Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adv] [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | A glance inside showed that someone had taken trouble , and there was a really friendly feeling about the place . |
| 2 | A critic later wrote that Harding 's genius lay not so much in his ability to conceal his thoughts as in the absence of any serious thoughts to conceal . |
| 3 | A SOLDIER today denied that his evidence was a ‘ total fabrication ’ to justify firing at a stolen car in West Belfast . |
| 4 | A visit to a specialist yesterday revealed that Bracewell had developed a bloodclot , which required surgery and an overnight stay in hospital . |
| 5 | THE Einstein Observatory survey of cosmic X-ray sources a decade ago showed that coronae were common among diverse types of star , and were in many cases more energetic than the Sun 's corona . |
| 6 | A quarter also said that they had had shoes spoiled . |
| 7 | The rise in oil prices towards $19 a barrel yesterday indicated that some traders are taking seriously the latest efforts by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to trim output in an attempt to achieve a target level of at least $21 a barrel . |
| 8 | A number also felt that procedures should be changed so that monies did not pass through solicitor 's hands at all . |
| 9 | Living in a city again meant that he would have to stop looking like a derelict . |
| 10 | The International Federation of Chemical , Energy and General Workers Unions about a year ago revealed that a study conducted for the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH ) among workers in a New Jersey Plant working with the proteolytic bacterial enzyme Esperase in producing a bleach showed they had become immunologically sensitised to the enzyme , despite very low levels of exposure . |
| 11 | Mysteriously , a nurse later said that one night I got out of bed and walked to the toilet , and yet the next day I could n't move . |
| 12 | These advantages appear to me to outweigh the disadvantages identified by Mr of there being more outsiders in the family household , possibly homesick and unhappy carers who are not living in their own homes , but at the establishment and the trouble and worry to the of what would be not infrequent , recruitment of new carers for Mrs , I hope perhaps a trifle pessimistically thought that on average carers would not spend more than about a year of course , some longer , some shorter , because such carers necessarily had to be fairly young , fit , strong people and the stresses and strains of the er the whole business she thought would lead to reasonably rapid turnover , not the emergence of long-term carers who might stay for a number of years , er , as I say I 'd rather hoped that she may be unduly pessimistic about that , but , that , I accept what she says about it . |