Example sentences of "[adv] that he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The earl mounted his horse and chased after it , but enjoyed the sport so much that he ordered the town butchers to supply a mad bull every year on 13 November in return for grazing rights on the meadows . |
| 2 | His footsteps seemed unusually loud on the cobblestones , setting up a confusion of echoes from the brick walls so that he had the eerie sensation that he was not alone , and that other solitary walkers surrounded him . |
| 3 | Alfonso , on the other hand , though go-ahead and energetic , was of a docile nature and readily deferred to his parents and his eldest sister Urraca , so that he became the favourite son and developed all the traits of a spoilt child . |
| 4 | The driver was from the Colonel 's staff , and he had travelled ahead a full month before so that he knew the city , the back-doubles they might need and the side streets . |
| 5 | And then his mind cleared , and he was looking at the Robemaker and feeling contempt for him again , feeling as well , the dangerous , powerful white spears of the Stroicim Inchinn withdraw , so that he knew the Robemaker had again called up the Stroicim without giving any outward indication of having done so . |
| 6 | Every goddam way they had taken Harry 's picture , so that he saw the part of Harry 's head that was intact , and the part that was blasted . |
| 7 | Palmer ( 1988 : 199 ) proposes that when followed by the to infinitive , verbs of perception function as verbs of reporting , so that He saw the children to be eating their lunch means " He reported the children to be eating their lunch " . |
| 8 | I told him that when he came up the ramp he must accelerate on the throttle at speed so that he got the front wheel up in the air , so he would n't nosedive and hurt himself . |
| 9 | A speaker somehow ‘ translates ’ his ideas or thoughts into spoken or written signs , he ‘ encodes ’ them , and the hearer translates them back again , he ‘ decodes ’ them , so that he has the same thoughts , near enough , as the speaker . |
| 10 | The kiss grew stronger and wilder , and he rolled over so that he covered the length of her . |
| 11 | If necessary , take him shopping with you , or better still , send him to the supermarket alone so that he realises the cost of basic necessities . |
| 12 | Willie turned back to look at the comics so that he missed the surprised expression on his face . |
| 13 | He turned around , so that he faced the water again . |
| 14 | He did not feel hungry , and the alcohol sent his imagination soaring into the smoky roof beams , so that he lost the thread of the story Ratagan was telling him — the one about the Dwarf and the Firewood , he thought muzzily . |
| 15 | If great writing may principally be a matter of fine and large spirit expressed in outstanding technique , to my eye , as I still acquaint myself with him , Johnson triumphs by combining a welcoming mind with an economy of expression , so that he shares the maximum of observed experience in the minimum of words . |
| 16 | It was not merely that he had the work done quickly but he had done it thinkingly . |
| 17 | That Neil was not sleeping there after all , or merely that he shut the flaps at night against the midges or the weather ? |
| 18 | We have learned only that he told the news , and that the people cried out in anguish . |
| 19 | In Manchester in 1779 ‘ he acquaints the gentlemen of the town etc. that he practises the art of Land Surveying , as measuring and planning estates , setting out land for building on , dividing of ground , levelling etc . ’ |
| 20 | He felt acutely that he lacked the authenticity that the popular vote bestows upon a leader . |
| 21 | It 's not just that he needs the money . ’ |
| 22 | In fairness to Keith , he realised very quickly that he lacked the requisite qualities and threw in the towel . |
| 23 | Fire investigation officer Alan Haddock told an inquest yesterday that he believed the fire had been caused by a butane gas heater or a portable lamp igniting a mixture of petrol vapour and air . |
| 24 | Fire investigation officer Alan Haddock told an inquest yesterday that he believed the fire had been caused by a butane gas heater or a portable lamp igniting a mixture of petrol vapour and air . |
| 25 | Its chairman , Michael Cannon , said yesterday that he relished the challenge of buying between 400 and 600 pubs , mostly in the Midlands and North , from the big brewers for between £250,000 and £300,000 , and expects this to take three months . |
| 26 | Walter Priesnitz , the state secretary in the Inter-German Ministry in West Germany said yesterday that he feared the situation inside East Germany could become explosive as the anniversary approached . |
| 27 | Faldo said at Wentworth yesterday that he made the decision because he feels he can not now finish at the top of the European order of merit by playing in Spain . |
| 28 | Ed Blair , Hamilton 's president , said yesterday that he hoped the go-ahead for the next phase would follow quickly to enable PowerGen to buy the gas . |
| 29 | Coun French , who represents Darlington on Durham County Council , said yesterday that he criticised the system for being open to abuse . |
| 30 | Mr Zeman , a former member of the Communist Party , said yesterday that he regarded the current leadership as ‘ anti-socialist , counter-revolutionary , and right-wing ’ . |