Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] that [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 Baron of Buchlyvie was brought into the ring and everyone agreed that it looked magnificent .
2 At the ‘ 19th ’ all prizes were presented by Captain , Danny Sproull where everyone agreed that it had been an enjoyable outing .
3 No-one cared that she jacked in to the lock on the tutor 's door , feeling around mentally to jig it open .
4 Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure .
5 of them revealed that they had been the victims of marital rape .
6 The doctor arrived and after examining me pronounced that I had some sort of mystery virus , and there was nothing he could do for me .
7 She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't .
8 On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't .
9 I admitted that I had n't quite got around to organizing that aspect of my life yet .
10 Malc was furious , especially when I admitted that I had n't the heart to charge the old dear , so we were two quid out of pocket .
11 When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad .
12 Now er w w with every respect , to say that he survived it is something of a crass statement , because I remember reading about him thinking is n't this country getting good that we can have a black guardsman , and I remember my own disappointment when I read that he had to leave the regiment .
13 The magazine America had already written about this ; it had published an interview in which I announced that I wanted to hand my collection over to the Tretyakov Gallery as a gift , and saying that I intended to make Lilya curator of the collection .
14 Then I realized that we kept returning to the same place and stopping for a few minutes , before moving off again around a similar route .
15 When this eagerly awaited party actually happened , it had been going forty minutes before Dad and I realized that we knew virtually no one there .
16 Before I 'd stopped quivering , I realized that they had n't been thrown , but dropped from above .
17 When you told me that Mrs Lyons was getting a divorce , I realized that she hoped to marry Stapleton .
18 After a while Lily began to talk , and I realized that she understood nothing of what I had said about the war .
19 ‘ No , just a friend , ’ I said too quickly , before I realized that she had almost certainly not been on duty when Sal was brought in .
20 Well I asked the girl and the she , we sort of sidetracked and when I come off the phone I realized that she had n't said .
21 Later I realized that he meant , quite simply , an anti-Semite is inevitably anti-Negro .
22 Then I realized that he did n't want one to respond , that a response of almost any kind would have interrupted his flow , and the politest thing to do was follow the ADC 's example and just listen .
23 Thinking about it now , for the first time , I realized that I 'd no idea how a karaso was made : an arm-length shaft of wood , smooth and shiny as a newly opened conker , with five prongs at the end that were perfectly shaped into the smooth curves of a grasping hand .
24 Yes I re I said that and I realized that I 'd said it and I should n't have done .
25 I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up .
26 There were , of course , the inevitable forms to fill in and letters of condolence to answer , but I realized that I had not for a moment , since before the previous Christmas , given a thought to the prospect of life for one .
27 At the time of qualifying , however , I realized that I had the choice of working for the Eastern Health Board or the Catholic Church ( the two are interchangeable ) .
28 I realized that I had n't moved two feet away from the oven all morning , and I was exhausted .
29 I realized that I had been tricked , so I then turned to some American and French correspondents .
30 But when Joelle introduced us I realized that I had n't really been prepared for the meeting at all .
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