Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb past] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first acquired a cube , Conway and Roger Penrose , from Oxford University , had already solved theirs and remarked that it took them some time to realise the power of conjugation . |
| 2 | I was about to go back to the hotel when a pool attendant gestured to me and whispered that he urgently needed to change Iraqi dinars into dollars . |
| 3 | One of the Officers turned to me and indicated that I should push off . |
| 4 | ‘ There were a few kids who came up to meet me and said that they were n't going to vote until they heard what I had to say . ’ |
| 5 | And erm the only other outstanding sponsor from last year was Northern Rock and that has been a bit of a qu a problem because er it 's , we have n't had a closing gala event which might attract them but just recently erm Paul who as you know performed last year with his band so er well er is , had rang me and said that they are doing something in Venice and they could in fact take the boat to Hull rather than to Dover and bring it here and I 'm , so I 'm working on the assumption that we might have that . |
| 6 | However , the er holder came to me and said that they , he would like to invest a considerable sum in new equipment , refrigerators blah blah blah . |
| 7 | After a cursory examination , he turned to me and said that we must get the boy to hospital quickly . |
| 8 | She also had a doctor brought in who examined me and said that I was fine . |
| 9 | We did get through some pretty hot language , erm he did say that this would destroy the tripartite system and he quoted me and said that I said it was a system which was the end of the world . |
| 10 | So I let her just pass , and said , ‘ Oh , darling , I am looking for a new ‘ element ’ … ’ ; and after half an hour the manager came back to me and said that she was sitting upstairs weeping . |
| 11 | He thanked me and said that my application would be on the table for consideration at the next meeting of the committee . |
| 12 | He just came to me and said that he was unhappy and I said OK . |
| 13 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 14 | We would not have considered the orders today if the Opposition had not prayed against them and agreed that they should be debated with the main affirmative orders . |
| 15 | A member of the Casa Alianza legal office visited them , photographed them and demanded that they be taken immediately to the Juvenile authorities in accordance with article 33 of the Juvenile Code . |
| 16 | Later that week , back home , the figures regarding the water , its fall and the general layout of the land arrived , and Nigel , like God in the creation , saw them and saw that they were good . |
| 17 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |
| 18 | Most people refused to believe them and said that they had been faked in Hollywood . |
| 19 | Fitzroy Maclean spoke to them and discovered that they were not at all suspicious . |
| 20 | Made irrational by shock he stood and looked at them and believed that something terrible had happened to her . |
| 21 | Mandy spotted them and waved that they were all right , and Matthew turned and headed them into a safe cove , too . |
| 22 | At home , the cows were managed by the women , who hand-milked them and ensured that they continued to yield plenty of good quality milk and were selected for being docile and good-tempered . |
| 23 | She asked if I had heard from you and said that she wished to read the novel you were writing , and I 'm afraid I said I thought you were writing it . |
| 24 | We are shown certain words in the opening one and told that we " have begun at the highest level " ( p. 197 ) . |
| 25 | The King thanked him and added that he died a Christian and a member of the Church of England . |
| 26 | When the latter siege had ended successfully , Molla Yegan came to Mehmed II to congratulate him and remarked that his prayers had continually been with him . |
| 27 | Since then he had often recalled what Adam said next , had taken the gun from him and remarked that it was a pump-action shot-gun . |
| 28 | He said he knew the tablets would not have harmed him and admitted that he had taken them to make his wife see how much he needed her . |
| 29 | I was expecting his camels to follow him and understood that he would not come further before they were in view . |
| 30 | He met Frank , liked him and agreed that he should have the job . |