Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 31 | Isabelle Jan surmised that the lack of ‘ the essential emotional outlet of erotic passion ’ in children 's literature led to ‘ more or less disguised and distorted substitutes for adult love ’ but goes on to point out that passionate feeling can be , and is , expressed strongly in family relationships . |
| 32 | Doyle realised that there was just the hint of a smell of animal about the man . |
| 33 | Mr. Gloag revealed that The Famous Grouse has expressed an interest in sponsoring the 1995 World Cup in South Africa . |
| 34 | Initially , some progress appeared to have been made at the Jakarta meeting when Sihanouk and Hun Sen announced that they had finally agreed on a compromise formula on the issue of the SNC chair ( Sihanouk as chair , Hun Sen as vice-chair ) . |
| 35 | Despite Hitchcock 's example , Korda argued that ‘ stories that dig too deep into national roots start with a handicap . ’ |
| 36 | ’ The BSC agreed that bollocks [ testicular ] were OK , whereas bollocks [ abusive ] were not . |
| 37 | In late September , soon after Mussolini 's escape to Germany , the Standortkommandantur on Piazza Garibaldi announced that there would be a reward of 1800 lire — then approximately the equivalent of £25 sterling — for every prisoner-of-war denounced to the authorities . |
| 38 | Whittle agreed that it was a typical Mumby joke . |
| 39 | Pamela agreed that this was probably so . |
| 40 | Pamela agreed that she would benefit from having new friends and said she would find out about youth clubs that existed in her area . |
| 41 | Bickerman argued that in antiquity big enterprises of translation were due to public , not private , initiative . |
| 42 | " Mrs Plant , " Timothy said quite softly , and Mr Plant whispered that if he issued another sound he would thump him to a pulp . |
| 43 | Scarlet admitted that if this was not precisely the case , there was yet room for considering it probable : she had often found difficulty in summoning the aid of the force , being directed by a controller to different stations which in turn would advise her to try elsewhere . |
| 44 | Oct. 1 had been the date set for signature of the accord , the main points of which had been agreed on Aug. 7 [ see p. 39039 ] , but on Sept. 29 Dhlakama announced that he would not sign as a number of issues remained to be resolved to his satisfaction . |
| 45 | During the trial , Lord Maclean heard a taped confession where MacIver admitted that he suggested which lorry to hijack and drove to Inverness a week before the robbery to check the vehicle 's routine . |
| 46 | Sheila realised that Dick was afraid to stand up . |
| 47 | As a contribution to the reconciliation process , the FMLN announced that it would release two combatants on March 16 to stand trial locally ( rather than in the USA , as the US government had previously insisted ) on charges of murdering two US advisers whose helicopter was shot down in January 1991 [ see pp. 37956-57 ] . |
| 48 | The Pentagon announced that women pilots in the navy and air force would be allowed to fly combat aircraft within the next few months . |
| 49 | Four years later the Union admitted that an annual minimum salary of £150 was still a goal but it was one which was never reached in the nineteenth century . |
| 50 | C. P. Snow argued that practitioners of science and practitioners of the arts , inhabit two distinct cultures ; scientists , for example , have ‘ common attitudes , common approaches and assumptions ’ . |
| 51 | After the meeting the FRUD announced that it was quite prepared to open a dialogue on the basis of an immediate bilateral ceasefire and reforms announced by Gouled Aptidon . |
| 52 | A month later , McCarthy announced that the U.S. Information Service abroad had on its shelves thirty to forty thousand Communist volumes . |
| 53 | Sandra Horley agreed that Diana had all the makings of a professional counsellor . |
| 54 | Van den Boogaard argued that in entering Anglo-Norman , fabliaux underwent a radical transformation because they were aimed at such an isolated audience ; an audience isolated from the full French literary frame of reference that a truly French audience would have had . |
| 55 | Riley swore and Linley drawled that there was nothing to get upset about , because Harbury had himself cleared the way for the man Riley wanted appointed . |
| 56 | Bernard announced that he wished to be known as an uncle , not a grandfather . |
| 57 | The following morning , Sara Freeman , the model the Ashleys had provided , appeared ready for the shots , but Bernard announced that Laura would not be coming down . |
| 58 | ABOUT 15 YEARS ago the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum announced that he had discovered a new personality type — the compulsive programmer . |
| 59 | At the concluding press conference Baker affirmed that there was " a genuine desire to move beyond the requirements " of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( START ) signed by US President Bush and the former Soviet President , Mikhail Gorbachev , in July 1991 [ see p. 38320 ] . |
| 60 | Ten years later the 50% State-owned Gasunie announced that , with exports running at more than half of production , it was time to call a halt and all new export contracts were stopped . |