Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [verb] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when , after the girl had gone , Laura had gazed about the chaotic-looking living-room , she 'd had to agree that it was n't up to her standards , either . |
| 2 | The same was true of James Joule 's experiment in which water was warmed quantitatively by stirring it in special apparatus : a definite quantity of mechanical force in the clockwork produced a definite quantity of heat-but the context of this was argument about the nature of heat , and Joule seemed to have proved that it was motion of particles rather than a substance . |
| 3 | Then she looked straight back into the old lady 's pale grey eyes and added , " Though I did hear tell that it was Sir Gregory himself , ma'am . " |
| 4 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 5 | The Labour Party , thus , had given notice that it would not be prepared to accept a Leader chosen for it by the Monarch . |
| 6 | Patricia had never once mentioned his relationship with Clare , and , absurdly , he had come to assume that it was a matter of indifference to her . |
| 7 | Wally had rung to say that it was black tie , and he 'd forgotten to tell Debbie . |
| 8 | This happened most nights and he had grown to think that it was an easier and more interesting way of travelling , particularly as his looks and his load of schoolbooks and his thinness caused people to stop . |
| 9 | The Collector had agreed provided that it was brief , for there remained so much to be done before morning . |
| 10 | She knew that she had pushed her dreadful experience away , had refused to be broken , had tried to pretend that it had never happened . |
| 11 | Some reports by the Nazi authorities on the unrest which had arisen claimed that it was having an impact on confidence in Hitler himself . |