Example sentences of "[adj] that [pron] [vb past] of " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But you made it perfectly clear that you disapproved of shipboard romances . |
2 | When I looked at all this stuff , it came to me that it was very interesting that they thought of Beauty as beautiful and Cruelty as cruel . |
3 | When I looked at all this stuff , it came to me that it was very interesting that they thought of beauty as beautiful and cruelty as cruel . |
4 | I was sure that she consisted of two personalities , one innocuous and human , the other uncanny . |
5 | So far , all that she knew of Josie was that she owned a big handbag . |
6 | On the other hand , she reflected , it would fit well with all that she knew of Miss Coldharbour 's habits if she had fed Wheeler with information about Gray which he 'd used to bully Gray with . |
7 | All that he thought of her ? |
8 | Mark , having become the interpreter of Peter , wrote down accurately , though not in order , all that he remembered of the things said and done by the Lord … |
9 | It was better that she thought of neither . |
10 | It is unlikely that anyone thought of any of these possibilities when , in 1801 , a society was formed to investigate the nature and cure of cancer . |
11 | ’ Lewis was especially grateful that Coghill was so appreciative of Dymer 's ‘ spiritual experiences ’ ; and in particular that he approved of the theme of ‘ redemption by parricide ’ which Lewis feared ‘ would seem simply preposterous and shocking ’ . |
12 | Perhaps it was not surprising that he complained of physical debility . |
13 | This famous author of 3,000 ‘ incomparable ’ ( Byron ) letters , among other largely dilettante activities , showed by a letter written to Sir Horace Mann on 8 June 1791 that he knew of the 1788 Kentish Town Act , which freed the Earl of Camden to build 1,400 houses in Kentish Town . |