Example sentences of "that his [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite financial difficulties , however , Hahnemann displayed such intellectual ability that his teachers helped him in his studies and allowed him to finance his education by tutoring the younger children in the school . |
| 2 | Afterwards , alone with Berdichev and Douglas , he talked of minor things , concealing his pleasure that his scheme had their sanction and — more important — their financial backing . |
| 3 | GRAHAM Finney does not mind that his hobby gives him the needle … for it helps him create textile masterpieces . |
| 4 | Nor must this emphasis on the proprietary and financial aspects of a shareholder 's rights obscure the important fact that his shareholding causes him to become a member of an association , normally with rights to take part in its deliberation by attending and voting at its general meetings . |
| 5 | Huy sat in silence , hoping that his expression betrayed nothing of his thoughts . |
| 6 | It is the genius of Shakespeare that his plays offer plenty of fully written parts to a band of players . |
| 7 | There appears to be little direct authority on the point , but in Lewis v. Cox Webster J. said that even taking into account the fact as found by the magistrates that the defendant was intoxicated and that his intoxication affected his actions , they must still inevitably have inferred that the defendant intended to obstruct . |
| 8 | Tory MPs also felt that his performance ensures he lives to fight another day — and beyond . |
| 9 | The worst of it was that his headaches made him so angry ; it was a symptom of the poison that was killing him by degrees . |
| 10 | His head sank so low that his collar dented his bottom lip , and Sarah had touched his arm in sympathy , earning an even stronger rebuke herself . |
| 11 | Listening to Iago is a double process of decoding : deciphering his utterance in the way that his dupes understand it , and decoding it again to understand how he meant it . |
| 12 | In a letter to Prime Minister Wilfried Martens , the King , a devout Catholic , declared that his conscience barred him from signing the abortion bill into law . |
| 13 | We all called him ‘ Mol ’ abbreviating his name as students always do ; and throughout the diocese he is known by all his brother priests as simply ‘ Mol ’ ; and now I gather that his parishioners call him Fr Mol . |
| 14 | He accepted that his return made him a target for the IRA . |
| 15 | But Christian soon made it clear that his plans had nothing to do with the fire at the manor , although he admitted that Tom being placed in charge of the manor farm did affect what he had in mind . |
| 16 | ‘ The gentleman before you complained that his lenses gave him double vision and headaches . |
| 17 | He curled away so close that his wash disturbed it . |
| 18 | During his childhood , Holovich had been taught Russian by his mother and it was ostensibly for that reason that his company asked him to visit Moscow — a quite spurious reason because we supply most adequate and experienced interpreters for commercial negotiations with foreign concerns . |
| 19 | Folly was n't sure if her growing feeling of euphoria was due to Luke 's excitement about the Rose Bowl 's possibilities — or the commitment to the future of their relationship that his willingness to help her implied . |
| 20 | He demands that his minders sort them out . |
| 21 | Mungo noticed that his window gave him a view of the field and the edge of the forest . |
| 22 | As the warrior Solor he possessed neither the exotic glamour of Ruzimatov nor the romantic height of Cope — and a dispassionate viewer would admit that his turban gave him an unfortunately gnome-like appearance . |
| 23 | Seton 's body was quickly reinterred and , despite Sir James ' protests , Corbett insisted that his escort accompany him back to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 24 | Not least was that his presence diminished her chances of enjoying a happier relationship with someone else . |
| 25 | I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive ! |
| 26 | George found that his position enabled him to divert a little of the firm 's money into his own pocket . |
| 27 | Thus we might say that the sceptic implicitly claims to know his conclusion that knowledge is impossible , or that he claims that his premises justify his belief that justified belief is impossible . |
| 28 | As soon as she saw that he was awake she slipped a hand expertly under his head , and held a cup to his lips , and he drank thirstily , like a child , all the more willingly because it was plain that his docility pleased her . |
| 29 | A good horse trainer teaches a horse good habits so that it does what he wants it to do automatically , without it learning any undesirable behaviour or bad habits in the process ; but a poor trainer often finds that his horses learn something unwanted at the same time . |
| 30 | ‘ The reason he never had any was that his tastes precluded it , ’ said Rose , spitting out the words . |