Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] that he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( i.e. it is not meaningless ) , whereas Scheler must imply that he looks upon the world with God 's eyes . |
| 2 | Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time . |
| 3 | Because , however much his words might deny that he cared for her , his actions spoke differently . |
| 4 | It is conceivable that on a charge of rape a man might argue that he had in fact meant to perpetrate an act of buggery and that the sexual intercourse that took place was unintended . |
| 5 | First , the defendant might argue that he believed in the victim 's consent since she permitted penetration although he knew full well that she had no understanding of the act . |
| 6 | Although they had known each other such a short time , she could sense that he cared about her . |
| 7 | She could see that he agreed with her . |
| 8 | Her father 's habitual mild-manneredness , which usually protected him from responding , became brittle and porous when he was in contact with his daughter : Miranda could see that he reacted to Xanthe 's silkiness as if she were n't a clear , sparkling water , but a fiery solvent that he , for all his well-preened feathers , could not resist . |
| 9 | On the assumption that the account of this event in Molla Husrev 's life is at least broadly correct , however , and in the light of the documentary and such other evidence as exists , it would appear that he left for Bursa not earlier than Rajab 876 nor later than Shawwal 877 and returned to become Mufti perhaps as early as 878/1473–4 . |
| 10 | ‘ Mainly cooks and cripples , ’ he said cheerfully , and the family hoped that this would mean that he stayed in England , but when he returned to London after his leave the battalion was made up to strength and moved to Howick in Scotland . |
| 11 | ‘ A member shall — ( a ) establish and maintain rules and procedures ( ‘ compliance procedures ’ ) by reference to which each officer , employee , company representative and appointed representative of the member can ensure that he complies with these Rules and the Principles in his dealings with investors ; … |
| 12 | ‘ A member shall ( a ) establish and maintain rules and procedures … by reference to which each officer , employee , company representative and appointed representative of the member can ensure that he complies with these Rules and the Principles in his dealings with investors ; … |
| 13 | Also , if your debtor is late in paying it can mean that he pays for financing his lateness instead of you . |
| 14 | The authority has the power to appoint the Chief Constable ( subject to the Home Secretary 's approval ) and can require that he retires in the interests of efficiency ( again with the Home Secretary 's approval ) . |
| 15 | Mr Watkins can say that he sympathises with green views on the need for conservation but has been overruled by the troika that presides over George Bush 's domestic policy : John Sununu , the chief of staff , Richard Darman , the budget director , and Michael Boskin , the chief economic adviser . |