Example sentences of "and that [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 it 's like party balloons , she 's got like water balloons I mean , with water and , they was , I had them in this box mucking about , I was trying take something out , and then like we dropped a water balloon in their bathroom and erm , we started having water fight , and that they filled them up and go into the balloons and then you go and tie it up
2 Er and in both cases it was er a feeling of insecurity , and that they felt they would be more secure going to a different part of the organization .
3 Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner .
4 The reasons that Charlie Francis , Ben Johnson , Angella Taylor and the rest took drugs are that the rewards were great and that they thought they could get away with it .
5 Couns Williams and Dixon confirmed that their view of Mr Major 's achievements and thoughts for the future differed from his , that they would not be sending donations and that they thought it was a complete cock-up .
6 B. Hunslett claims the Service Crew were the first élitist group to travel the country with the casual look , and that they brought it to the attention of the general public .
7 And that they found it easier when they that that English was English and Orcadian was Orcadian .
8 She felt as though all her bones had melted and that everyone knew it .
9 I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni .
10 When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another .
11 Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home .
12 But later , finding myself sharing a sofa with her at a friend 's dinner-party , I mentioned the film and that I understood she had approved of it .
13 I could have held him tight and told him I was proud of him and that I loved him just for being there , but he would have struggled free .
14 The first time we made love , I started out believing I hated you , but when we … by the end I knew I did n't really , and that I loved you .
15 I believe that day implanted in me a life-long craving for barbaric splendour , for savagery and colour and the throb of drums , and that it gave me a lasting veneration for long-established custom and ritual , from which would derive later a deep-seated resentment of Western innovations in other lands , and a distaste for the drab uniformity of the modern world .
16 I 'm sure she enjoyed it and that it gave her a purpose in life .
17 The tradition referred to earlier that a surgeon had been required for the Empress , maintains that Garvine had to diagnose her illness without being allowed into her presence and that he treated her successfully .
18 " I remember that year Jimmy telling us that we had black players in South Africa , that they were reasonably good and that he thought they should have the chance to become members , " Bland explained .
19 Remembering my conversations with him at the end of 1975 and the beginning of 1976 , it was clear that he wanted fresh fields to conquer , that he thought he had more than proved himself as a racing driver and that he thought he could , with no great difficulty , follow a Bruce McLaren , for instance , and make his own way in cars of his own .
20 By demurring to that plea , the plaintiff admits that he had no cause of action against the defendant in the action therein mentioned , and that he knew it .
21 But would n't you feel a lot better if you knew that you 'd kicked him back — and that he knew it too ?
22 If pressed , most of us would say that he deepened our understanding of human nature , and that he made us aware that the mind of Man is complex and contradictory .
23 He , too , checked with the police and rang back to confirm that Derek had not been arrested and that he felt she must have made a mistake .
24 He said cos I used to keep the house tidy he said I 've been the in the army June an he said I can I can run a household he said but we and then working the shifts I do he said and go up the horses and that he said I just do n't get time to do it !
25 Yes , Arnold Thomas had done a bad thing in deserting him just when he needed him most , and he had been a rogue of the worst kind to have stolen money into the bargain ; but if he could only find his son , he would tell him that all was forgiven , and that he wanted him here , in his rightful place , at the helm of his father 's business .
26 She remembered her thoughts as he told her he was as shocked as her , and that he wanted it to continue … her heart skipped beats frantically .
27 He told her that he was well and that he missed her a lot .
28 She could not remember her dream , only that it had been about Edmund and that he loved her .
29 She had thought she loved him , and that he loved her , but now she wondered whether the only people they were capable of loving were themselves .
30 ‘ Only that she died and that he loved her .
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