Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] that [pron] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a strange coincidence that he made his final sailing to America on the day that his closest friend , Mr Huddlestone , was buried . |
| 2 | Saint Basil was so enchanted by this selfless action that he concluded his comments with the words ‘ If things seen are so lovely , what must things unseen be ? ’ |
| 3 | It was from this room that he wrote his first and only communications with the outside world . |
| 4 | Gedge 's studies came to an end and it was at this point that he realised his obsessive interest in music could not be satisfied by part-time activity while he searched for a ‘ proper ’ job . |
| 5 | Like Terry Venables calling for a pre-match arsenic , the old trouper knows that the best way to disarm your critics is to make ‘ em laugh , but the joke has been wearing a bit thin , and it was with some relief that he swopped his sheepish smile for a satisfied one . |
| 6 | It was to celebrate recovery from this illness that he wrote his Hymn to the Supreme Being , on Recovery from a dangerous fit of Illness . |
| 7 | ( It was from the time of this incarceration that he developed his chest and joint complaints . ) |
| 8 | Jung expressed the view that , although recall does in fact exist , what is happening when regression to a previous life appears to be taking place is that the subject is simply tapping into some vast communal memory bank , and it is from this source that he obtains his information . |
| 9 | But she was filled with such tenderness that she cradled his head as he lay against her breasts and whispered , ‘ I 'm sorry , my darling , I 'm sorry … ’ |
| 10 | Towards dawn , she said to his sleeping back that he loved his employers more than he loved her and if he had been half the man he thought himself , he would have left them rather than abandon her . |
| 11 | It is clear even at this early date that he had his eyes on a brigade structure , because his brother William , ‘ Bill ’ , was in process of raising 2 SAS Regiment in Algeria . |
| 12 | Then fear overcame curiosity and he scrambled down from the tree with such haste that he skinned his knees and gouged a long deep gash along the inside of his forearm . |
| 13 | Philip points out he is in the fortunate position that he loves his work and is currently employed on his most unusual project to date . |
| 14 | A.K. Chesterton , the ex-BUF propagandist , became so carried away by the effect of his anti-semitic diatribe that he ended his speech by advocating the use of lamp-posts to string up the Jews . |
| 15 | James Callaghan , who had replaced Wilson as prime minister , issued an official denial and Mrs. Margaret Thatcher , the leader of the opposition , put out a brief supporting statement that she shared his confidence in DI5 . |
| 16 | It was only after he took two bullets in the thigh and wrist and a shotgun blast in the back , and his brother was murdered by rival gangs that he channelled his aggression into baseball . |
| 17 | Now , Carol 's noisy insistence that he take his coat into his own office and not leave it to drip on the communal coat-stand . |
| 18 | Full-back Ernie Rhodes hailed from Tees-side , but he joined the Palace as a young man in the summer of 1913 , making his Palace debut in the ensuing season , although it was after the Great War that he made his major contribution . |
| 19 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 20 | This sensation of being hemmed in in the middle of Europe was heightened by the foundation of the German Empire in 1871 , although it was Bismarck 's great achievement that he united his country in concert with the other nations of Europe . |
| 21 | The significant point however is that the speaker is evoking his view of the possibility of the daring , and it is only by logical implication that we infer his opinion of its realization . |
| 22 | It was against self-will and worldly desires that he set his face ; and these could only be overcome by personal conversion . |
| 23 | This was such an important discovery that he sent his consort back to Holland to spread the good news while his ship continued alone . |
| 24 | Referring to the customer , he said : ‘ He was committed at the very moment that he put his money into the machine . |
| 25 | Sometimes it is through a mysterious inner constraint that he makes his presence felt , as when he guided Paul 's evangelistic direction away from the province of Asia in 16:6,7 and towards the hardships and opposition he realised he would have to face if he went up for that last journey to Jerusalem ( Acts 20:22,23 ) . |
| 26 | I ca n't confirm that but I do remember the one occasion that he missed his target . |
| 27 | It was , for example , a sheer fluke that he began his career as a mining engineer with Manchester Collieries Ltd . |
| 28 | Brigg has a drawerful of ill-designed print that he calls his ‘ chamber of horrors ’ . |
| 29 | He became so desperate at one stage that it crossed his mind to give up the game altogether . |
| 30 | The agreement recited that John had left all his estate to his executors by his will but that , shortly before his death , he had declared in the presence of several witnesses that he wished his widow to have the cottage for her life or so long as she continued a widow ; and that , though this wish was never put into writing , the executors were convinced that it was his desire and were willing and desirous that it should be put into effect . |