Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of them agreed that Mrs Shaw who was ‘ one of the best ’ , helped Mr Shaw tremendously with his plays . |
| 2 | Women who told me that their partners accused them of using tears to manipulate them agreed that there were times when they deliberately wept , but said that it was often the only way they could get their partner 's attention . |
| 3 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 4 | of them revealed that they had been the victims of marital rape . |
| 5 | When I first met the car manufacturers , they did not appear to be taking the matter very seriously at all , but my last meeting with them revealed that they are now much more prepared to make their cars more secure . |
| 6 | He bought a quantity believing they were Ecstasy , but when he tried them found that they were another drug altogether . |
| 7 | Five of the twenty-seven staff who made written responses gave the book two stars for pupil popularity , i.e. ‘ very popular ’ ; two of them reported that girls had complained about ‘ having to read about male heroes ’ and that The Machine Gunners , which ‘ girls see as a boy 's book ’ , had frequently been the impetus for such comments . |
| 8 | The doctor arrived and after examining me pronounced that I had some sort of mystery virus , and there was nothing he could do for me . |
| 9 | None of them doubted that they would eventually get to Greece . |
| 10 | The more I read of the early months of Nicholas MacMahon the more convinced I became that I too was rearing a prodigy . |
| 11 | Moreover , the wine loosened Ralemberg 's tongue and the more he spoke the more convinced I became that his trading venture would be the basis of my own success . |
| 12 | I asked that they take a different route each time , as far as possible , and to occasionally drive him there . |
| 13 | From the first , I asked that every member of the orchestra must have within himself great musicianship and great culture . |
| 14 | Steffi appears to have everything , so I asked that if she could have one wish , what would it be ? |
| 15 | It is why I asked that he might attend here . |
| 16 | I asked that when I bought it of course . |
| 17 | I asked that in section fifteen should include , which it does n't at the moment , the following matters . |
| 18 | I asked that the link road from to Lane , which had been omitted , should be included in the town plan and Councillor has written on that matter to District Council and they agreed that it should be . |
| 19 | I asked that these , all these matters should be put in and it was agreed . |
| 20 | I asked that all of them should be put in . |
| 21 | I overheard that this afternoon , I did n't think that was |
| 22 | I ruled that they would be confined to the Promenade and Fleetwood line ’ . |
| 23 | Again in January I revealed that press tycoon Conrad Black was to marry . |
| 24 | In August I revealed that Prime Minister 's son James Major had a £3-an-hour holiday job . |
| 25 | She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 26 | On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 27 | I admitted that I had n't quite got around to organizing that aspect of my life yet . |
| 28 | Malc was furious , especially when I admitted that I had n't the heart to charge the old dear , so we were two quid out of pocket . |
| 29 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 30 | When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad . |