Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adv] [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looks so miserable that for once I do n't kick Heather on the way back to my desk . |
| 2 | He accepts as uncontentious that inequalities of disposable income , of resources devoted to different ages , and of access and power characterize different generations . |
| 3 | He realises too late that not only can he not meet that deadline but he will not be able to finish those accounts before 31 December 1994 . |
| 4 | ‘ If I cry , he gets so angry that I ca n't bear it ’ , said another , ‘ and I go away and find somewhere by myself where I can go on crying ’ . |
| 5 | Always makes me laugh the way he sounds so surprised that announcing record profits and asking customers to pay more . |
| 6 | ‘ He seems pretty sure that the old man saw them coming . ’ |
| 7 | In Sonnet 17 , indeed , he seems quizzically aware that his dedication to panegyric may result in a loss of credibility : ‘ Who will believe my verse in time to come ? ’ |
| 8 | He tries so hard that it seems churlish to deny him a few points for effort . |
| 9 | The classic example offered is that of the diffident schoolboy , who has learnt the dates of , say , the English kings the previous night but who is so alarmed by his hectoring schoolteacher that he becomes completely unsure that the answers that suggest themselves to him under questioning are in fact the right ones . |
| 10 | He becomes crucially aware that they have little need of any critical analysis , for as Benyon ( ibid. 23 ) goes on to point out , |