Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [prep] [det] [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The branch he 'd climbed over this morning that had been tom down in the wind was moving , shaking violently . |
| 2 | She had guessed by that time that , since he had n't yet stated why he 'd waited an hour to see her , he was saving what he 'd come to tell her until they were inside her flat . |
| 3 | They had also confirmed that the affair with David Parkin had been a public secret on the programme for several months , and that Nicola had whispered to several people that she had been promised Jane Pargeter 's job by Blufton . |
| 4 | The man claimed to have learnt self-control , temperance , and forbearance from his observations , and to have ‘ profited more to rule his passions in the rest of his life , than he had done by any thing that he had heard , or read before ’ . |
| 5 | Critics of the Vienna conference , notably the Tehran-based Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq ( SAIRI ) , had said at that time that the conference should have been held in the region to make it more accessible for the bulk of the exiled opposition . |
| 6 | By 1513 , the dispute had grown to such proportions that , before the Battle of Flodden , when James IV challenged the Earl of Surrey to single-handed combat to decide their two nations ' grievances , the rewards to the victor were to include the return of the town of Berwick to Scotland , and the removal of the Esk fish garth . |
| 7 | The disturbances on the borders of Brecon , whether officially encouraged or not , had grown to such proportions that the King had despatched his brother the Earl of Cornwall to the march in haste to try and suppress them , and was himself in the act of setting out from Windsor to join him there . |
| 8 | Fujimori had promised at that time that he would wipe out Sendero by the end of his mandate in 1995 . |
| 9 | She had thought for some time that a mouse lived there . |
| 10 | Melanie had tried to fill the bath from it only once and then it had exploded with such ferocity that the toothbrushes leapt and quivered in the rack and Uncle Philip 's toothglass had taken a suicide jump from the shelf and bounced on the floor , fortunately without breaking . |
| 11 | The Special Branch had known for some weeks that he was in Germany . |
| 12 | He had known for some time that it was inevitable . |
| 13 | And it was n't Iris who told us , though she had known for some time that it had come through the Strait shortly after the Belgrano had been sunk . |
| 14 | ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life . |
| 15 | For she had known in that instant that this dark-haired man before her was destined to leave his mark on her soul . |
| 16 | He also spoke of the motivation and enjoyment he had derived from Young Enterprise and the confidence he had gained from this knowledge that he did possess significant , relevant abilities school just had not teased them out before . |
| 17 | Europe now produces more food than she needs and has for some years been supporting a section of industry that provides employment for less than 1% of our National workforce ; good for British agriculture , but how much better if the support had gone to those industries that took up a greater proportion of the work force , i.e. the engineers with 10% . |
| 18 | We took off within minutes and flew about 100 miles to Swift Current , at which point the storm had increased to such velocity that Buchanan made an emergency landing and we all found a hotel in the town for the night . |
| 19 | Both sides had agreed in principle in May 1990 to the creation of a UN mission [ see p. 37449 ] but had specified at that time that its establishment was conditional on the agreement of a ceasefire . |
| 20 | As regards the latter , Rhee had stated on many occasions that Korea must be reunited ; given his advanced age , the President might well be tempted to accomplish this sooner rather than later . |
| 21 | After a letter to the Home Secretary in 1934 complaining that the IFL speakers had stated at these meetings that they would clear all Jews out of the country , and if this was not possible they would starve them and murder them , Special Branch reported that a Mr Pipkin and a Mr Smith of the IFL , both about twenty-one years of age , had made reckless and rash statements at such occasions . |
| 22 | They had bumped into each other that " day " , and were delighted to find each other . |
| 23 | He remained opposed to any suggestion that Japan should be rearmed : such a step would be contrary to the new constitution and it would be unwise for the allies to encourage Japan to abandon its renunciation of the use of force . |