Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [adv] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.

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1 I feel so glad that I 've finally found something that works and am not confined to a life of bingeing/vomiting , etc .
2 It 's just that I 've never met anyone as nice as you talk .
3 So I can honestly say that I 've never known anyone who 's ever played for Leeds .
4 So I can honestly say that I 've never known anyone who 's ever played for Leeds .
5 ‘ Not that I 've personally got anything against your legs . ’
6 I came home quite convinced that I 'd never met anyone since that I had had the same feeling for .
7 I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced .
8 No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party .
9 I felt that I had never seen anyone so old .
10 I said that I had never heard anything more extraordinary .
11 ‘ However , ’ Herbie continued , ‘ I will concede that I have never seen one as far upstream as this before . ’
12 Readers may be surprised to learn that I have never owned anything larger than a 48″ × 18″ × 18″ , though at one point many years ago a 72″ × 18″ ( angle iron , with a divided front like the windscreen in very old Morris Minors ) nearly came to live with me .
13 I could tell by her voice that she had just said something which she believed , and I was surprised , because I had somehow thought her too clever really to believe anything .
14 But it was n't until Ellen came to pick him up that he discovered that she had already bought everything for a picnic lunch .
15 It was the first time that she had ever told anyone of what had happened .
16 I am still dreaming of the white cotton lace bedspread that I have always promised to knit for my ‘ best friend ’ because I know that she had always wanted one .
17 The boat too affected her profoundly ; she had never been on a boat before , except for a rowing boat in the park , and she stood up on the top deck in the bitter grey April wind , and watched the foam and the emptiness and the receding bar of Folkestone , and she thought that she had never seen anything so wonderful in her life .
18 She said afterwards that she had never experienced anything like it , but that it was not unpleasant or fearful .
19 She had never been to Ireland and said that she had never read anything about that country , and yet she was able to supply an abundance of detail about the way of life in that place at an earlier time .
20 This was n't how she had planned it — not that she had really planned anything , but she had pictured herself , cold and ferocious , confronting him , shocking him with the knowledge that he had virtually killed her brother .
21 Nothing happened — not that she 'd really thought anything would — although there was a nervous tingle in her fingers .
22 We made mention that we 've already submitted something in writing .
23 Now I 'm wondering how easy or whether there 's any mileage in actually having a report coming to our next committee , to actually build on that so that we 've actually got something to pull on figures to consider erm , and if , and it , it is going to detrimentally impact upon us to a greater or lesser extent , then , then obviously it 's helpful to me .
24 Well , I suggest someone nips over next door to see if we can borrow a room — that is , if it is felt that we need actually to discuss anything more . "
25 Those not giving evidence that I spoke to found watching the trials a useful experience and felt that they had either learned something from the process or at least , if they were already experienced in giving evidence , received helpful confirmation on points of technique .
26 Some owners of OTC-traded warrants claimed that they had never received anything written about exercising them at all .
27 With cries of delight , the ladies of the theatre gathered round Hari , exclaiming loudly that they had never seen anything so pretty .
28 She had never even asked if there was a photograph of her father , and she supposed they had been so careful not to upset her that they had never offered one .
29 He realized that he had just murmured something under his breath .
30 Tommaso said , quickly , that he could not stay , that he had just had something to drink , anyway , in town .
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