Example sentences of "[vb past] that he [verb] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that he says he then , in his fright at what he had done , went to peer at his victim , and found that he had struck down the wrong man . |
| 2 | He reported that he had come in by helicopter , and had claimed the hill as Balboa 's on the advice of William , and in a formal note to the Explorers ' Club of New York , of which he was a member . |
| 3 | Lost in his thoughts , he hardly realized that he had given up folding the pamphlets . |
| 4 | He realised that he 'd opened up a can of worms . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , in February 1992 , then UK Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Lilley announced that he had set up a steering group of leading businessmen to consider a prestigious new National Quality Award for the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | In the two day court case McMurdo argued that he had set up the deal whilst McClair was his client . |
| 7 | Sometimes I imagined that he 'd sneaked back into the country and was leading another life . |
| 8 | The shocked driver assumed that he had run over and killed someone on the line , but on investigation there was no injured person to be found . |
| 9 | He had read it out to him but he knew that he 'd missed out bits . |
| 10 | Later we learned that he had gone back to London and given a mischievous account of our conversation in literary circles , and we were ‘ very much blamed ’ . |
| 11 | She called ‘ Edward ? ’ , and then remembered that he had gone out with the ornithological group . |
| 12 | Erm er I was concerned when my Noble Friend said that he 'd looked up Hallsbury but that it did n't contain the right words , er er I rather wonder whether he looked up so to speak the right version or the last version . |
| 13 | When Margaret finally foundered , some hoped that he had gone down with the ship , but here he was as buoyant as the Vicar of Bray . |
| 14 | Sean wished that he had gone down to Birdie Mac 's and knocked on the door for a bar of Kit-Kat , anything rather than face these two . |
| 15 | Cross-examined by Bert Kerrigan , QC , for Murray , Mr Mackie denied that he had made up a pack of lies because he held a grudge against his former boss . |