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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was against self-will and worldly desires that he set his face ; and these could only be overcome by personal conversion . |
| 14 | This was such an important discovery that he sent his consort back to Holland to spread the good news while his ship continued alone . |
| 15 | Referring to the customer , he said : ‘ He was committed at the very moment that he put his money into the machine . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | It was , for example , a sheer fluke that he began his career as a mining engineer with Manchester Collieries Ltd . |
| 18 | Brigg has a drawerful of ill-designed print that he calls his ‘ chamber of horrors ’ . |
| 19 | Wealth was , however , not the only factor discussed by Veblen , and it is of particular interest that he ends his account of the leisure class with a chapter on ‘ The higher learning as an expression of pecuniary culture ’ , and with an emphasis on Classics as the key at that time to the concept of high culture . |
| 20 | It was , therefore , with exaggerated haste that he undid his black tie , pulled the white shirt over his head , substituted a red T-shirt and a pair of old Norfolk drab cords that he 'd salvaged from his father 's wardrobe . |
| 21 | At the age of 12 , Kitto was taken on by his father to assist him in his trade , and it was shortly afterwards when he was working for his father slating a new roof that he lost his footing in the act of stepping off a ladder and fell thirty-five feet to the ground . |
| 22 | In a letter addressed ‘ Dear Boris ’ and signed ‘ Yours John ’ Mr Major told the Russian president that he supported his emphasis on ‘ controlling inflation , completing land reform and helping … businesses ’ . |
| 23 | Penman said , ‘ Langley Dene ’ , to Murphy who indicated with a faint grimace that he knew his destination perfectly well already , and closed the door of the carriage firmly upon Alexandra . |
| 24 | I think she feels a certain resentment that he used his wife 's illness , her death , and now uses the children as an excuse for reneging on his undertaking to leave when she wanted the cottage back . ’ |
| 25 | For our answer we have made an arbitrary assumption that he uses his car for 80% of the time for business and that half the repairs etc. relate to that car . |
| 26 | He served for three years , originally as chairman , and it is as the first chairman of the future Labour party that he achieved his principal prominence in labour history . |
| 27 | In fact he 's such a tall strapping chap that he calls his mam Smallfry . |