Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me make clear that when I say the conference of 1923 , and that night in particular , constituted a turning point in my professional development , I am speaking very much in terms of my own more humble standards . |
| 2 | By 9.30am the campsite was buzzing with anticipation as everyone made sure that their equipment was working . |
| 3 | Needless to say , no one had ever told me about the pain , and I became convinced that something was wrong with me , but I was too embarrassed to confess as much to anyone . |
| 4 | And er I think after and when I became sixteen that er had to start paying your your m paying the union I had to join the union as a junior member you know . |
| 5 | She reminded me what she wanted me to do , then as we neared our house I became frightened that she would fall foul of Mum . |
| 6 | On a recent trip to Somerset , I became aware that no one was swimming along what is an impressive and beautiful stretch of coastline . |
| 7 | I became aware that my mother was pushing her way towards me . |
| 8 | During a scene in W C Fields ' The Bank Dick in which men were digging a trench in the road I became aware that my feet felt cold and wet . |
| 9 | I became aware that I was speaking too loudly . |
| 10 | But the more I fished for bream and studied their behaviour the more I began to question the correctness of this theory , for I became aware that sizeable bream are rarely taken near to the margins . |
| 11 | I became aware that feet were scuttling down the stairs , and my father was bellowing from the regions below , ‘ For God 's sake , come down ! ’ |
| 12 | I became aware that the celebrity was looking at me fixedly ( either trying to remember who I was , in expectation of acknowledgement , or in surprise that I should cut him dead in such a manner ) . |
| 13 | Then I became aware that the bank of white clouds beyond was in reality the great ice-cap of Vatnajökull . |
| 14 | I had for too long been conscious only of my own concerns , but now I became aware that those around me were troubled and at odds . |
| 15 | And I became conscious that , alongside a genuine pleasure that he had been released , there was also a resentment that he had got away with it . |
| 16 | And I had to make all these er computations out and er I made fifty that I thought nobody could pick . |
| 17 | Mother always got annoyed when that story came up in conversation , and I made sure that it frequently did . |
| 18 | I made sure that a couple of books were left at home so that there was more room . |
| 19 | I made sure that I enjoyed it to the full , although it was wartime . |
| 20 | In my own survey of visitors to the British Museum in which teams of five interviewers worked for four separate weeks interviewing at the museum entrances I made sure that I was present for at least the first day of each survey and was available by phone during the rest of the time . |
| 21 | At least , I made sure that poor Ahn stays in the room with us . ’ |
| 22 | I listened and learned , watched and learned , and soon became adept at striking the first blow : if there was any teasing and tormenting going on ( and there was plenty ) I made sure that I was an active and not a passive participant . |
| 23 | And I was to show him what to do and I made sure that all . |
| 24 | Of course I did n't kill my father but I made sure that Katie was never , ever alone with him . |
| 25 | Elaine , who is married and lives in Heswall , says : ‘ When I went on site more often , I made sure that I was comfortable and my shoes , in particular , were practical . |
| 26 | And I suppo I mean all that happened with that particular one was a couple of erm of er black black I think they were youth workers , I 'm not actually sure . |
| 27 | so I was n't quite sure of the answer that you gave back with me walking back from the camera so I just wanted to qualify that so that , I mean all that I noticed was that there was nothing that , that , no information that you tried to get out of him . |
| 28 | You got a very good committee , dedicated committee erm who , you see the young trainees were sent to the technical colleges and you see , erm some of them did go on if they graduated to Stanford Hall , but I mean those that went to technical college , we used to have to get the committee to sit in at the examinations . |
| 29 | For myself , I remain convinced that private morality can not be divorced from public and environmental moralities and I predict that the politics of the future will have to lay greater stress on this area of life . |
| 30 | I remain convinced that only lesbians and divorcees insist on being addressed in this manner . |