Example sentences of "[vb past] that everything [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It seemed that everything in the championship really hung on the reliability of each driver 's car .
2 The bed faced the window that looked out over miles of countryside and it seemed that everything in the room was white , from the white , frilled curtains to the dainty white duvet cover and pillow case all edged with broderie anglaise .
3 From their boat , they saw that everything on the island was entirely covered with fine white dust , like snow , and that the trees on the northern part of Krakatoa and Verlaten Island had been stripped of their leaves and branches by the rain of falling pumice , while those growing on Lang Island and Polish Hat seemed to have got away without much damage .
4 She felt that everything between them was clear now , so that speech was like dropping pebbles into clear water and watching them sink to their resting place .
5 For several decades most scientists assumed that the discrepancy was too negligible to worry about : after all , no one said that everything in the Universe should work perfectly .
6 Miro once said that everything in his paintings and sculptures was derived from something he saw .
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