Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] that [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He feasted for months , for years , on a small pair of my slippers that I gave him ; I expect he has burnt them by now . |
| 2 | She did n't , but something about the way she moved confirmed my suspicion that she saw herself as damaged goods . |
| 3 | But although I wrote in my diary that I wished I were dead , I never seriously considered death — suicide — as a solution to my problems . |
| 4 | ‘ It was on my instruction that he telephoned you , ’ Ven cut her off . |
| 5 | You may gather from my behaviour that I meant you , not Jones . |
| 6 | I see from my files that you asked us to reserve a copy of the OALDCE 3/e computer tape for your the University of Edinburgh . |
| 7 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
| 8 | I feel now that I 've got an epitaph at the end of my life that I did something , I was n't a taker … |
| 9 | So compulsively did he watch me empty my glass that he drained his own in compulsive sympathy . |
| 10 | Nick was so thrilled with my caddying that he told everyone on television in an interview that ‘ Andy Prodger has been great . |
| 11 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |
| 12 | He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about . |
| 13 | Early in my first tour I argued with my colleagues that I doubted it would be possible to ditch a Wimpy or a Whitley on water , particularly if there was a heavy swell . |
| 14 | They complained so much that not enough time had been allowed them for their discussions that we had them back a second week . |
| 15 | He smiled and there was no triumph , only genuine pleasure that she had accepted his offer , and Ruth knew in her heart that she had nothing to fear from this man . |
| 16 | I thought it was n't fair that I should begin to show when I was barely into my fourth month , and I got angry with my clothes , as if it were their fault that I pulled them out of shape . |
| 17 | Ricky was so furious with Perdita for deliberately sabotaging her scholarship that he gave her the sack . |
| 18 | The staff talked only banalities at her , until she could have screamed with irritation , and try as she might to ignore it , there was no doubt in her mind that they disliked her , these crisp women in their crisp uniforms . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't you see — ca n't you remember how it was ? ’ he asked , when everything was so indelibly imprinted on her mind that she knew she would never forget a moment of it . |
| 20 | Ruth did not have to finish what she had begun to say ; she saw from the look in their eyes that they understood her . |
| 21 | She looked so pornographic in her gimmicks that I wanted her to take them off again , or better , much better , push bits of them aside . |
| 22 | This was the first time she had seen Naylor since her discovery that she loved him . |
| 23 | Vortigern was so taken by her charms that he took her for his wife . |
| 24 | Afterwards she felt that Sarah had deliberately steered the conversation away from Terry , and recalling her remark that they knew him better than she did , Anne felt uneasy without quite knowing why . |
| 25 | It was when Kattina 's fierce tongue finally reached the sensitive folds of her slit that she found herself panting . |
| 26 | Before she had time to think , she 'd raised her own glass in response and it was only after she 'd sipped her drink that she realised what she 'd done . |
| 27 | But it is not their wish that I put myself into their shoes , rather than living free and wishing that for them also . |
| 28 | But it rejected her claim that he told her to come to work in suspenders . |
| 29 | Whereupon , the 29 year-old Mrs. Gerring launched into her theory that he had his club open at the address at the same time as his body was facing well left of the target . |
| 30 | Mrs Barrie-Brown left Fresden to the Roman Research Trust , specifying in the codicil to her will that she wanted it to be turned into an educational centre . |