Example sentences of "him that he was " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rightly said of him that he was always a pedagogue , but he is a pedagogue in the courtly nineteenth-century mode of Professor Agassiz , who sets up the controlled experiment and invites us to participate in it , not in the hectoring and charismatic mode of the star of the lecture-hall . |
| 2 | Jones , a fellow-Irishman who had a 75 , told him that he was not lining up his putter squarely . |
| 3 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to tell him that he was a possible future Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 4 | In the following year a BBC man who came to Bishopthorpe to have a brains trust in the house was shocked to discover that there was no television set in the house and told him that he was cut off from the experience of millions of his countrymen . |
| 5 | So I had to go and put Nick straight , tell him that he was n't even one of the band , just a mate who 'd come and play with us every now and then . |
| 6 | In East Tyrone , s UDR started the day on a happy note when the Commanding Officer called the Administrative Officer to his office and told him that he was to be promoted to Captain . |
| 7 | I was n't there trying to tell him that he was doing something wrong or that he should n't be doing it . |
| 8 | He was only able to shed that bondage through a charismatic experience which reassured him that he was a child of God . |
| 9 | It was said of him that he was preparing his Easter sermon early one Easter Day when the significance of the resurrection dawned on him . |
| 10 | The next day Muldoon told him that he was returning to the States at the end of the month to take his enforced early retirement , after a short holiday on the Hamble . |
| 11 | On the other hand , Gina had assured him that he was doing publicity photographs for her . |
| 12 | One look in the mirror he kept tucked away amongst his things by the bed told him that he was looking decidedly well . |
| 13 | He was a little surprised when she said no and even more so when she told him that he was wasting the doctor 's time — there were sick people waiting for these beds . |
| 14 | It was n't just Doyle and the Woman , after all , who were telling him that he was wrong . |
| 15 | Doyle , the Woman , the television news-readers , Hank , the girl and the policeman — even his own face in the mirror — all told him that he was Philip Doyle . |
| 16 | Dot knew from just looking at him that he was no hero , no villain either . |
| 17 | Sometimes 1 would try to withhold my gift of words as the only way I could convey to him that he was withholding something I needed as badly as he needed my poetic ability . |
| 18 | She had planned now to tell him that he was the one who was thick ; that he had fallen into her trap ; that she , Gazzer , and Bella knew all about him and what he had done . |
| 19 | When he told his assailant his name , he told him that he was a deceiver , a cheat , one who outwits others and extorts blessings from them . |
| 20 | The accusations levelled at him that he was an unwanted invader who would bring the yuppie hordes and tourist armies in his wake clearly hurt . |
| 21 | The blaze reminded him that he was beginning to feel cold . |
| 22 | Its chocolate-scented steam rose to touch his nostrils , reminding him that he was very hungry . |
| 23 | He put the things back into his wallet , except for the blue card informing him that he was to see Dr Pool in the morning . |
| 24 | David showed prudence in doing the things committed to him by Saul ; Job exemplified simplicity ( in the good sense ) for it was said of him that he was a simple man ; Solomon , in Proverbs , highlighted patience , where he said that a prince is made mellow by patience . |
| 25 | It seemed to him that he was Kurz , in some strange way . |
| 26 | The reporter , Mick Brown , followed this story with exemplary tact , or , put it another way , as if it had never struck him that he was talking to loonies . |
| 27 | His mother says that he talked to her about it and she tried to convince him that he was misinterpreting what he had seen and heard , but as far as I can learn John never mentioned it to anyone else until late in life , when telling Dr Schäfer about the thoughts which led him to make his ballet Spuren . |
| 28 | Joachim reassured him that he was needed and would have God on his side . |
| 29 | When this meeting broke up at about 8.15 I took Mr Murray aside to remind him that he was scheduled to broadcast from our CHAB studio on the top floor in 15 minutes . |
| 30 | On his wedding night the sight of his wife 's pubic hair so appalled him that he was shocked into sexual abstinence for the rest of his life — not that he lost the urge . |