Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She worked very hard to get everything exactly right and would spend hours in her room sewing , unpicking and re-sewing until she felt that the clothes were perfect . |
| 2 | It was only by trial and error that she discovered that a product developed for milk-sensitive human babies was the ideal elephant food . |
| 3 | By the time she reached the village her face was pink with air and exercise and she felt that her nose was too . |
| 4 | Let all the well-heeled English pooh-pooh it as they may , he knew that pounds , shillings and pence bought warmth , desirable goods and security and he wanted that for himself , for his family and , as time went on , for an ever-increasing host of dependants . |
| 5 | When I was younger I was often upset by criticism and innuendo but I learnt that if you become involved with this kind of thing it will end up by gnawing you away . |
| 6 | The old Frenchman was delighted with the tobacco and soap and he insisted that I join him in a drink . |
| 7 | He knew , as well , that Tree Spirits cling tenaciously to their homes until those homes become untenable because of the Tree dying and drying and he thought that Miach 's spell must have been stronger than any of them had thought for it to draw the Spirits so filly and so firmly into the open . |
| 8 | The thought came to Alexei with such force and urgency that he knew that it was not a reasoned reaction . |
| 9 | At home she was becoming progressively more disorganized and dissatisfied with her role as wife and mother as she felt that all her attempts to exert control were undermined by her husband . |