Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [coord] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 3 | However , he died intestate and she claimed that she was absolutely entitled to the deceased 's house and other property . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She sounded serious and I knew that , this being so , she was talking about herself . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She and Mrs Singh spoke in Punjabi but her English sounded local and I suspected that she preferred to speak English . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |