Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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31 | It was not until I met my current hairdresser ( who thankfully is still in the same place three years later ! ) that I realised the importance of a good head of hair , stylishly cut , well-conditioned and subtly coloured . |
32 | It was only on re-reading Szasz that I realised I had been touched on a sensitive spot — the struggle for individual identity — and that that spot was central to the problem of anorexia nervosa . |
33 | But it was only when I was in bed that night and unable to sleep that I realised the meaning of my horrified reaction : there would be another time , after I was dead , when I would not exist , when my consciousness would be extinguished . |
34 | But it was only later , when I was forced to admit that , at the time of writing , I had begun to become anorexic again , that I realised in addition how closely the central character 's circumstances resembled those of anorexia nervosa . |
35 | It was n't until he asked if he could take some off that I realised he had got himself well wrapped up — with 24 articles of clothing , ’ said Taylor . |
36 | It was n't till years later that I realised they had n't even remembered to ask if f was a lesbian . |
37 | ‘ It was only later , ’ observed Ken Howard , ‘ that I realised the symbolism of the crucifixion pose . |
38 | It was only when I was 26 that I realised that was possible |
39 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
40 | It was n't until I 'd bought one and used it that I realised how much it speeded up knitting . |
41 | I 'd read about this technique in my books , but it was only when I did the course that I realised that , although it would work for sparrowhawks and most other hunting birds , Dawn 's hunting did not depend on speed . |
42 | However , it was not until she came round from behind the reception desk that I realised how huge she was . |
43 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
44 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
45 | It was n't until I underwent hypnosis that I realised I was still a Catholic . |
46 | It was only when I started to receive my magazine that I realised just how courageous the lifeboat crews are . |
47 | It was n't until half an hour later that I realised I was on C1 . |
48 | It was n't until she was really ill that I realised she was mine and I loved her more than anything . |
49 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
50 | It was not until I wandered back to the harbour that I realised the wind had freshened . |
51 | I think it was then , with his powerful fingers digging like claws into my arm , that I realised how formidable the man was . |
52 | ‘ Not , of course , that I realised what he 'd done then . |
53 | ‘ It was only when the doorbell rang and two more couples joined us that I realised what he had in mind . ’ |
54 | 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 . ’ |
55 | It was only after we had left , and were returning home that I realised what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in pain . |
56 | It was at this point that I realised ( never having even seen one caught before ) that I did n't have a clue about how to handle one . |
57 | 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 . ’ |
58 | It was n't till the evening when we sat down and talked about it that I realised it could have been quite dangerous . |
59 | It was then that I realised I needed some first aid training . ’ |
60 | ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’ |