Example sentences of "he [verb] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | What happens when ‘ he ’ moves in and I ca n't work at all hours , ca n't eat when I like , ca n't take a bath any time I like , when he insists that I visit his relatives ? |
| 32 | ‘ He insists that you meet his mother and discuss things — reasonably . ’ |
| 33 | In a speech made to one group he argued that they had need to ‘ give up some of [ their ] justifiable rage ’ ( Independent 1989 ) . |
| 34 | He argued that they consisted of a material substance , the ‘ germ plasm ’ , which transmitted characters from parents to offspring via the nucleus of the egg and sperm cells . |
| 35 | Becker 's case was notable because he was captured by the widely-circulated photographs , but he argued that he had intended only to fire a warning shot . |
| 36 | He argued that he has to persist with his Euro flops as he tries to qualify for the World Cup . |
| 37 | And when William came back from Germany and a decision had to be made about his education , he argued that it made sense to send him to the state school , the same as Preston . |
| 38 | While he agrees that it involves more risk , it does not deter him . |
| 39 | He realized that we felt disgusted at what had been achieved in the commandos and that he had had this brainwave of small parties behind the lines . ’ |
| 40 | This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity . |
| 41 | He realized that she wanted to believe him . |
| 42 | As his eyes fell on the crucifix he realized that he 'd always loathed it , and in a small gesture of defiance he lifted it off its hook and set it down on top of the filing cabinet . |
| 43 | It was only when it shut with a rusty creak that he realized that he had company . |
| 44 | His heart thudded and he realized that he had begun to breathe faster , with excitement . |
| 45 | It was some time before he realized that he had been fooled . |
| 46 | He realized that he had to watch every word , that he had to edit with great caution , crossing out , interpolating , amending . |
| 47 | But he had used their bathroom and was back in bed again before he realized that he had forgotten to look at his daughter . |
| 48 | Hank tossed a packet over to him , and he had lit one before he realized that he had not known that his son smoked . |
| 49 | As he waited he realized that he had not felt such keen anticipation and happiness since he had served in the front line at Magdeburg . |
| 50 | Herol Graham 's case is a useful one to follow through for , in his fourth year at school , he realized that he had ‘ left it too late ’ and pinpointed one of the causes : |
| 51 | As Moore looked into those eyes , he realized that he had seen that look before . |
| 52 | He realized that he had just murmured something under his breath . |
| 53 | Perhaps , as Debré suggests , he realized that he had now become a prisoner of his own institutions , President de Gaulle instead of General de Gaulle . |
| 54 | He realized that he did n't know her name . |
| 55 | As it passed , he realized that it had slowed down , turned around and was starting to give chase . |
| 56 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 57 | When he was shown the Demoiselles d'Avignon , Braque appears at first to have been bewildered by it , though he realized that it marked an important new departure . |
| 58 | He recommended that I go to a hospital and see a psychiatrist . |
| 59 | Before another reading of this poem on the same visit , he announced that it began where he had begun , and that it ended where he and his wife hoped to end — in the parish church of a Somerset village ; he could see now the pattern of his life completed . |
| 60 | I recall very vividly how , after he had sung a short song in one of the episodes and commanded everybody 's attention , he announced that he hoped one day to be able to play the lead in a big West End musical . |