Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [verb] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that I 've seen his photograph and read his prose style , I ca n't imagine how he and Serafin ever contrived to live together . |
| 2 | In the end the man became so nervous that I had to hold his arm and literally steer him through the crowd to the right spot . |
| 3 | The other day , I ‘ phoned Robert at college to tell him that I had photographed his favourite aircraft that morning . |
| 4 | Nor that I will to borrow his messenger without his knowledge . |
| 5 | He thought of the pattern of his visit so far ; the revelation of Rose McGarry 's death ; the discovery of the swan ; Jos 's warning ( had it been Jos 's strong arm holding him back in the dream ? ) ; and this most recent sign , which at the very least told him that someone had entered his room , his own sanctuary . |
| 6 | So it was partly out of an illogical sense of obligation that she began to read his book on Aurae Phiala . |
| 7 | It was n't the first time Luke had contacted her since their sight seeing expedition — the flowers that by now she was coming to expect had arrived promptly next day , and with them a handwritten note — but it was the first time that she had heard his voice . |
| 8 | Beginning to feel that she had imagined his charm , his inbuilt supply of it , Fabia strove hard to keep cool . |
| 9 | He smiled and there was no triumph , only genuine pleasure that she had accepted his offer , and Ruth knew in her heart that she had nothing to fear from this man . |
| 10 | She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him . |
| 11 | It did n't take the Brain of Britain to deduce that he had known , somehow , that she had drugged his coffee , and full marks to his rapier mind — he had turned the tables , or rather the mugs , very neatly . |
| 12 | He woke in a fury two hours afterward , and said that she had upset his rhythm and that he had to make some calls . |
| 13 | Lesley had issued her fiat with such confidence that she had taken his compliance for granted . |
| 14 | He turned , pleased that she had used his name . |
| 15 | ‘ Then there was the day she told him that she had read his books . |
| 16 | The agent told Mr Rundle that she had to check his ‘ card rating ’ and put him on hold — to the accompaniment of taped music . |
| 17 | It was n't until after she 'd left that she 'd noticed his name on the football reports . |
| 18 | Did he know that she 'd revealed his habit of farting as he came , or that I had once worn his pyjamas while she blew me ? |
| 19 | My apologies , ’ she grinned , aware that she 'd wounded his massive ego . |
| 20 | In contrast to the crescendo of fury from Downes , Morse 's voice was very quiet indeed , and beside him WPC Wright was not absolutely sure that she 'd transcribed his words with total accuracy . |
| 21 | To find that she 'd pinched his windpipe shut . |
| 22 | There was no denying that she 'd caught his interest . |
| 23 | Within minutes of the result being known , Mrs Thatcher ( still in Paris ) had announced her intention to stand in the second ballot and Hurd , with her in Paris , had declared that she continued to have his full support . |
| 24 | Knew that she had warmed to him , that she wanted to ease his grief , and for a dangerous few seconds he thought he would cry . |
| 25 | When my American friend pitched up with the news that we had to meet his contact at Ku Disco , Alison said she 'd like to come too , but I sent her to bed . |
| 26 | Iago 's superiority over the six people he directly deceives ( and behind them , of course , the whole of society ) is so marked that we risk endorsing his contempt for whichever ‘ snipe ’ , ‘ knave ’ , or ‘ ass ’ he happens to be manipulating . |
| 27 | Richie had the feeling that something had escaped his attention . |
| 28 | At this moment , as he was still wondering what to say to them , he suddenly realized that something had lightened his spirits . |
| 29 | He cocked his head to one side and I could see that something had caught his attention . |
| 30 | ‘ A workman , who had been injured through the breaking of a defective part in the machine with which he was working , brought an action of damages against his employers , and later convened as second defenders the manufacturers of the machine , who had supplied it to his employers , on averments to the effect that the accident had been caused by the fault of the manufacturers in that they failed to supply his employers with a machine which was safe for use by their servants . |