Example sentences of "his [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first reference to the young gentleman is found in Lord Keith 's private correspondence in October 1797 , when the admiral complained to his sister that he was ‘ plagued with Adam Ross . |
| 2 | agreed and accepted 's further comments and would report to his Division that these matters were under consideration by the National Education Committee . |
| 3 | Peterson suggested strongly his hope that Jones would not give the talk . |
| 4 | It was his hope that whereas an essentially Ukrainian background would rule behind the front door of their home , his son could become assimilated into the society that had adopted his flotsam parents . |
| 5 | It is his hope that with a return to what he calls principles law may yet recover its hortatory function . |
| 6 | Hearing from that individual , to his great concern , of the impending calamity , Captain Cuttle , in his delicacy , sheered off again confounded ; merely handing in the nosegay as a small mark of his solicitude , and leaving his respectful compliments for the family in general , which he accompanied with an expression of his hope that they would lay their heads well to the wind under existing circumstances , and a friendly intimation that he would " look up again " tomorrow(2) . |
| 7 | The Octobrist leadership were broadly sympathetic to Stolypin 's proposals for legal and administrative changes , and shared his hope that cooperation between Duma and government would strengthen the State 's authority , check the pretensions of minority nationalities and reduce social tension . |
| 8 | And he added his hope that in about two years he would have a more straightforward kind of book ready , developing his published studies on Diogenes Laertius , and possibly also an edition of Aeschylus ' Libation Bearers ( on which he had been lecturing earlier in the year ) Without any direct reference to this last suggestions Ritschl , in his reply a few weeks later , implicitly endorsed it . |
| 9 | He expressed his hope that they would set up a national assembly and leadership council in exile to focus efforts around a single opposition leadership . |
| 10 | He had informed his silent audience of the death — just ‘ death ’ — of Dr Kemp ; explained that in order to establish the , er , totality of events , it would be necessary for everyone to complete a little questionnaire ( duly distributed ) , sign and date it , and hand it in to Sergeant Lewis ; that the departure of the coach would have to be postponed until late afternoon , perhaps , with lunch by courtesy of The Randolph ; that Mr Cedric Downes had volunteered to fix something up for that morning , from about 10.45 to 12.15 ; that ( in Morse 's opinion ) activity was a splendid antidote to adversity , and that it was his hope that all the group would avail themselves of Mr Downes 's kind offer ; that if they could all think back to the previous day 's events and try to recall anything , however seemingly insignificant , that might have appeared unusual , surprising , out-of-character — well , that was often just the sort of thing that got criminal cases solved . |
| 11 | Launching the anniversary season , theatre secretary Ciaran McKeown spoke of his hope that , 25 years from now , the Lyric would be at leading the way towards making Belfast an internationally recognised centre of continuously creative theatre . |
| 12 | Later ages have tended to magnify the importance of those thinkers and poets who disagreed ; there is no reason to think that the young Wordsworth would have taken any notice of them ; he believed with his University that whatever Newton said , was right . |
| 13 | It was n't the uncertain nature of his livelihood that worried him , nor the police visits , although he had twice been invited to accompany the officers to the station . |
| 14 | It was very well presented and that whilst Billy Connolly freely admitted he was not in fact a culture vulture , it was his enthusiasm that in a sense having his own that make the programme apparently a complete and utter joy and in a sense that 's what sponsorship should do , it should do for art , music , ballet and opera what Cousteau and Bellamy have done for the environment and Attenborough |
| 15 | I had always felt embarrassed and had to look at my feet in the presence of anyone playing any musical instrument , and had realised once when watching Syl spitting and squinting at his oboe that this was because it was irresistibly evocative of masturbation . |
| 16 | In other words , in respect of his behaviour , his self-testimony ( his testifying that he likes Auntie Kate ) is autonomous , free-standing . |
| 17 | There were those who swore that Kitchen had so perfected his technique that midway through his sliding tackle he could swerve around obstacles , like team-mates , who got in the way . |
| 18 | To a degree Eliot is just reassuring his correspondent that he has not changed absolutely . |
| 19 | The member of parliament did not give up his efforts to find a place for the young officer , but the close connection between parliamentary politics and placement was made abundantly clear by Scott 's insistence to his correspondent that the young man 's father , a Dundee councillor , would first have to make clear ‘ whether he is to be friendly ’ to the politician . |
| 20 | The second half of this can be seen to coincide with the opinion of Chatterton which is expressed by Ackroyd 's Wilde : ‘ a strange , slight boy who was so prodigal of his genius that he attached the names of others to it . ’ |
| 21 | And already he knew in his heart that to be a vicar or a curate was not his vocation as a priest for the rest of his life . |
| 22 | At Monaco , that is particularly vital and by then Niki knew in his heart that in the majority of cases he was probably going to start behind Alain . |
| 23 | I think that James knew in his heart that Niki was a more complete driver than himself and I remember him saying back then that while he was taking himself more seriously every race that went by , he knew that , compared to Niki , he was still the less ‘ thoughtful ’ and the more ‘ instinctive ’ driver . |
| 24 | Despairing in his heart that anything further could be done to improve the conditions of seafarers , Plimsoll nevertheless continued to work without respite to promote the cause in which he so passionately believed , and did so until illness forced him out of the public scene . |
| 25 | Gabriel knew in his heart that this must be true . |
| 26 | The true mark of the Spirit 's operation is when a man can say from his heart that Jesus is his Lord . |
| 27 | The man who gives a boat party knows in his heart that his friends like his yacht more than they like him : he is lonely and restless in their company . |
| 28 | Maria Luisa had the place in his heart that was once hers . |
| 29 | Harry drew breath to deny the slur , and then said nothing after all , seeing in his heart that it was true enough . |
| 30 | He believes in his heart that Daisy has loved him during the many years they have not seen each other but he has pined over her . |