Example sentences of "[conj] [that] [indef pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times he stopped and listened , thinking that there had been a movement just behind him or just to the side of him , or that something had padded after him on stealthy feet and was standing watching him . |
| 2 | I suppose I could have thought from the little he 'd said up until then that my half-brother was dead , or ill , or that something had happened to him , but I knew then it was something Eric had done , and there was only one thing he could have done which would make my father look worried . |
| 3 | The problem is , however , that it is of little help in producing a list of user needs : the temptation would be to say either that everyone requires the same information or that everyone requires different information ; the former would make the exercise redundant and the latter would make it impossible to handle . |
| 4 | Some of Harvard 's clients reneged on their agreements to sell when the price climbed , making ridiculous claims , like that the dog had chewed up the allotment letter , or that somebody had sold as a practical joke . |
| 5 | I can find no evidence that anyone accompanied him or that anyone met him here . ’ |
| 6 | These are activities which we would be unable to perform without a detailed knowledge of their personal circumstances , and trying to persuade them auditing is even necessary or that anything has changed since Uncle Albert 's day , is nigh on impossible and certainly not an adequate reason for an additional fee . |
| 7 | Except that one had reservations about what was genuine on a Petticoat Lane stall . |
| 8 | They 're very similar except that one has an extra double bond . |
| 9 | I mean it is if they look funny I feel that they 're sadder , if you ca n't tell then that 's you know jolly good luck I suppose except that somebody knows . |
| 10 | In Ardeevan we just lay and rotted and nothing ever happened between Doctor Staples 's weekly rounds – except that someone died . |
| 11 | But the slivers , so moist , so delicious , had been interleaved with greaseproof paper , and the white tray in which they lay had looked so very like the ones she had looked at with hopeless longing in Marks and Spencer , except that someone had torn off the label . |
| 12 | I do n't know why we 're different except that someone wants to makes some trouble . |
| 13 | Huy had the impression that a body servant was lurking somewhere within earshot , to report any indiscretions back to Reni , and that everybody knew this . |
| 14 | When he was satisfied that he was all right and that no-one had heard him , he picked up the brown bag and moved into the safety of the trees . |
| 15 | When the Malay leaders of Malaysia assert that the Malays are ‘ bumiputras ’ , sons of the soil , and therefore to be accorded privileges as against the Chinese and Indian Malaysians , only the unkind would point out that the Malays were also immigrants from an earlier period , and that no-one has paid attention to the claims of the real indigenous peoples , the Dayak and other tribes of the forestland . |
| 16 | That produced a form of waste that was hot , highly toxic , radioactive ; that will remain dangerous for hundreds of years and that no-one has yet thought of a way of disposing of ? |
| 17 | Despite his claim that he does not make things into ideas but only ideas into things , the feeling remains , as , in effect , Berkeley concedes , that ‘ all that is real and substantial … is banished out of the world ’ , and that everything has been made into ‘ so many chimeras and illusions on the fancy ’ . |
| 18 | In the control office the top copies of the waiters ' checks from the kitchen or bar , together with the second copies from the cashiers , are checked against charged bills , duplicates of the paid bills and summary sheets to ensure that the pricing is correct and that everything has been charged . |
| 19 | Joan recalled what happened : ‘ Apparently the soldier opened the bag and something fell out and he thought it was a paw and that somebody had thrown a dog into the river . |
| 20 | But I decided fairly quickly that once the reins were in somebody else 's hands , and that somebody knew exactly what they were doing , there was no point in coming back . ’ |
| 21 | A Scotland Yard spokesman said no disciplinary action had been taken against any officers and that nobody had been suspended . |
| 22 | In his own published letter relating to the episode Major Wiseman stated that three planes had taken off , had been unable to locate the dropping zone , had turned back , and that one had failed to return and ‘ was presumed shot down in the Channel ’ . |
| 23 | Every album has its own geographical kind of fantasy scene that exists in my head and that one had a lot of them . |
| 24 | It is of interest that the positive tumours in the present series were both ‘ large ’ polyps 2 cm in size , and that one had undergone focal malignant transformation . |
| 25 | It can both suggest that an effect previously believed to exist does not exist and that one thought not to exist does exist . |
| 26 | He says this is where newcomers to the business can have difficulties , and that one needs to be fairly robust to cope with the pressure . |
| 27 | I personally use a .013-.056 gauge on all the acoustics and all the electrics with the exception of the Firebird , which I use for regular flatpicking in standard Spanish tuning , and that one has much lighter strings on it — an .009 set but with an .011 on the top E. ’ |
| 28 | They identify aspects of grief and restitution , the need to feel secure and confident that all that can be done has been done to recompense for earlier losses , and that one has a safe confidante somewhere in the situation . |
| 29 | I am told there are two sisters who dwell under one roof , and can not speak to one another , for the one is a Free Churcher and the other is a Baptist ; and that one gave to the other cause of great offence , having put cream in the tea of the other when such kind office was not desired . |
| 30 | The two women had not been able to help much by way of descriptions apart from recounting details of the horrific masks the burglars wore and that one appeared to be rather thin ( the one with the broken leg ) . |