Example sentences of "[pers pn] [subord] he [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regulator , whose task has been laid down by Parliament , is perfectly entitled to come to me if he thinks that his powers are not enough . |
| 2 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 3 | The doctor may withhold all or part of the report from you if he thinks that it would be in your interest , or that of others , to do so . |
| 4 | The doctor may withhold all or part of the report from you if he thinks that it would be in your interest , or that of others , to do so . |
| 5 | " He probably took the trouble to find out as much as possible about you when he knew that you were a candidate for the job here . |
| 6 | But he 's not prepared to … take advantage of me because he knows that I 'm inexperienced and that it would be too important to me . |
| 7 | He slammed a fist up at her as if the force of his gesture could throw her the last five feet , and screamed at her although he knew that she could n't hear . |
| 8 | And he does n't like my form of questioning , as when I asked him if he believed that the gates of heaven could only be opened by gold and silver keys ? |
| 9 | What would Barry do to him if he knew that he Philip had tried to shoot Rebel ? |
| 10 | I asked him if he thought that perhaps he was a steadying influence on Ken . |
| 11 | His Dad would kill him if he found that he 'd taken them . |
| 12 | Darcy focuses his own feelings on an Eritrean woman , a ‘ splendid bureaucrat ’ now based in Frankfurt but currently visiting the front line to renew her networks of information , and dreams hazily of a future sexual relationship with her until he discovers that she had once undergone , at the hands of the Dergue , such stomach-churning extremes of physical torture that ‘ my distance from such a height of anguish disqualified me . ’ |
| 13 | It was a case that bothered him because he felt that in the Assize Court the unfortunate man 's chances had been wrecked by that fool of a cocky young barrister who had concocted an elaborate defence that gave a totally false impression of what had happened . |
| 14 | He had also been struck by a streak of ruthlessness in the boy which , he thought , ought not to have surprised him since he knew that , as with all good detectives , it must be present . |
| 15 | Former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath told him before he left that the Government should have pushed ahead with ratification of the Maastricht Treaty , despite Denamrk 's no vote . |
| 16 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE is leaving the restaurant , I ask him whether he feels that he 's now best known in Britain for chasing chickens . |
| 17 | I asked him whether he felt that this work fed off the troubled times in Belfast , and if so whether it could also have a more universal appeal . |
| 18 | Except for the little meanness about Claudine , his nasty trick of kissing her when he knew that Marie would see them . |
| 19 | His eyes were n't even on her when he said that , and Ruth could n't take it seriously . |
| 20 | It occurred to him as he walked that he had not seen Taheb since their visit to the palace compound . |
| 21 | Ralph , without the wise word of Piggy , does not realise until near the end that ‘ sharpening his stick at both ends ’ means that Jack 's hunters are out to kill him as he believes that they are not capable of murder . |
| 22 | It took White the best part of this season to repair the psychological damage , but are we to believe him when he claims that he will win the World Championship unless he gets ‘ a terrible illness or someone plays like God ’ ? |
| 23 | A momentary disorientation took him when he found that not only could he not move , but that he was staring straight up at the sky , and there appeared to be no ground underneath him . |
| 24 | The High Court in Inverness heard that PC John Smith 's curiosity had got the better of him when he learned that a Murdo MacIver from his home town of Stornoway was in custody . |
| 25 | He spoke in a calm voice to her for he thought that the wind was upsetting her , but she took no notice and came at him again , and again . |
| 26 | Melville says she would prefer it if he said that they loved each other , and that subtle point is not lost on anyone . |
| 27 | The father , for reasons put forward by Miss McCreath connected with his own situation and his wish to as it were be forgiven for his past behaviour , and in the hopes of showing that he can in the future notwithstanding his past behaviour be contemplated as somebody to play a röle in the life of his children , supports the making of an interim care order or does not oppose it because he acknowledges that there should be supervision by the plaintiffs . |
| 28 | Taylor wrote it because he considered that there had been a careless and needless neglect of hearing confessions in the Church of England . |
| 29 | Is it because he knows that his new contract system has reduced patient choice ? |
| 30 | H. L. Gee knew it when he said that Edinburgh is ‘ perhaps never seen to greater advantage than late on a midsummer evening , the stones crimson in the setting sun , western windows ablaze with fire ’ . |