Example sentences of "to [pron] that he " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thanks to them that he learned that the hunt was on for a leak on the Washington embassy wartime staff which could only have been Maclean . |
| 2 | Wherefore as God had granted him all those dominions , it seemed just to them that he should accept the imperial title also , when it was offered to him by the consent of all Christendom . |
| 3 | He knew of course that he never could meet them , but he wanted so badly to talk to them that he would get out their letters and pictures from his box of papers and talk quietly to them anyway . |
| 4 | It suddenly occurred to them that he had not moved a muscle since they came in . |
| 5 | How to explain to them that he was changed ? |
| 6 | It seemed to them that he said anything that came into his head . |
| 7 | The usual way in which this duty is breached is for the employee to mention to customers that he is leaving and either directly or indirectly suggest to them that he is available to meet their needs once he has left . |
| 8 | About these matters it seems to me that he writes really well , in a manner that might suggest the intent translation of a Latin author anxious to tell the truth . |
| 9 | Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance . |
| 10 | It occurred to me that he might well have heard me and decided not to answer . |
| 11 | I think he once did say to me that he was very disturbed at how much ‘ coke ’ David was doing and that it had got to the point where he did n't hide it from deFries , whereas he did for quite a while at first . |
| 12 | An elderly verger once confided to me that he felt happier at a good funeral than at a wedding . |
| 13 | ‘ It was evident to me that he believed a certain act of self-denial was required of him . |
| 14 | In many ways I was greatly relieved as it had become obvious to me that he was n't well . |
| 15 | But it does seem so horrible to me that he will be , with them , near them , at the cottage . |
| 16 | The next year we were at Muirfield and I also did the Canada Cup with Peter the following year , 1960 , and here he broke the news to me that he wanted to use his regular St Andrews caddie Wal Gillespie for the 1960 Open . |
| 17 | John Wright remarked to me that he met some strange friends through John who , while still a teenager , was obviously finding friends of a congenial bohemianism akin to his own . |
| 18 | It seemed to me that he was colder now , disappointed that I should have been found to have anything so hostile as escape equipment in my pockets . |
| 19 | It seems to me that he tries the Bible before the bar of his own mind rather than the other way around . |
| 20 | And I must also add that I was a trifle put out , and surprised , because it seemed to me that he was turning down a good opportunity . |
| 21 | It seems to me that he must abandon or reformulate his thesis because , as he says , ‘ it is something that must be understood , as it were , by brain and heart ’ . |
| 22 | It seemed to me that he needed reassurance , needed people other than Margot to believe in him . |
| 23 | One 911 owner once remarked to me that he had n't been terribly impressed by his car until he took it on a racetrack . |
| 24 | Seems funny to me that he was so near to the scene of the murder at that particular time . |
| 25 | But it seems to me that he needs other people to bounce off , even though he can do it all himself . |
| 26 | Forster once wrote to me that he knew Ivy 's characters were good as well as clever ; they are a great deal better than anyone in his books . |
| 27 | It was n't surprising to me that he was pleased to get away from them . |
| 28 | ‘ He said to me that he felt that in the last couple of internationals he had n't done himself justice . |
| 29 | James says simply that ‘ it was suddenly very important to me that he should live ’ . |
| 30 | Later he confessed to me that he had been feeling a certain unease in the region of the colon ; when I asked him why on earth he had n't told me , he answered , ‘ I 'd never discuss my plumbing with ladies ! ’ |