Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But others doubted whether that would happen , and events from the middle of 1990 have broadly proved the sceptics right . |
| 2 | But , ‘ She gone , ’ the woman added , and Fabia realised that that must mean that Mr Gajdusek , plainly on business in Prague , had taken his secretary with him . |
| 3 | The sorcerers believed that that would weaken the strong kinship that would exist between you . ’ |
| 4 | He says patients could talk to each other about what happened and that may help . |
| 5 | ‘ If it was then Kevin would have killed them with the first bricks he threw and that would have been the end of the film . ’ |
| 6 | But , we now have to consolidate , and I decided that that would have to a gentle process , not a sort of Birtian revolution . |
| 7 | And there may only have been one clock in the town where they worked and that would have been on the town hall or the church . |
| 8 | When there was a change of leadership in the Conservative party , many European leaders — and , indeed , hon. Members — felt that that would lead to a dramatic change of attitude on Britain 's position within the EEC . |
| 9 | Money and effort that should have been devoted to supporting the ordinary people in Highfields has been wasted on power politics and I agree that it 's time surely to put an end to that disgrace now there is a certain logic in Mr amendment , it basically says let us put the implementation of council policy in the hands of the director of education , let him take executive control and let us take politics out of it and if I thought that that would do what both Mr and myself want to happen I would support . |
| 10 | Fair enough he may have had a very good reason for doing so but I thought that that would have been a typical apack erm he did say well you know I just want to run it by him , you know , just to make sure but you , you still needed to know why he thought that his accountant had to be involved . |
| 11 | The right hon. Member for Sparkbrook made an important point about the minimum and maximum periods for banning and questioned whether that would help or hinder rehabilitation of an offender . |
| 12 | In his second day of evidence before Sheriff Brian Lockhart , he said that that would have been good management . |
| 13 | This rocket was , this Scott said that that would take him to the moon . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , women have more independence than they had and that will influence their decision as to whether or not they wish to leave a marriage . |
| 15 | He said and that can do it . |
| 16 | Ahhh I shall have to tell him then , he said cos that 'll come up for sale then . |
| 17 | ‘ I wondered whether that would come to your mind , ’ he said . |