Example sentences of "[verb] that it [vb past] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , I had never walked in snow before , and I found that it made my feet very cold . |
| 2 | Grumble as they might about the Masai 's unbudging attachment to their traditional ways , many administrators , particularly in the later years , came to see that it had its advantages . |
| 3 | Even the Scottish National party has been forced to acknowledge that it hitched its colours to a vote loser . |
| 4 | Recalling that ‘ this country was built on ruins ’ , he added that it remained his aim to strive for a classless society . |
| 5 | Mum says that it took her hours to look up all the verses . |
| 6 | And did you feel that it affected your lifestyle ? |
| 7 | What we know of the family shows that it enjoyed its privileges to the full , and shared a positive and happy lifestyle , without hardship , yet without vaunted excess — a balanced lifestyle , despite his indispositions . |
| 8 | He alleged that he had been the victim of a politically motivated investigation and stated that it remained his intention to seek a 16th term of office in November 1992 . |
| 9 | North Sioux City , South Dakota-based Gateway 2000 Inc reports net sales the year to January 31 were $1,100m , up about 76% on the 1991 figure ; pre-tax profit was up some 77% to $106m , the company said , adding that it expanded its workforce 43% to 1,847 in 1992 and intends to hire more people and to expand its product line and geographic reach . |
| 10 | The company reckons that it maintained its position as the leading supplier of computers to UK education , and established itself as an important supplier to the home market , and made good progress in Australia and New Zealand through the subsidiaries there . |
| 11 | The American embassy in Lilongwe reacted at once , saying that it viewed his arrest ‘ in the most serious way ’ and urged his immediate release . |
| 12 | Unfortunately for the Patent Office , the advertising agency failed to ensure that it had its facts right — and the Patent Office did not check the agency 's new advertisement . |
| 13 | Aplysia may be a special case because it is easy to study , but it would be straining credulity to believe that it organized its learning behaviour along fundamentally different principles from those of other invertebrates , or indeed vertebrates with reasonably sized nervous systems . |
| 14 | Sequoia Systems Inc , Marlborough , Massachusetts , is sinking deeper into the mire and now says it will restate its financial results for the year ended June 30 for the second time , and will amend its annual report on form 10K , because it now finds that it overstated its turnover . |
| 15 | He complained that it reduced his ability to walk around which was already somewhat restricted by arthritis . |
| 16 | It cost £2.5 billion and we got back £2 billion , which means that it cost us £500 million , which does not look to me like a profit . |
| 17 | In answer to a parliamentary question on Aug. 5 the government said that it expected its NATO allies to withdraw around 133,000 troops over the next few years , of which 75,000 would be from the USA and 25,000 from the UK . |
| 18 | Those of us lucky enough to see the wonderful 1960 European Cup Final between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt can truthfully say that it changed our attitude to football . |
| 19 | To the end of his days , the poor man was addicted to psychoanalysis — agreeing that it sapped his independence and self respect but unable to kick the habit . |