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 . ’
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