Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] [conj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sure that the bishop was right and that he was hard to follow . |
| 2 | He turned his head away , and as the light caught his face at a certain angle Nenna realised in terror that he was right and that he would never get anywhere . |
| 3 | What when he was asleep or when he was |
| 4 | I knew that there was a problem and made a note of it erm that it was hereditary and that he was seeing a consultant , but there 's other parts of the C C Q that would actually relate to that and go into it in a lot more detail |
| 5 | On September 9 , 1969 , by which time Clinton knew his draft number was high and that he was therefore unlikely to be called up , he wrote to his friend Richard Stearns : ‘ Nothing could be more destructive of whatever fibre I have left than this mental torment . |
| 6 | I went over to him wondering if something was wrong or if he was just being lazy . |
| 7 | I 'd already told him where she kept it … and he was afraid that if he left it there it 'd be traced back to him . |
| 8 | The charge which the historian must bring against him is not that he was vicious but that he was timid , selfish and worst of all lazy . |
| 9 | Jack had always been teetotal , since he was convinced that if he ever touched alcohol , he would become dependent . |
| 10 | He was convinced that if he tried hard enough and often enough I would go to bed with him . |
| 11 | I knew he was convinced that if he made love to me I should be happy . |
| 12 | In June , with eleven months still to go , he was told by his doctor that his state of nervous exhaustion was such that if he did not immediately take a week 's rest at Chequers ( which with Parliament sitting inevitably involved a public announcement ) he would not survive without collapse until the end of July . |
| 13 | I always enjoyed talking with him both when he was serious and when he would suddenly switch to gentle ridicule with an infectious laugh . |
| 14 | Will my right hon. Friend tell me how best to reply to a constituent of mine who has recently completed a course of treatment at Broomfield hospital in Chelmsford and who tells me that the nurses and doctors were fantastic , that the treatment was magnificent and that he is fed up to the back teeth with the constant efforts of the Labour party to undermine and talk down the achievements of the health service ? |
| 15 | He said that was fine and that he knew that the sails would be as good as the last suit that we had made for him . |
| 16 | And then Luke came in and said the fire was fine and that he 'd bashed the cushions up a bit , to make it all OK for them . |
| 17 | I pointed to the fact that I was younger than when he took over . |
| 18 | ‘ He said that his heart was dicky and that he would n't last much longer . |
| 19 | Yes erm it was obvious because if he 's already told the man he 's going to move forward , to handcuff him erm he will not move forward to a person with his gun er in his hand . |
| 20 | Ward 's voice was flat as though he were carrying out an official enquiry . |
| 21 | He told her that he was well and that he missed her a lot . |
| 22 | He was sure that as he approached her image would waver and fade . |
| 23 | Chris had written a letter to Tina Jelly in Aldershot saying that he still loved her and missed her a lot , but was sure that until he came home she would be able to go out with his mates from the Royal Signals . |
| 24 | It is now dear that Waite 's involvement was peripheral and that he was used by North as a cover to conceal the true reason for Jacobsen 's release . |
| 25 | He realized that he was tired and that he had been working too long , word upon word , hour after hour , mostly in a poor light , always in bitter cold . |
| 26 | Thirdly , it is often impossible to tell from the inventory whether a person was poor or whether he was living in comfortable retirement , having already passed on most of his estate to his children ; a yeoman with very few possessions is likely to have been in the latter category . |
| 27 | She was unable to believe that his tongue was unruly or that he 'd meant his earlier remarks to be at all humorous . |
| 28 | Why , for instance , did the Oval board of directors emerge from a meeting last month to declare that Jackson 's job was safe and that he would be in charge next season ? |
| 29 | Mosley , arguing that Spengler 's understanding of caesarism was profound but that he had failed to see the potential in modern science to rejuvenate society , saw fascism as a ‘ mutiny against destiny ’ . |
| 30 | He accepted that emperorship was responsible and that he was answerable to a higher power . |