Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] that [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to explain that you either had the vibe or you did n't , it was n't something that I could explain . ’ |
| 2 | By requiring its practitioners to possess the moral prestige necessary to guide , Indirect Rule seemed to ensure that they also possessed the means whereby , in the absence of any overwhelming display of physical superiority , they could govern . |
| 3 | Eventually Angel came to believe that she probably had killed d'Urberville . |
| 4 | Neither of them seemed to realise that she never planned it . |
| 5 | This was at Bangor and then I got another number and then I got told that they now have the direct organisation |
| 6 | Gradually as they were arguing they began to realize that they rather liked the American . |
| 7 | With my feet frozen to the floor , I followed the red lights in the sky until they both disappeared and the two loud bangs which followed signified that they too had come down heavily somewhere . |
| 8 | She went to sit on the sofa , and there she dreamed of Johnny , tenderly and with affection ; she thought of the words that he had said , and they made a warm spot , infinitely sweet , deep inside her where it could not be touched ; for just an hour or two , she began to believe that she truly loved him . |
| 9 | So the princess began to think that he really enjoyed being a monster and very ugly . |
| 10 | Jenny did not reappear and Sara began to think that she really had gone for a walk . |
| 11 | However , he did know that he nearly died at the time of his peritonitis operation , and so it was easy to convince him that it would take quite a time before he was really strong again . |
| 12 | Zhelev , then UDF leader , at a rally in Blagoevgrad ( near the Yugoslav border ) on Jan. 21 , 1990 , had denied the existence of a Macedonian minority , and appeared to suggest that he also regarded Yugoslavia 's Macedonians as ethnically Bulgarian ( a commonly held position in Bulgaria ) . |
| 13 | He liked to believe that he never sought conflict . |
| 14 | But by then she was so inwardly tense at the deception which through love and loyalty she had to perform that she barely noticed the grand buildings as she drove up out of the valley to where the town ended and a tarmacked road through woodland began . |
| 15 | Jess had noticed that she never spoke directly to the old man . |
| 16 | He had telephoned the present Archdeacon of Woodborough , a valued friend , the friend who had indeed suggested and supported his application , and he had said that he simply did not know why Peter had been turned down , he had no idea . |
| 17 | Mordecai had said that he usually approached the shop through the bazaar , and that was the side they had been watching . |
| 18 | In his testimony to Congress in July 1987 — which had been given under immunity and was , therefore , inadmissible at his trial — Poindexter had said that he alone had authorized the Iran-contra operation and that Reagan had known nothing of it [ see pp. 35828-29 ] . |
| 19 | In July the company had said that it then expected 32,000 people to take redundancy this year , up from the 20,000 forecast at the beginning of the year : now it says it expects 40,000 to go , 8000 of them in Europe — of which the UK share is 600 , and 4,000 of them in Asia . |
| 20 | The SFO had alleged that they secretly arranged for their own companies to buy shares , thereby raising the take-up level announced to other investors . |
| 21 | She had replied that it still seemed an expensive policy compared with even the dearest of umbrellas , and George had thought about that and said : ‘ You ca n't piss into an umbrella , either . |
| 22 | She had to ensure that he never touched her again . |
| 23 | So much had happened that it hardly seemed so important any more . |
| 24 | Leslie had stated that he actually saw a telegram saying that ‘ all had been caught ’ , but this may have referred to the four spies which had been picked up near Rye in Kent . |
| 25 | But , surely , for him to say that if she did n't want to be seduced , she 'd better keep her distance had to mean that he really did desire her — did n't it ? |
| 26 | Maggie wanted to say that she only wished to go back , preferably on foot , but by now words were a little difficult to utter . |