Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bukharin rejected this since he argued that to do so would be to disregard the historical character of the dictatorship of the proletariat . |
| 2 | A local coroner on a routine inspection became suspicious when he discovered that one baby had unusually high levels of a potent heart drug , digoxin , in its tissues . |
| 3 | When Huw reached the entrance to the dock , the gates appeared to be shut , but as soon as he put his hand to them , they swung open and he found that the chain and padlock had been taken off . |
| 4 | Although time seems always to have been important for Petrarch , he tended to value it even more as he got older because he realized that , as with other things , it becomes more precious as it becomes less plentiful . |
| 5 | Tycho Brahé opted out of the Copernican research programme and initiated another when he proposed that all planets other than the earth orbit the sun , while the sun itself orbits a stationary earth . |
| 6 | Fran blushed crimson as she realised that he was staring at her , one corner of his mouth lifted mockingly as though he could read her thoughts . |
| 7 | ‘ Muni was and is sociologically-minded , ’ said the press-book , and ‘ he had long wished to bring to the American people the picture of these primitive people who worked hard and who died that the wheels of industry might not be stilled ’ . |
| 8 | It happened because I was pretty vulnerable at the time and when I came across this lady who I felt sorry for I imagined that I would be able to support her and make her happy . |
| 9 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 10 | However , he died intestate and she claimed that she was absolutely entitled to the deceased 's house and other property . |
| 11 | He wanted her to go , and she felt afraid as she realised that she did not want to go at all . |
| 12 | You were glad when someone suggested that the butter or the jam should be cut up into rations even though you did see the hard selfishness in his eyes as he said it and felt sick because you knew that normally he was neither hard nor selfish . |
| 13 | For a few seconds that stony-visaged politician looked kindly and I realised that , apart from his mistress , Benjamin was one of the few people Wolsey really loved . |
| 14 | It was only as the girl grew older and she realized that her mother was simply mouthing words and had no intention whatsoever of carrying out her threat that she had begun to be able to relax and enjoy what was left of her childhood . |
| 15 | The Gendarme on duty at Boulogne Police Station looked surprised when I said that I had come to join the French Foreign Legion . |
| 16 | ‘ He got annoyed when I said that though and said it was n't true , so I 'd like this time to say that although he appears to be very clever on stage and TV , in real life he is extremely stupid . ’ |
| 17 | Mrs Shell said Frak appeared angry when she discovered that Mrs Fribbens had wet the bed . |
| 18 | Usually the moment of insight came with Chaplin or with a brilliantly stunning film such as Murnau 's Sunrise but perhaps it was the quality of the acting which did more than anything to suggest that the feature film had become significant . |
| 19 | These remained and the following sequence over a month all proved ineffective although she commented that she felt 20 years younger : Lachesis LM3 , stopping the remedy , Lachesis 200 , Syphilinum LM1 and returning to Lachesis LM3 . |
| 20 | Yes I re I said that and I realized that I 'd said it and I should n't have done . |
| 21 | She sounded serious and I knew that , this being so , she was talking about herself . |
| 22 | She sounded ill-tempered and I realised that in the absence of me , Syl and Lili she must have dined alone with Mrs Monro and Robert and the gallery owner . |
| 23 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 24 | She and Mrs Singh spoke in Punjabi but her English sounded local and I suspected that she preferred to speak English . |
| 25 | Thieves take care of their own … ’ she sounded bitter as she spoke that last . |
| 26 | Ruby Dobby 's earrings became energetic as she insisted that there were more than five senses to be employed in any search for the truth . |
| 27 | She held firm because she knew that the road to compromise was without signposts , that the possibilities for getting lost were manifold and that it was paved with flawed imitations of the truth . |
| 28 | But de Gaulle held firm because he knew that time was working in his favour . |
| 29 | The Egyptians valued magic and we know that the Cretans of the classical period had acquired a legendary reputation as seers and astrologers ( Castleden 1989 , p. 127 ) . |