Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also transpired that he had done virtually no mathematics . |
| 2 | Once he frogmarched a knocker out of a press conference , although it transpired that he could hardly wait to see what the victim wrote next . |
| 3 | It transpired that he had been sleeping rough for weeks and that his last known address was a Salvation Army hostel 100 miles away . |
| 4 | It transpired that he had been scouting at the Festival . |
| 5 | It transpired that he wanted to be able to comment on each question in more depth and indeed some staff did so on separate sheets . |
| 6 | It also proved to be a fall from grace , as it transpired that he 'd stolen millions of pounds from his workers ' pension funds , to pay off mounting business debts . |
| 7 | Afterwards in the Shoulder of Mutton ( Kneeton Park 1 Knayton 1 ) it transpired that he 's in what used to be known as Tin Pan Alley probably the only manager in the Hambleton Combination ( third division ) who 's also been a manager of the Bay City Rollers . |
| 8 | Mountbatten proposed that he and Amanda should accompany Charles , so he could show ‘ the two young people I love so much … the country which means so much to me ’ , but the Duke of Edinburgh thought this a bad idea . |
| 9 | Although Ramsay proposed that he should lead the decoy party , under the royal standard , Murray insisted that he himself must do that , as was suitable . |
| 10 | But it was the possibility of attack from ships which concerned him most ; and he proposed that he and Moray make a survey , by boat , to consider what , if anything , might be done protectively . |
| 11 | On Oct. 29 Walesa proposed that he should himself serve as both President and Prime Minister for a guaranteed two years . |
| 12 | Shouted that he knew I was inside . |
| 13 | I shouted that he did not know what he was talking about and held the telephone away from my face . |
| 14 | There was no sound of a human voice enquiring for his safety ; he shouted that he was safe , but gave up when he got no re-assuring reply ; he wondered if his friends had reached safety or had been caught under the falling rock . |
| 15 | He said that he and two other members of staff tried to restrain Mr Dodd who shouted that he would kill Mr Maguire . |
| 16 | He then shouted that he would burn the place down . ’ |
| 17 | He referred Dawn to a neurosurgeon , who promised that he could operate to cure the spasticity which kept causing her muscles to tense up involuntarily . |
| 18 | He promised that He would build his church . |
| 19 | Mr and Mrs Jonesy apologised to Dad for their son 's behaviour and promised that he would get ‘ what 's comin' to 'im when we get 'ome ’ . |
| 20 | But Mr Chirac promised that he would give his full support to the government , expressing criticism only in private to Mr Balladur . |
| 21 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |
| 22 | In his acceptance speech Göncz made particular mention of leading opponents of the Soviet intervention of 1956 as his friends and mentors and promised that he would " serve the nation 's independence , free thought , the free word , the idea of free faith in a homeland , the defence of social justice which is fulfilled in human rights … [ and ] Hungarian democracy " . |
| 23 | He denied opposition claims that he was a hardliner , however , and promised that he would take " a rational and reasonable approach " towards the current unrest , rather than employing " harsh measures " . |
| 24 | On Oct. 16 the Romanian National Assembly approved by 324 votes to seven the new Council of Ministers proposed by Prime Minister-designate Theodor Stolojan , who undertook to accelerate reforms and promised that he would continue his political neutrality and would not stand in the forthcoming ( 1992 ) elections . |
| 25 | The payment made to Olaf Tryggvason in 994 , for example , seems to have been part of a deal in which Olaf agreed to be confirmed ( with Æthelred standing sponsor ) , and promised that he would never return to England . |
| 26 | According to Goscelin 's account of the translation of the relics of St Mildred from Thanet to St Augustine 's Canterbury , written in the late eleventh century , Cnut went to Canterbury as he was setting out for Rome and promised that he would allow the translation if he returned safely . |
| 27 | Mr Brown demonstrated that he has already utterly mastered the use of the sound-bite to get a headline phrase into the news bulletins . |
| 28 | Equally , his brace against Manchester United in our last match of 1990–91 ( co-incidentally also his own 150th Palace appearance ) demonstrated that he was on the verge of international recognition , with the second one , struck from fully 30 yards , bringing the big crowd to its feet in salute . |
| 29 | In the 1870s he demonstrated that he was keeping abreast of developments in analysis too , with a paper on Georg Riemann 's new approach to integral calculus . |
| 30 | It seemed to me that it was not only natural but positive : it demonstrated that he still had a relationship with God . |