Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [pers pn] [verb] he " in BNC.

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1 She had n't forgotten that she owed him taxi money .
2 You must have realised that I resented him . ’
3 From an early age , Sara had sensed that she irritated him , by her presence , by the fact that she was there to remind him of his wife 's earlier marriage .
4 It was whispered that they wanted him to speak .
5 No one had ever said that they liked him .
6 Sheldon had become much attached to her during his time at the Lock Hospital and it is said that she asked him to embalm her body after her death , which he did .
7 She could not have said that she found him dull , because she did not know it , and was conscious only of her own failure , and her misery at her own personal inadequacy quite drowned any sensation of boredom .
8 Ben Hogan has said that he wished he had learned the importance of left forearm rotation earlier in his career , as it became one of his keys in his later years .
9 ‘ I would have thought that I knew him fairly well , but in writing the lyrics I found depths I had never contemplated . ’
10 She wondered how she could ever have thought that she loved him , and why she had stayed with him for so long after she 'd realised that if she ever had , she did not love him now .
11 He blushed to think of how shamelessly he 'd paraded himself when he 'd had Judith on his arm ; how he 'd joked that she loved him for his cleanliness , and for his taste in bidets .
12 Legend has it that the mandarin was so grateful to Earl Grey for services rendered that he gave him his secret tea recipe , to keep mind , body and spirit together in perfect harmony .
13 How had he known that she needed him ?
14 She hinted that she could be of more help to them than her brother , provided that they left him alone in his present state of health .
15 He had even imagined that she mocked him with her smile , though he could not be certain that she had actually seen him there .
16 The moment when he knew his mother finally acknowledged that she needed him , was then , when she lowered her eyes , and gave a small resigned sigh of agreement .
17 The green at the 14th is so severely sloped that he knew he would need to leave her below the flag , and did so ‘ by about two light-years ’ .
18 It was only that now , having finally admitted that she loved him , that she 'd loved him almost from the moment they 'd met , she was able to admit that it was those very same qualities that made him the man he was .
19 He showed us the research he had begun in Pembrokeshire , and we were so amazed at what he had discovered that we encouraged him to continue all over Wales .
20 A woman accused of hiring a hitman to murder her former boyfriend has denied that she wanted him killed .
21 He had been seen in Wales by a DJ who had suggested that he look him up , should he ever come to the big city .
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