Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [that] [pron] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy said , looking up at her , and right at that moment Josie would have sworn that some kind of a facade had dropped and that she was returning the gaze of a six year-old . |
| 2 | She had to know that he had considered and that he was committed by his reply . |
| 3 | In the spring of 1968 there was much rethinking within the CRA [ Civil Rights Association ] leadership ; the tactics of Martin Luther King in America had been absorbed inasmuch that it was felt by some that only public marches could draw wide attention to what we were trying to achieve by normal democratic means . |
| 4 | And then suddenly , just as Artemis felt Buttons was beginning to tire and that she was regaining control , as they topped a hill and began the run down the opposite side , a hedge loomed up in front of her , divided by a solid looking five-bar gate which was firmly closed . |
| 5 | An X-ray showed that 's lungs had n't fully matured and that he was suffering respiratory distress syndrome . |
| 6 | I 'd been in this business long enough to know he was lying and that something was going on . ’ |
| 7 | After the opening page , he noticed that he had retained nothing of what followed and that he was eating a potato crisp . |
| 8 | Neighbour Muriel Harding-Newman , 79 , said : ‘ We could see the cows were stamping and kicking and that someone was trying to push them away but they would n't move . |
| 9 | She knew someone 's shaking hands were on Damian 's tie , pulling it loose , pushing his dark blue jacket to the floor , but they could n't be her hands — she would n't do such a thing ; and as their hoarse breathing mingled further she realised his shirt was completely unbuttoned and that she was staring at his bare chest and it was exactly as she had known it would be . |
| 10 | He was aware of the risks involved and that he was embarking on a kind of unnecessary surgery that could threaten his life , but it was what he wanted . |
| 11 | Sophia , looking up at him , saw that his usual remote look had gone and that he was smiling . |
| 12 | It was further recommended that Okinawa be retained and that whatever was needed by way of other facilities should be obtained in the Ryukyus . |
| 13 | She immediately assumed that the malignancy of the stomach had not been cured and that he was dying . |
| 14 | ‘ I told them my brother could be lying dead somewhere and they said they did n't care and that I was mucking them about , ’ said 18-year-old Joanne , of Stoneleigh , Surrey , yesterday . |
| 15 | From the way his eyes kept darting to and fro she guessed that he had something more important to say and that he was waiting until Eleanor was safely out of sight and earshot . |