Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] [verb] [adv] [Wh det] " in BNC.

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1 It became clear from talking to parents that I had to see how what they said actually hooked up with their experience , the fine detail of it , and not to assume that I knew exactly what kind of lived experience lay behind a familiar form of words .
2 Since she was sixteen she had experienced life , and none of it had been good , except that she had given birth to a daughter and also that she had found out what love was , but had experienced the painful futility of it .
3 Although I 'd followed the progress of the King trial in the papers , it was only then that it began to hit home what a symbol he had become for the suppressed majority of my city .
4 Worried by their absence , it was only when he had contacted the superintendent of the building — who seemed to know everything that happened in the neighbourhood — that he 'd learned exactly what had happened to Laura and the twins .
5 Hayman slammed the receiver back into its cradle and relaxed , knowing that he had done all which needed to be done .
6 But Rodney replied that he wanted to work out which utensils he could improvise with and make a start on the boeuf bourguignon .
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