Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the following year a Sussex doctor Gideon Mantell ( 1790–1852 ) found some large fossilized teeth in a pile of rocks intended for road-mending and noted that they resembled the teeth of the modern iguana . |
| 2 | The man talked a lot about karma and said that they had obviously been together in a previous incarnation , but now their birthdates were not synchronized . |
| 3 | We repeated the experiments with a precursor for protein and found that an increase in protein synthesis occurred also . |
| 4 | A policeman came to Beattie 's cell after teatime and said that he had a visitor . |
| 5 | He was informed of his rights after arrest and said that he did not want a solicitor . |
| 6 | It suggested that submission obtained by threats other than of violence might suffice for rape and held that it should be left to the jury , with adequate direction from the judge , to make up its mind whether or not on the facts of each case the woman had truly consented . |
| 7 | Just as he did this , the government had a change of heart and decided that there would after all be a Private Members ' ballot . |
| 8 | The newly elected president of the Azanian People 's Organization ( Azapo ) , Pandelani Nefolovhodwe , on Dec. 23 declared 1991 a year of struggle and warned that the government 's reforms were replacing " naked racism and exploitation with subtle forms of racism and exploitation " . |
| 9 | But it was rather boring , and one of the gang got a can of anti-perspirant and suggested that they each have a sniff to get high and have ‘ dreams ’ . |
| 10 | It was an attempt to cultivate an attitude of mind that recognised that this intelligence — however glorious — had its limitations when it was confronted with the ineffable and ultimate reality . |
| 11 | It condemned the use of force and demanded that human rights be respected " including the rights of national minorities " . |
| 12 | Results of these early test flights were hardly spectacular in terms of speed and indicated that the P–59 had some very significant things going against it . |
| 13 | I enjoyed my course of study and felt that the practicalities of business were a perfect antidote to the magic that had dominated my adolescence . |
| 14 | He saw a vast patch of blood and guessed that the ship must have been in one of the many petty skirmishes which took place at sea , for ships of various nations , Norway , Denmark , England , Scotland and France used these waters for fishing , trade and piracy . |
| 15 | It was the disconcerting sort of grip that suggested that the gripper could grip a whole lot harder , if he wanted to . |
| 16 | Under gentle pressure he conceded that Riddle had mentioned the possibility of marriage and said that in this circumstance he would want to make a fresh will . ’ |
| 17 | He denied that the Soviet Union had or sought spheres of influence and implied that Zahir Shah could be brought into an Afghan coalition government . |
| 18 | A week before it was due , Mamaloni resigned as leader of PAP and announced that he would continue in office as the head of a government of national unity . |
| 19 | During a parliamentary debate on May 10 , Sheikh Hasina accused the government of incompetence and demanded that the entire relief operation be handed over to the army . |
| 20 | Following James , Dewey 's conception of ethics was similarly social ; he viewed ethics as an instrumental method of inquiry and believed that the workability of moral precepts must be validated by the community over time . |
| 21 | One particular attempt at explaining the troubled experience of the 1980s retained the notion of NAIRU but claimed that NAIRU was not a constant number but depended on the past history of the unemployment rate . |
| 22 | But nothing happened and Fenella felt a small , frail spiral of confidence and thought that the very suggestion that the Robemaker needed sentries at all indicated that he was not as all-powerful as they had feared . |
| 23 | Standing there in my civilian clothes I felt completely out of place and wished that I could be wearing a blue tracksuit like the rest of them . |
| 24 | On one occasion in the early autumn , the Shah had turned on Sullivan , recited almost every incident of unrest and declared that it was all so sophisticated that it must be the result of foreign intrigue against him . |
| 25 | Then the Sheikh went over to his Youngest Son , spoke a word of blessing and lifted that tall boy in his arms as though he were a small child . |
| 26 | Recruitment personnel agreed that there was a need for an attitudinal change in this area of business and suggested that educational establishments had a responsibility to help achieve this . |
| 27 | There was a body of evidence that established that at the material time there was more than a normal commercial incentive influencing the actions of Bunn . |
| 28 | Balor grinned at Snodgrass and smacked his lips and grabbed the cask of mead and thought that had n't the Humans strange , mimsing appetites to be sure . |
| 29 | Mrs. Gillick accepted that the court had such a power of veto and contended that the parents had a similar power : see [ 1986 ] A.C. 112 , 165F and 173F , per Lord Fraser of Tullybelton , and at p. 181F , per Lord Scarman . |
| 30 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |