Example sentences of "that [pron] [adv] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the fact that I finally found a trickle of scummy water , which let me rinse some of the filth from my boots , did nothing to lift my spirits . |
| 2 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
| 3 | His ring record alone demanded the attention of the BBBC and he believed that : ‘ It was through public opinion that I eventually got a title . |
| 4 | Under the circumstances then , perhaps it was wisely ordered that I never found a man to form that special relationship . |
| 5 | I admit that I once cared a hell of a lot about my appearance , but I 've changed . ’ |
| 6 | I explained to her that I only had a couple of quid to my name , but I 'd be willing to pay off the rest before six months were up . |
| 7 | It seems odd , but I was enjoying myself so much that I hardly gave a thought to the fact that we were alone , miles away from anyone , and that the average man in such a situation … |
| 8 | It was while I was attending Sally Carmichael 's dancing class that I accidentally entered a beauty contest — the local Working Men 's Club where we practised was running a ‘ Queen of Sheffield Working Men 's Clubs ’ contest . |
| 9 | The only bureau to ‘ fail ’ our test was The Last Word — we can only assume that someone simply had a brainstorm and left all the important bits out . |
| 10 | There is a story that someone once shot a piece out of a glass of beer he had left behind the target , leaving the rest of the glass and the beer intact . |
| 11 | And on the very day when she had woken up and decided to divorce him , to celebrate the fact that she finally had a life of her own ; a life which did n't include Julius Landor . |
| 12 | He said she was an avant-garde feminist who — when he first met her — was proud of the fact that she already had a child whose father no one knew . |
| 13 | Her dark red suit , and the shoulder bag that swung carelessly , indicated that she also had a trip to town in view . |
| 14 | ‘ No , ’ she denied numbly , a hectic flush along her cheekbones , because she had just discovered that she also needed a man she could fight with , cross swords with . |
| 15 | I went out and bought a remedy , thinking it was an infection , but when I got home I realised that she actually had a piece of red coloured gravel stuck inside her mouth , so that she could n't close it properly . |
| 16 | The fact that she actually arrived a week after the Jubilee is a trifling historical detail unlikely to mar the magnificence of the concept . |
| 17 | Mrs Turpin remarks to the woman next to her that she once knew a girl who had everything a child could possibly want , but was still a spoilt , ungrateful brat . |
| 18 | The first she knew of Piers 's presence in the room was his light touch on her shoulder , and it was so unexpected that she almost jumped a mile into the air . |
| 19 | One neighbour said in a written statement that she often heard a baby ‘ crying for help ’ which went on for hours and hours though she did not contact the police . |
| 20 | I remembered that Sally had been on the brink of a place in the university ladies golf team , and I discovered that she now sported a handicap of four . |
| 21 | She prayed that the landlord of the Swan was right and that she only had a mile or two to cover . |
| 22 | A nagging little voice reminded her how reticent her father had been about his past , always changing the subject abruptly so that she never learnt a thing about him . |
| 23 | But then — in view of the fact that you already had a boyfriend — I acquitted her of any devious motives . ’ |
| 24 | You can sue the professionals — builders , architects , surveyors or engineers — by courtesy of the Defective Premises Act 1972 , despite the fact that you never had a contract with them yourself . |
| 25 | There was a feeling that you never saw a policeman . |
| 26 | I was supposed to be trying to show you that we also had a language , but that it was different from yours . ’ |
| 27 | Personnel management could thus draw upon a wealth of experience , a skilled data processing staff and the fact that there already existed a library of programs although none of them were designed to access or process personnel records . |
| 28 | The evidence which the Inquiry was able to gather and to consider indicated that the events had dislocated the constitutional arrangements for police accountability and that there now existed a need for a fundamental review of our police system . |
| 29 | The judgement led one observer to point out ruefully that there now existed a situation where two tribunals faced with similar circumstances could quite reasonably come to different conclusions , and that their rulings could not be overturned on appeal in the Interests of consistency ( IRS , 1985a ) . |
| 30 | The villagers of Ramsala , recipients of the Palm Beach dollars , explained to the cameras that they desperately needed a clinic . |