Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] that [pron] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | So compulsively did he watch me empty my glass that he drained his own in compulsive sympathy . |
| 2 | Whereupon , the 29 year-old Mrs. Gerring launched into her theory that he had his club open at the address at the same time as his body was facing well left of the target . |
| 3 | Luckily the plumber they called out to reconnect the water was so touched by their plight that he waived his fee . |
| 4 | I was so affected by his discovery that I pursued his future career with the Museum Service and later visited him in his cardboard box . |
| 5 | But the " theatricality " of the play works beneath the purely formal level : Lord Claverton has always acted a role and it is only at the end of his life that he allows his true human self to emerge , although |
| 6 | It also gives the information that Rolle was " accustomed to show himself very familiar to recluses , and to those who needed spiritual consolation " and it must have been during this period of his life that he met his disciple Margaret de Kirkeby . |
| 7 | GEORGE Bernard Shaw wanted to simplify English spelling and had such a bee ( a spelling-bee ? ) in his bonnet that he bequeathed his royalties for its promotion . |
| 8 | It was clear from his success that he understood his adopted country extremely well , a fact underlined by his marriage in June 1979 to a wealthy New York Jewess , Susan Adler . |
| 9 | Such was his ardour that he forced his way into the room where Thatcher sat in tears , threatening in the process to ‘ flatten ’ Sir Peter Morrison , who was barring the door . |
| 10 | Salako battled back to full fitness this season and such was his form that he regained his place in the England squad for the World Cup tie against Norway last month . |
| 11 | It was his idea that they should-read his books together and then discuss van der Post 's mystical ideas at mealtimes . |