Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They announced yesterday that they have signed a letter of intent to merge under the name Comarco International Inc . |
| 2 | It was not until they levelled out that she thought again about the possibility of living to a ripe old age . |
| 3 | It was only as they drew nearer that he began to make out that it was the concrete skeleton of an unfinished three-storey duplex , its half-built walls , pillars and floors rising out of a sea of mud . |
| 4 | The effects of Esther 's stroke were not obvious at first , which made the doctors wonder if she had suffered a second stroke when they found later that she had a very severe left hemiplegia . |
| 5 | They acknowledged only that they had been playing loud music and having innocent fun . |
| 6 | An extreme example of this occurred when a hospital social worker was asked to see a family who refused to allow a newly bereaved husband to leave hospital to attend his wife 's funeral , as they felt angrily that he had contributed to her unexpected death with his demands . |
| 7 | They learned also that they had privilege to complement their responsibilities , and they learned to deny that privilege absolutely . |
| 8 | When The Art Newspaper approached the British Museum they pointed out that they do not possess the Altar of Cybele , nor had they yet received a letter from Ronchey . |