Example sentences of "his father that [pron] " in BNC.

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1 She had her health and strength and the tiny life forming inside her ; she had security and a comfortable home ; then there was Cissie whom she adored , and her own darling son who was so like his father that her joy in him must always be mingled with pain .
2 Just before Christmas , after all his protestations of disinterested friendship with Constanze Weber , Wolfgang now announced to his father that they were to marry .
3 She could be a nuisance : she would remind his father that his exams or a dental appointment were due , or comment adversely on the state of his room .
4 Finally Mozart was able to report to his father that he had given a concert , and that his takings , before expenses , were 90 gulden .
5 He also informed his father that he was to compose a two-act opera entitled Alexandre et Roxane as well as a sinfonia concertante for his Mannheim friends .
6 ( 14 May 1778 ) In the same letter Mozart informed his father that he had unofficially been offered the post of organist at Versailles which , if he were to accept , would mean spending six months of the year in Versailles and the remaining six months wherever he liked .
7 Back again at the parsonage at Etten , he must have pleaded with sufficient eloquence to convince his father that he should be allowed to try .
8 Then in January 1879 the Mission School committee relented and informed his father that he could have a temporary post after all .
9 He was knocked around so much by his father that he ended up with a crooked leg , but he must have had some courage , because he was the only one of his clutch to survive .
10 He told his father that he had to go .
11 On Lan 's other side Tam shot an accusing look at Kim from time to time as if to make unmistakably clear to his father that he had done everything possible to dissuade Kim from his folly .
12 A cocky 12-year-old in an expensive Goretex jacket , Kevin claims that he went to the boy 's home and was told by his father that he had not killed anyone .
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