ?
25 He realized that to a materialistic society losing a wife to a millionaire hardly counted as failure .
26 Well he had actually retired from the police force , he 'd been cited and he 'd been cleared , but he was actually , as it turned out later , practising paedophilia and as he realized that in fact the investigation was coming close to him , he shot himself
27 I think he expected that to be the end of it , since he continued to be surprised and concerned every time lesbianism came up , in whatever form , over the following seven years .
28 Complaints had been received from local residents that their wash-houses were being abused , and he expected that by the end of his beat at 6 a.m. he would be busy enough .
29 " These anti-partisan units are without exception completely compromised by open collaboration with the Germans ' he wrote , but he recommended that in view of the complexity of the situation they should not be " handed over to the Yugoslav army " but " should be disarmed and placed in refugee camps !
30 He announced that over one-half of the force reduction promised by Gorbachev ( see above ) had been completed and he issued the most detailed breakdown on Soviet force levels that had thus far been provided .
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