Example sentences of "that my [noun sg] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that really happened was that my mum got a divorce in 1972 on the grounds that he had sexually assaulted me and there was mental cruelty to her . |
| 2 | A further family link with Eliot was momentarily established in 1941 by the fact that my sister attended a poetry reading by him under the auspices of the English Association . |
| 3 | As soon as you deigned to tell me that the Svend you were looking for was a student , and that he 'd used my home as a hotel , I recalled that my nephew spent a night here shortly after I moved in so that he could attend a lecture at the city university , and that I 'd entrusted him with a spare key so he could come and go as he pleased . ’ |
| 4 | It was difficult to convince him that my ability to hold a tape recorder did n't automatically furnish me with a degree in electronics . |
| 5 | ‘ If you really want to know , I was thinking how much I hate crowds , despite the fact that my job involves a lot of travelling . ’ |
| 6 | Let's just say that my father talks a lot about queers and why they should be flung into prison and the key thrown away . ’ |
| 7 | I remember being glad that my father had a job which did not need him to climb ladders . |
| 8 | When you find out why Francis was killed you 'll also find that my father had a hand in it . ’ |
| 9 | He will know that my Department gave a grant for a feasibility study into large-scale CHP in Leicester , but the scheme did not proceed . |
| 10 | It even seems to me that my article constitutes a commentary which despite its broad irony nevertheless contains arguments Joseph Kosuth avoids . |