Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [that] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Several subjects reported that they felt that they would be able to give far more information if they were permitted to recall the junctions in the order in which they had been driven .
2 He began it , but then he stopped because he decided that it was n't an interesting enough story .
3 And , it 's not a text but perhaps a verse that we could use as a , as a springboard is verse twenty seven , and it says at this point his disciples came and they marvelled that he had been speaking with a woman !
4 And the following visit he made here he brought with him Miss Virginia she was one of the personnel at Stepney Causeway she was the Miss Virginia , the niece of the line and she came and she said that she would help in erm doing some organisation and and giving us some insight as to what we had to do , because we had never run a fete in all our lives !
5 She stood in front of the mirror and in front of her mother , and she suffered because she knew that there was no escape ; the reasons why the dress would not do were reasons which could never be communicated .
6 ‘ Well ’ — he turned and looked towards the window — ‘ I noticed as I passed that you had a box of Havana cigars , the … the Excepcionales .
7 Erm I asked and she said that his dad sent him off to get it X-rayed and she goes , But he 's had a history with his toe poor blighter .
8 The move was co-ordinated by the outgoing veteran Justice Minister Jarbas Passarinho , who stated that he hoped that it would " put an end to the wave of accusations of corruption against the government " .
9 He replied that it appeared that there was a trust on the coheir too to make over to Seia the quarter which he had in the gardens .
10 Her skin tingled and she knew that she was taut with expectation .
11 However one explains the motives behind his actions , things happened because he chose that they should : there is nothing in the previous reign which compelled him to act as he did .
12 However one explains the motives behind his actions , things happened because he chose that they should : there is nothing in the previous reign which compelled him to act as he did .
13 Woolwich paid because it calculated that it was in its commercial interest to do so .
14 This often happened when he thought that one or all of us were laughing at him , especially if he interpreted our teasing as mocking his intelligence .
15 When she looked at him through her veil her fears vanished and she thought that she was the luckiest girl in the world .
16 His heart thudded and he realized that he had begun to breathe faster , with excitement .
17 Suddenly the door bell rang and she blessed that she 'd blissed the afternoon away .
18 Karajan would give that fantasist all the freedom he needed because he knew that what appeals to an audience is something arising out of the immediate performance , out of something that is happening within the mind of the musician at that moment .
19 Prudent and orderly , uncompromising in his views on life and art , and instinctively reserved in a postwar world which contradicted them extensively , Frampton was a man of humour , courtesy , and charm , who unbent when he sensed that his deep feeling for beauty , order , and sound technique was shared .
20 Caterina now faced the weeping Virgin determinedly and moved her lips as if praying ; she quailed when she realised that she would have to act the go-between again and seek him out alone once more .
21 The scene was filmed , but the problems started when they realized that it would not be possible for them to be lowered to the ground , as planned .
22 The defendant contended that he thought that he was a good enough shot to hit only the bottles .
23 She also knew that it meant that we could have a car when otherwise we could n't .
24 It was she who would be embarrassed if she knew , or at any rate , if she knew that he knew that she knew .
25 I could take it and Barry knew that I knew that he knew I could take it .
26 His jaw ached and he realised that he was grinding his teeth , so he released the muscles and tried to relax .
27 But in 1976 , when Jean Darnall gave me this advice , I knew exactly what she meant and I knew that what she recommended was exactly what I wanted to do .
28 ‘ And when the city fell and she decided that my fate was no longer one she chose to share , she returned to Buto .
29 Aunt Emily and Michael Swinton spoke to her together and then laughed and she saw that he looked quite different , much younger , that his hair and beard had been trimmed , that his expression was full of vitality .
30 He knew and we knew that he was pretty hopeless at ball games , so we readily relinquished the bat to him in the hopes of another of his clowning sessions .
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