Example sentences of "that something [vb past] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times he stopped and listened , thinking that there had been a movement just behind him or just to the side of him , or that something had padded after him on stealthy feet and was standing watching him . |
| 2 | The whole area was much dryer than it used to be , and Edward suspected that something had interfered with the water table ; there had been nesting moorhens at one time — now only the occasional toad was left . |
| 3 | FitzAlan might suspect that something had happened between them , but he did n't know for sure . |
| 4 | Her immediate reaction was to fear that something had happened to one of their parents . |
| 5 | He knew then that something had happened to Rosie . |
| 6 | Going by past experience , there was a high probability that something had happened to the others , and her first instinct was to go and search for them . |
| 7 | Melissa was not given to premonition but the fear that something had happened to Sybil had taken hold and would not be shaken off . |
| 8 | I suppose I could have thought from the little he 'd said up until then that my half-brother was dead , or ill , or that something had happened to him , but I knew then it was something Eric had done , and there was only one thing he could have done which would make my father look worried . |
| 9 | I was convinced that something had happened in our absence ; something had indeed happened — it had rained hard during the night and early morning — which was strange for that summer when we had a period of almost drought conditions . |
| 10 | Question : When I used to write batch files under MS-DOS 4 using EDLIN , I used to add ‘ beeps ’ to alert the user that something had happened by entering the command ECHO ∘VG |
| 11 | He 'd decided to tell Sanchez that something had come into the market , something both he and Kemp would want . |
| 12 | Preoccupied , they failed to notice that something had changed about Broadstairs . |
| 13 | It is doubtful whether , given his premises and the situation in which he found himself , he could have done more than convey the expression of widespread discontent and indicate at the same time that something had changed in the Roman governing class . |
| 14 | This is a typical conspiracy theory , which adduces the fact that something did happen as evidence that someone meant it to happen . |