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

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1 That 'e 'd nicked them off a woman 's washing-line in Brixton .
2 I tell yer , Joe , I ai n't too partial to that cove , and nor ai n't I 'appy that 'e knows where I live .
3 Mind , I ai n't sayin' 'e do n't 'ave 'is good points , nor that 'e do n't come up with a cuddle and a present sometimes .
4 It was from these informants that he pieced together a picture of organised crime as being controlled by key personnel in the police force , local government , business and the legal profession .
5 Conran admits that he derives little satisfaction from having to fight off unwelcome suitors .
6 Whilst there is so much contrary scientific opinion with regard to the dangers arising from asbestos dust , it is difficult to understands the IDA 's reliance upon the opinions of Professor McDonald when it is known that he derives a large share of his research funds from the asbestos industry itself .
7 Central to Goldmann 's interest in the sociology of knowledge is the concept of ‘ potential consciousness ’ that he derives from Marx .
8 As we saw in Chapter 1 , there are unresolved conflicts between Beccaria 's fundamental assumptions about the nature of human beings , the social contract and the functions of punishment , on the one hand , and the particular mode of control that he derives from them , on the other .
9 I shall argue that he overstates the significance that can be attributed to literacy in itself : that he lends authority to a language for describing literacy practices that often contradicts even his own stated disclaimers of the ‘ strong ’ case ; that he understates the qualities of oral communication ; that he sets up unhelpful and often untestable polarities between , for instance , the ‘ potentialities ’ of literacy and ‘ restricted literacy ’ ; and that he polarises the differences between oral and literate modes of communication in a way that gives insufficient credit to the reality of ‘ mixed ’ and interacting modes .
10 It was in that spirit that he persuaded in the early 1960s to take Pugwash seriously .
11 It was in the course of a leisurely journey on the trans-Siberian Railway that he persuaded Wheeler-Bennett to devote himself to becoming a specialist on contemporary Germany .
12 Secondly , he was a glaciologist and it may well be that he persuaded the pilot to swin' away to the east .
13 The dreadful things that he forecasts will not happen .
14 For surely it is true that whosoever will understand British politics before all things it is necessary that he comprehend the events of 1931 . '
15 In a year or two he should have a decent sized flock — of course he 's not normally down here this early , he only has a bit of a stable down here that he rents for the summer along with his few acres of grass and his bit of land for cultivation .
16 Des Greene of Minchem , one of two firms that export toxic wastes for treatment , estimates that he sends , at most , 2000 tonnes of waste a year to the UK .
17 Yesterday , though , the resilient Dunwoody said that he hopes to be back in action at Ascot on Wednesday .
18 In an attempt to reassure them , EC Environment Commissioner Carlo Ripa di Meana announced at the October session of the Parliament in Strasbourg that he hopes to announce ‘ soon ’ firm plans for an EC centre for alternative testing — including an opening date .
19 Stone , a man who has a strong sense of his own importance if nothing else , has told Premiere magazine that he hopes the film will be a ‘ Vietnamese Gone With The Wind ’ .
20 But as for the long-term , he acknowledges that non-IBM sales will be key to Havant 's success , and says that he hopes to see half of the plant 's output going to new customers .
21 , the former NIH official who set up the $ 70 million Institute for Genomic Research in Maryland specifically to pursue the project , told a Nature Genetics conference in Washington last week that he hopes to have ‘ a nearly complete description of the human genome , in the freezer and on computer , within twelve to eighteen months ’ .
22 ‘ Joey says it sounds O.K. He says to tell you , shamus , that he hopes you collect the reward . ’
23 Doreen looked down at her hands , then admitted reluctantly , ‘ If you must know — he told Jean he likes Lucy , and that he hopes she will never leave this place .
24 Can he give any sign of the time scale that he hopes will be achieved and what impact that would have on the energy ratio that he has just quoted ?
25 I see the hon. Member for Chislehurst ( Mr. Sims ) in his place and I know that he hopes to catch your eye , Mr. Deputy Speaker .
26 He acknowledged that the students may at first find difficulties in adjusting to the Scottish education system , the language , the weather and life in Edinburgh , and said that he hopes that these awards will remind overseas students that the University has confidence in them .
27 They had ‘ got into the way of singing this song ’ , he explained , and it was ‘ by degrees that he hopes to break down this habit ’ .
28 David O'Leary was on Sky Sports on Saturday saying that he hopes to back for the New Year .
29 He says that he hopes the visit will finaly allay any fears people may have .
30 He says that he hopes joining the group will benefit his waterfowl collection .
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