Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It transpired that her family had moved to Tala-Tala and she could n't face the daily ten miles on foot . |
| 2 | In Chapter 1 we proposed that our representation of ordinary nouns should , strictly speaking , include round brackets , to indicate occurrence of a property , inside the square brackets representing entity-hood , but that we should normally allow the round brackets to be omitted in order to simplify the notation , thus abbreviating ( 41 ) ( a ) to ( b ) : ( 41 ) ( a ) [ ( NEIGHBOUR ) ] ( b ) [ NEIGHBOUR ] In the present case , however , given that the function of the adjective is exactly to distinguish between property and entity aspects of a single syntactical item , we shall be obliged to use the fuller form . |
| 3 | She therefore proposed that my father should pretend to fall in love with her difficult and very homesick Italian friend so that it would be clear to her parents that there was no hope of getting him for Fiona . ’ |
| 4 | In order to explain this Marslen-Wilson proposed that his subjects were first identifying each word they heard and then searching their phonological representations of that word for the presence of a /t/ . |
| 5 | A fresh , if unpromising , avenue of negotiation was opened on April 7 when the Prime Minister of Thailand , Chatichai Choonhaven , proposed that his Japanese counterpart , Toshiki Kaifu , host a meeting in Tokyo between Sihanouk and Hun Sen . |
| 6 | ‘ He was screaming at me , ‘ Get outta here , my son 's in Vietnam ’ and then the local sheriff came in and he shouted that his son was in Vietnam and why was n't I in Vietnam ? |
| 7 | Helen reached in and stirred with distaste ; a brown knitted pixie hat surfaced that her mother used to wear long ago , unravelled now to a skeletal condition . |
| 8 | Speaking on March 22 , 1990 , to scientists who had worked on the project , the then UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher promised that her government would " meet the commitments which it has solemnly accepted " to reduce emissions from power stations [ see pp. 36791-92 ] . |
| 9 | He promised that my secret was safe . |
| 10 | Despite this , he promised that his government would neither challenge press freedom nor take over the privately owned Times of Zambia . |
| 11 | There was a momentary crisis when the telex failed , and he was cut off from London , but two Tongan soldiers arrived on his doorstep in the middle of the storm , saluted smartly , acknowledged they realized his predicament and promised that his links with the outside world would be restored ‘ as a matter of the utmost priority ’ . |
| 12 | I promised that his further education would be no burden to them , and that after the war , I would see to it that he received a free college education , which should not be denied him , but all I got was ‘ You take ‘ im , Mr Burton , you take ‘ im . ’ |
| 13 | Bill Clinton 's aides promised that his next 100 days would be characterised by discipline , a sharper focus and more trips outside Washington . |
| 14 | In an address to the nation he promised that his government would seek to lower the cost of living and to stimulate employment , and would " promote a stable atmosphere for production and protect investors ' interests " . |
| 15 | He promised that his new government would issue an economic statement early in 1992 . |
| 16 | Liberal leader and Premier-elect Ray Groom promised that his new government 's first priority would be to combat unemployment within the state . |
| 17 | FOOTBALL : David Platt has pushed transfer talk to the back of his mind and promised that his only concern is helping Bari to avoid the disaster of relegation . |
| 18 | To frequent applause , Mr Clinton promised that his wife , Hillary , would help him tackle a ‘ health care crisis ’ in the US . |
| 19 | At yesterday 's opening of the first multi-party parliament in 26 years , the president said that the management of the country was the responsibility of Kenyans and no-one else , and promised that his government would present its own economic strategy . |
| 20 | An investigation of nursery school children demonstrated that their teachers were able to halve the frequency of fights and quarrels merely by attending to the children when they were playing peacefully , and offering comments such as ‘ That 's nice ’ , ‘ You are playing well together ’ . |
| 21 | A study of working-class girls by Sue Sharpe demonstrated that their main aims and priorities were to marry , have children and settle down ( Sharpe , 1976 ) . |
| 22 | He may remember that at about this time last year we published a series of figures which demonstrated that his predictions were wrong . |
| 23 | They would allow invaluable policy options for future governments ; they demonstrated that our Government looked much further ahead than the next two or three years . |
| 24 | He insisted on examining my alchemical equipment and pronounced that my method of Fixation was inexact . |
| 25 | It has probably never entered his entered that his Test career could be over . |
| 26 | A training manager of London & Norwich Investment Services Ltd quipped that his firm might advertise in these terms : " Apply to Mr RazorReady , Grab , Fuck It and Run Ltd , Box no … " |
| 27 | There were several teachers who maintained that their classes no longer needed equipment : " they are not remedial , you know " . |
| 28 | Bernard and Laura maintained that their door was always open and while the company remained small , it always was . |
| 29 | In negotiations with the Iranians , however , North maintained that his enthusiasm for war had no place . |
| 30 | But Miss Hemse maintained that his psycho-kinetic powers had bent her contraceptive device while she and her fiancé were making love as they watched him on television . |