Example sentences of "he [verb] [that] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had never questioned their presence , but now he realised that it had oppressed him . |
| 2 | He realised that it had been a while now since he had put himself on the lookout for Medjays shadowing him . |
| 3 | Before long , he agreed that it suited his single-minded purpose to make peace with his co-star . |
| 4 | Dr Mike Mosson , director personnel at the Royal Bank , says the bank has a policy of ‘ positive assistance ’ and ‘ positive encouragement ’ towards women , although he insists that it falls short of positive discrimination . |
| 5 | But he insists that it follows from it and others of the same kind that knowledge is impossible . |
| 6 | His present celebrity is a fairly recent phenomenon , and he insists that it has not really affected him , although he acknowledges that his appearances on television shows and in magazine profiles have somewhat robbed him of the anonymity which still clings to his ‘ invisible ’ friend , Cartier-Bresson . |
| 7 | And when William came back from Germany and a decision had to be made about his education , he argued that it made sense to send him to the state school , the same as Preston . |
| 8 | While he agrees that it involves more risk , it does not deter him . |
| 9 | As it passed , he realized that it had slowed down , turned around and was starting to give chase . |
| 10 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 11 | When he was shown the Demoiselles d'Avignon , Braque appears at first to have been bewildered by it , though he realized that it marked an important new departure . |
| 12 | Before another reading of this poem on the same visit , he announced that it began where he had begun , and that it ended where he and his wife hoped to end — in the parish church of a Somerset village ; he could see now the pattern of his life completed . |
| 13 | He admitted that it saddened him to realise that ‘ my youth is gone — not my love of life or my energy , but I mean the time when one feels so lighthearted and carefree . ’ |
| 14 | Plotting the line on a map , he found that it passed straight through Westminster Abbey , the site of which was originally known as Thorney Island from a conspicuous mark : a hallowed clump of hawthorn . |
| 15 | When he tried to swallow the lump in his throat he found that it tasted of beck-water . |
| 16 | He found that it opened a window on the City that he would otherwise never have had . |
| 17 | He accepts that it has to be traded off against the 25 per cent improvement in fuel consumption and longer engine life . |
| 18 | He says that it seemed to take more than half an hour . |
| 19 | He says that it happens too often . |
| 20 | He says that it does n't take account the differing backgrounds of pupils . |
| 21 | He says that it took officers away from other duties . |
| 22 | He says that it requires skill and balance . |
| 23 | He says that it shows that staff acted properly . |
| 24 | He says that it looks different . |
| 25 | He says that it has been the foundation of Europe 's post-war success , the implication being that we must adopt the same system in Britain if we are to become a modern , prosperous nation . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , he says that it has been difficult to avoid the wholesale abandonment of a fascinating liturgical and musical tradition which had sound scholarly foundations . |
| 27 | He says that it has been known for drugs to be smuggled in large packages . |
| 28 | He says that it 's been very delicate work , but they think that they have found all the bones . |
| 29 | He says that it needs to be tested . |
| 30 | Will he confirm that it operates only if there is prior written consent on the part of the employee — |