Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [noun] [conj] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told Dad and suggested that if he called she would open up , but he said , ‘ No . |
| 2 | This jealousy between a corps d'elite and those who are not able or willing to come under its patronage is understandable , and became more understandable to me when I reached Hyderabad and found that the Institute was a self-contained and sequestered community , and that its comparatively luxurious campus bore a faint resemblance to a military camp , with living quarters graded according to the status of their occupants . |
| 3 | On a sunny wall I grew tomatoes and found that they need n't be , after all , red bags of tasteless liquid but firm and sweet and tasting of — I could just remember it — tomatoes . |
| 4 | She tasted blood and thought that it was Ryker 's , but then realized that her own face was gashed just below the left eye , she guessed by flying glass . |
| 5 | Feeling fury begin to soar in her again , she determinedly stayed where she was when she heard sounds that indicated that both men were leaving . |
| 6 | When pressed to give her views on Fatima , the daughter of the prophet Mohamad ( whose birthday is Women 's Day in Iran ) she praised Fatima but added that she belonged to 14 centuries ago . |
| 7 | We made enquiries and found that she had helped her mother to carry water every day in Bangladesh . |
| 8 | He made notes and said that if he had a key to the house he 'd be able to plan what was needed in a shorter time . |
| 9 | He made inquiries and discovered that for just 19 he could get to Ontario . |
| 10 | He avoided jail but found that the studios were avoiding him , though he did managed to land a leading role in a B-picture , The Party Crashers in 1958 . |
| 11 | All those years ago he knew things and said that services should be replanned in London , but did nothing whatever about it . |
| 12 | It quoted Street as saying that they were ‘ varied according to the use and size of the several rooms ’ . |