Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] that [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It stopped so that they did n't miss the conversation . |
| 2 | The insertion of an adequate Human factors approach into a comprehensive design process is not easy , partly for the reason mentioned already that it has not habitually been regarded as necessary and partly because it cuts across all other decision-making . |
| 3 | D maintained throughout that he had not intended to kill , but there was evidence from which the jury could infer — and did infer — that he intended to cause grievous bodily harm . |
| 4 | I lied and shouted back that I did n't know where it was . |
| 5 | And then we found out that they 'd actually caught you . |
| 6 | Okay in Italy on the marble it does work , but on the slate it you know it it has n't worked and I think various quarries have tried it and found out that it does n't work , and yet he assumed that he knew better and you know , little little things like that , you know he just seemed unwilling to learn or lis heed advice . |
| 7 | Too late I found out that I did n't . ’ |
| 8 | Suzanne Gibson , you mentioned earlier that you did n't like to use the word ‘ policing ’ . |
| 9 | The Leader of the Opposition promised explicitly that anyone earning less than £21,000 a year would not pay a penny tax extra in income tax or national insurance under a Labour Government . |
| 10 | ‘ It was probably only when you got outside that you realised how much circumstances looked against you . |
| 11 | Well keep the old bolognaise stirred so that it heats up all round . |
| 12 | We learnt later that they had also advised her neighbours to take out a summons against her for noise nuisance . |
| 13 | The IRA admitted yesterday that it had mistakenly killed secretary Clare Mallender instead of their intended victim , Alan Dysart , the junior Defence minister , by planting a bomb aboard Mr Dysart 's yacht … . |
| 14 | Henry , taken aback , replied weakly that he had not had carnal relations with Anne 's mother . |
| 15 | Mr. Cooper , the chairman of the dock company and the ports authority , gave evidence before me and stated unequivocally that it did not come from him , nor to his knowledge from any of his subordinates . |
| 16 | turned up that she 'd not invited . |
| 17 | Simultaneously the ball reached Breig at silly mid-off. he claimed later that he reacted instinctively on seeing Kalli several yards out of his ground , threw down the bowler 's wicket and appealed . |
| 18 | It turned out that they had instead invested in an airline which never took off , a college that had no students , and a luxury yacht . |
| 19 | I wanted to go there , but it turned out that it did n't exist any more . |
| 20 | It turned out that she did n't realise they were down , but thinks she must have pushed them into that position when dropping the ribber . |
| 21 | Perhaps I should have been frank with her , admitted honestly that I did n't love her and that if she insisted on marrying me she would be condemning both of us to a joyless union . |
| 22 | Nigel remarked gloomily that he did n't suppose it would make the programmes any better , but in a way it did . |
| 23 | Instead he glanced at her delicate china tea-cup and saucer and marvelled afresh that he had never , in all his life , actually seen her eat . |
| 24 | ‘ It was so late when we finished yesterday that I queued up for 20 minutes for a takeaway hamburger , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Mrs Stych protested coyly that she did not know enough about books to be of any use , while she wondered privately how she was going to fit this new commitment into her already overcrowded schedule of social events . |
| 26 | It was not until they levelled out that she thought again about the possibility of living to a ripe old age . |
| 27 | Julia compared the food of the two parties and decided unhappily that she liked both the dish-of-herbs meal of this evening and also the elaborate deliciousness of avocado mousse , sole and boeuf en croûte of the previous day . |
| 28 | She swallowed so that she did n't sound as if she was shell-shocked . |
| 29 | HOWARD Davies , 41 , director-general designate of the CBI , confessed yesterday that he had once been a member of the Labour party , but regretted it as a ‘ bizarre incident ’ . |
| 30 | He secretly worked out that they fitted together and then successfully bid for them separately . |