Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew herself well enough to know that if he challenged her account in the latter mode she 'd almost certainly lose her temper with him , and then the atmosphere between them , which had been ( with the exception of his overtures ) so easy and undemanding , would be spoiled . |
| 2 | She was so unwilling to read that when she did something bad , her mother would make her read as a punishment . |
| 3 | For one has to recognize that if one had their desires one would not accept principles which rode roughshod over their satisfaction , and this implies that one should not accept them at all , since one can not universalise them to that hypothetical situation in which one would be forced to reject them . |
| 4 | ‘ Dad used to threaten that if he misbehaved he would put our heads in the sink and turn the tap on , but he never did , ’ she says . |
| 5 | It cost Galvone a lot to say that but he knew he 'd blundered . |
| 6 | My mother used to say that if anyone told her she was looking tired , she knew it meant that she was not looking very attractive either . |
| 7 | This referred less to the irreligious habits of the people than the fact that the village as yet contained no place of worship , for Wesley went on to say that when he began his service ( probably at a spot near the present Ulster Bank and using a mounting block as his pulpit ) ‘ the people gathered form all sides and , when I prayed , kneeled down upon the stones , rich and poor , all round me ’ . |
| 8 | I have to admit that when we started we were convinced that , like everybody else , we took a risk by investing in the tournament . |