Example sentences of "that he [adv] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His ‘ ardour … for his books of chivalry ’ ( OMF iii 5 ) is described in Cervantes ' first chapter : ‘ so great was his curiosity and infatuation in this regard that he even sold many acres of tillable land in order to be able to buy and read the books that he loved , and he would carry home with him as many of them as he could obtain . ’ |
| 2 | It has to be said that he also invoked this oath against his barons when it suited him to do so , as in 1301 : it served against the laity no less than against the clergy . |
| 3 | If this were so in the present case , he concealed the fact with remarkable aplomb ; but my impression was that he rather welcomed this degree of personal contact , as if it provided some sort of relief from the heavy intellectual conversation repeatedly forced upon him . |
| 4 | To have asked him to be a godfather had crossed my mind ; but I knew that he already held this office in plurality . |
| 5 | On the other hand , it was obvious from the shadows like sooty thumbprints beneath his eyes and the tension around his mouth that he desperately needed some sleep . |
| 6 | Is it the case that he merely dismisses those submissions with which he does not agree and proceeds in an autocratic fashion ? |
| 7 | Leonard 's mind was such that he always had several ironies in his fire at any one time , even when he was seeking to demythologise some of them ! |
| 8 | I know that he recently considered this matter at a meeting with the northern TECs , but will he further consider the plight of some regions where costs are slightly higher than in , say , the south-east ? |
| 9 | He set off at a fast lope , leaving her amazed that he still had enough energy to move so quickly , but also puzzled . |
| 10 | As for Brian Redhead , a BBC radio presenter who had the temerity to call him a conspiracy , ‘ His failure to apologise meant that he never got another interview with Mrs Thatcher as prime minister . ’ |
| 11 | Having seen the decline in public services over the past decade , I hope that he never has that opportunity . |
| 12 | More worrying , perhaps , is that he happily accepts most people at home and outdoors , but sometimes shies away , even from people he 's met . |
| 13 | It is possible that the subject retained a single letter in the form of a visual representation of the acoustic stimulus and that he subsequently matched this representation against the visually presented probe stimulus . |
| 14 | It can happen that at the time of the sale the seller is not the owner ( and thus is in breach of the condition in section 12 ) but that he subsequently obtains that ownership , e. g. by buying the goods from their owner . |
| 15 | Additionally , carried away by enthusiasm that ought not to affect the judgement of experienced lawyers , they advised him , or agreed on his urging ( I do not know which ) , that he should issue writs for libel , which he did , with the disastrous effect that he actually accepted some damages from one publication before he was compelled to reveal the falsity of his assertions . |