Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] that [pron] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She realised suddenly that she was in the wrong lane , and pulled over sharply on the slippery road . |
| 2 | I mentioned earlier that he was like Slim — more intelligent and caring than most , and very different . |
| 3 | BREWIN Dolphin , the London-based private client stockbrokers , confirmed yesterday that it is in talks with Bell Lawrie White , its Edinburgh-based counterpart , which could create one of the largest private client brokers in the UK . |
| 4 | Rev. 31 ( 1938 ) , 205–36 ) argued plausibly that it was about experiments in induced lethargy ( as after all the title of Clearchus ' dialogue about sleep suggests ) . |
| 5 | Looking down into his eyes , Harry Pascoe knew instinctively that there was in Tristram the makings of the sort of man he would have liked to have been himself : a man of honour , a man untroubled by jealousy or a guilty conscience . |
| 6 | Apart from the undisputed fact that the farm in question was ‘ up ’ , the sergeant knew only that it was near a village called Santa Sofia , above a river and on the way to a church . |
| 7 | Richard stepped into the flat silently and saw only that they were in a wide hallway before the door closed behind him . |
| 8 | I knew also that he was on drugs . |
| 9 | They knew now that it was on these and on nothing else that their lives depended , and they were not going to waste anything they possessed between them . |
| 10 | Which was probably a quotation from something , though Rufus did not know what and thought fastidiously that it was in bad taste , histrionic , though just like Adam . |
| 11 | The sound came again and she understood then that it was from the interview room beyond his wall ; . |
| 12 | I was very unhappy , because I saw then that I was on an island . |
| 13 | I kicked on away from the fence and realized then that we were in front . |
| 14 | It does not do to attribute human motives to animals but Billy said afterwards that it was as if she was reluctant to leave and did not expect to be back . |