Example sentences of "[noun] that [pers pn] [vb past] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had gestured towards the bedroom that he had shown her shortly before . |
| 2 | Appreciation that he had provided her with the escape route she had so badly sought ? |
| 3 | She had told Anne on Saturday that she had received her last letter before the leave . |
| 4 | He could tell by her eyes that she had closed her mind to him . |
| 5 | On being questioned , Murdock told Boulton that he had turned the hat out of wood on a lathe that he had designed himself . |
| 6 | Erm on , on yours in fact I could n't check sequence erm on the programme that you 'd given me because I did n't , I , I had know way of telling whether we did get a clash . |
| 7 | Now what happened , and it was a good procedure because what happened was that if anyone say on a Friday had found himself in a difficult situation , we would then discuss it on the Monday afternoon , er bearing in mind that he had taken it to the foreman and had got no response from the foreman , we could discuss it on a Monday afternoon , the convenor and the secretary would deal with it the following day , and in all probability , without having recourse to take it any further , reply to the man that the matter had been resolved and , and to his liking . |
| 8 | It felt like confirmation that we had got it right . |
| 9 | She had pressed the pinafored lady for confirmation that she had understood her last question , but the answer had still come back ‘ one week ’ . |
| 10 | United Biscuits was one of the few fallers after confirmation that it had sold its Terry 's chocolate division to Kraft of the U.S. in a deal worth £220 million . |
| 11 | For example , when I first lived alone I used to be in a state of anxiety every time I left the house , for fear that I had forgotten something . |
| 12 | It was n't his fault that she had discovered her feelings were more than just desire . |
| 13 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 14 | It was in 1863 at the farmhouse at Camerone in Mexico that they had fought their most spectacular action . |
| 15 | It was Wycliffe , giving the first indication that he had followed her argument , and she became flustered . |
| 16 | The clash came as Mr Kinnock exploited the apparent contradiction between Mrs Thatcher 's claim that she did not know why Mr Lawson resigned and the former Chancellor 's assertion in last Sunday 's Walden interview that he had made it quite clear to the Prime Minister that Sir Alan Walter 's continued presence as her economic adviser was the only issue . |
| 17 | Mr Major said in the newspaper interview that he had predicted his own unpopularity . |
| 18 | This situation would be one humdinger of a funny story to tell his city friends over a drink or two — and perhaps to boast to Corosini that he 'd wrapped her around his little finger with a few husky phrases and a glimpse of his superlative body . |
| 19 | In the same article , art historian Mina Gregori said of Antelami 's ‘ Months ’ at Parma that they had lost their Romanesque contours and were now quite indistinguishable ; later she wrote that : ‘ Antelami 's ‘ Months ’ are now ruined : unsightly puppets robbed of their Romanesque contours ’ . |
| 20 | Rex took another step backwards and found to his unhappiness that he had backed himself neatly into a well-barred shop doorway . |
| 21 | Then the world seemed to be going round and he was falling down and someone was running from a distance , one of the Keepers , in a grey uniform and with a fat pale face that filled him with such fear that he began to cry out in Hebrew words that he had forgotten he knew . |
| 22 | A COURT yesterday heard the Edinburgh investment analyst Thorold Mackie deny on tape that he had encouraged his salesmen to tell clients to sell shares in a waste management and construction group . |
| 23 | However , so keen was Germi to get Dustin that he had made him co-producer , and allowed him equal say as to how the role was to be played . |
| 24 | It was the second time in their acquaintanceship that she had put her hand on his thigh . |
| 25 | He smiled and there was no triumph , only genuine pleasure that she had accepted his offer , and Ruth knew in her heart that she had nothing to fear from this man . |
| 26 | But it was in that beautifully designed and equipped , but comfortable and homely kitchen at Martyr 's Cottage that she had found her healing . |
| 27 | She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place . |
| 28 | And if you did palm it off as a fact , it would be no excuse that you had done it non-linguistically : for example , by including clips from Sherlock Holmes movies in old newsreels as if they were genuine news items . |
| 29 | The only point in eking out the conversation was the hope that she had seen something curious . |
| 30 | Intelligent input/output board supplier , Byfleet , Surrey-based Specialix Ltd , says its flagship product , the transputer-based RIO controller , is n't going down the storm that it had hoped it would : even OEM deals with the likes of Groupe Bull SA have not boosted sales , says marketing director , Ian Cummins , ‘ RIO is not selling as well as we thought it would … and our estimations on its performance in the market are nine months ahead of what has actually happened ’ . |