Example sentences of "that [pron] [pron] [verb] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people argue that everyone who claims to have seen or to have photographed this animal has been either drunk , deceived by a log or interested in promoting the Scottish tourist industry . |
| 2 | If she told him that something he had painted worked , he believed it — at least at the beginning of their marriage . |
| 3 | It is no wonder that what we see becomes identified with , and spoken of as if it were the same as , what we touch . |
| 4 | " Not far now , Hlao-roo , not far now , " he kept muttering , until he realized that what he said had become meaningless , a mere refrain . |
| 5 | If you read his book you will see that what he seems to have had in mind when he coined the phrase about man being " an invention of recent date and one perhaps nearing its end " was something like this . |
| 6 | Often she had to work so hard to overcome her paralysing shyness that what she had to say burst out in a shout , or in a tone of great fierceness . |
| 7 | It was so cold that anything you said had frozen up before leaving your mouth . |