Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] and [vb past] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , I came to my senses and accepted that I was not fit enough to train like a 2:10 marathoner . |
| 2 | The Northern Ireland Office was shaken to its foundations and accepted that it had to curtail drastically the activities of the Provisional IRA and be seen to move against the more violent gangsters in loyalist urban districts . |
| 3 | She bit her lip and closed her eyes and prayed that she and Steve would somehow resurrect what they had had in Seville as she and Fernando had done . |
| 4 | She closed her eyes and found that she did n't have the energy to open them again . |
| 5 | Many of the managers we then spoke with were disenchanted with their roles and felt that it was an increasingly difficult set of tasks they had to carry out . |
| 6 | My friend was most unimpressed , he had seen the footprints but shrugged his shoulders and suggested that we move on . |
| 7 | He lifted his eyes and saw that he was almost at the top . |
| 8 | Philip shut his eyes and prayed that she would hit Rebel . |
| 9 | Some time in the early hours of Saturday morning Archie staggered to his feet and said that he 'd have to be on his way . |
| 10 | The man from the Royal Mail put up his hands and said that it , the Royal Mail , had probably made an error . |
| 11 | ‘ Once the novelty 's worn off , everywhere 's just like home , ’ she said , remembering the brief , pure joy of strange hotel rooms , which gradually became familiar as you unpacked the things you 'd brought with you and acquired the kind of things you were wont to acquire , so that very soon you recognized yourself in your surroundings and understood that there was no escape . |