Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Then I became the black sheep and I found to my horror that everyone thought I was off my bloody head .
2 ‘ Instructor/supervisors are being trained to ensure that everyone using it is properly advised on how to gain the best from it without running the risk of strain or injury .
3 ‘ It seems to me that everyone thinks he 's ill merely because he is less rude and rather more bearable than he has been in the past , ’ the head said irritably .
4 It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days .
5 ‘ I knew that Alan liked the odd drink but it was n't until we were living together that I realised her was more or less an alcoholic , and violent with it . ’
6 It was n't until I underwent hypnosis that I realised I was still a Catholic .
7 It was n't until half an hour later that I realised I was on C1 .
8 But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’
9 Of course , ’ he added with a twisted smile , ‘ it was n't until your last day in the office that I realised you were under the impression that it was I who 'd had the affair with Elise . ’
10 It was n't until she was really ill that I realised she was mine and I loved her more than anything .
11 It was only when friends accused me of being a pompous , humourless prat that I realised it was meant as a joke .
12 ‘ It was only when a few of the details were released that I realised it was me .
13 It 's small wonder that this plateau has claimed lives , since in the weather that I experienced it 's impossible to have any sense of direction at all without the constant use of a compass and map .
14 I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary .
15 Playing tunes that bring a smile to my face and a sentimental tear to my eye , for the last time that I heard them was the day of the first Gittel 's wedding .
16 It was in the winter of 1987–88 that I announced I was going to race mostly in Britain in Olympic year .
17 ‘ Trying to ensure that I remember you 're now my husband ? ’ she enquired sweetly .
18 But he said er , and I said that I gather you 're seeing Lynda the weekend if you do find anything perhaps you could pass it on to her .
19 The difference between the way we saw life as young people — especially the amoral attitude to sex — and the conventional way of portraying it on screen was so great that I knew we were on the verge of a big change .
20 The fact that I knew it was wicked to expose my smooth bare slit gave me a feeling both of pleasure and of power , never vocalised .
21 The laugh she gave was so dirty that I knew it was going to be all right .
22 And do lots of things that I knew he was capable of doing .
23 In a muffled voice she added , ‘ They had so little time together that I hope they were happy . ’
24 ‘ I 'm not sure what to think , ’ Aubrey said doubtfully , ‘ other than that I hope I am wrong .
25 Provided that I mean we 're not talking about rural exceptions being erm appropriate everywhere and anywhere .
26 By that I mean it is a way of bringing dignity , caring and love right into the heart of the impersonal secular world of modernity .
27 I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ?
28 there 's such unemployment , that the unemployment 's even higher , that I mean it 's pretty high in the area ,
29 It is difficult to come to terms with the fact that I mean it 's people that you 've worked with for a week , at a time and I mean for three and a half years every second week you 're working with that guys in a confined space , you get to know them really well .
30 Er and the proposal that I shall report is the and in particular those matter our certainty of responsibility between various agencies needs to be addressed erm it arose obviously are much more widespread than in the past week , but er I was granted in fact to give consideration to this result of the parish meeting , conventional routine parish meeting at Barnham er on the fourth of January erm which led to the largest parish meetings I think they 've had in many years erm when because people were incensed with the suffering and the hardship that they had as a result of the flooding on the night of Thursday the thirtieth of December erm should let me say first of all that erm I would congratulate all those who were involved er in dealing with the present emergency operations erm it 's quite superb , it 's erm it seemed to be erm a remarkable reflection on the capacity er that to deal with certain circumstances reflects very well on this authority and in saying that I mean it 's not just the opposites to the men and women who are involved , but also whereas I 'm sure many members are here that members amongst our numbers have putting on very long hours in dealing with the present circumstances and I congratulate on the activities .
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