Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was always annoyed though , Phil and George were magnificent dancers and the chap I used to walk out with sometimes he er he 'd he he used say now that I look like this ! |
| 2 | She 'd heard since that he 'd left the health service and gone abroad to work … and now not only was he back , but she was expected to work with him . |
| 3 | Morse thought it must be the splendid grandfather clock he 'd seen somewhere that he heard chiming the three-quarters ( 10.45 a.m. ) as he and Lewis sat beside each other in a deep settee in the Lancaster Room . |
| 4 | They used to be sent to London and various places ; and when we 'd done all that we got four shillings a hundred for them . |
| 5 | She 'd thought before that he seemed used to power , and looking at him now only served to strengthen that feeling . |
| 6 | It is , however , beyond doubt that the overwhelming majority of Cabinet ministers interviewed declared unequivocally that they believed that she could not win . |
| 7 | She 'd realized recently that she did n't like herself much . |
| 8 | This is because its chronicity can be achieved only by delivering a massive insult or repeated dosing so that it takes a long time for the acute ulcer to heal and often leads to the death of the animal in the acute phase . |
| 9 | but he worked through and he managed to get out that it said appreciation |
| 10 | I did hear once that he had threatened his father , but I do not know if this is true , and they , poor souls , never said a word against him . ’ |
| 11 | He did admit afterwards that they had been carried away by trying to make a quick breakthrough and had bowled badly , but it still left an unpleasant taste . |
| 12 | Mala did point out that she found elements of the message suspicious . |
| 13 | And could it only be two days since she had realised fully that she loved him ? |
| 14 | Mr Peter Stewart , hospital unit general manager , would not comment on the outcome of the appeal until he had heard officially that it had been defeated . |
| 15 | They had given out that he had died of typhoid . |
| 16 | Lamprey was reading the second , and so far no word had come downstairs that it had been rejected . |
| 17 | He had turned so that he faced her , his body propped on that deformed arm of his , the sleeve of his anorak empty , the metal forearm and hand stuffed incongruously into his pack . |
| 18 | Hank decided that , in this instance , honesty was the only policy possible and had said frankly that he wanted to try to write a book . |
| 19 | Dusan Plut , chair of the party , had said earlier that he wished the Greens to " act as a constructive opposition " but later agreed to join the coalition which was led by the outgoing Prime Minister , Janez Drnovsek of the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDS ) . |
| 20 | She had said , her eyes glittering with simulated enthusiasm , that she could hardly wait to get to her cottage , and Betty had said wistfully that it seemed like years since she had seen a blade of grass ( which was silly in itself , because of what else were the lawns of Hyde Park composed ? ) ; so Lydia , unhinged with the shock of bereavement , and further undone by wine , had said she could come too . |
| 21 | But when she had asked if they could n't warm the place up a bit with some pretty colors , Dr. Briant had said sharply that they had to avoid confusing their color appreciation tests later , and she 'd have all the color she wanted then . |
| 22 | Miss Malabedeely had been kneeling by a chair , praying , and Kate had thought immediately that she 'd been asking God to stop Miss Shaw and Miss Rist being so unpleasant to her . |
| 23 | Colonel Philips explained that they had thought initially that they had discovered a danger similar to that which had caused the Hob 's Lane disaster . |
| 24 | They refused still to attend the kirk and word had got around that they had been married by ‘ The Prophet ’ . |
| 25 | This section is for permanent residents ; I brought you here first because if it had got out that you had been here and had n't seen this lot my life would n't have been worth living . |
| 26 | Saad had taken his own life the night the news had gone round that he 'd been caught sleeping with a travelling shepherd . |
| 27 | On her return the mother had screamed aloud that he had killed the child . |
| 28 | He was only about four when he died and I think it was totally unexpected , because I believe that the doctor who had tended him had remarked previously that he wished his own son , who was about the same age as Thomas Isaac , had been as robust . |
| 29 | When asked what they got up to , he had muttered darkly that he knew a thing or two about Muslims and ordered drinks all round . |
| 30 | The cat 's cradle had elongated so that it looked like a cone . |