Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun] [conj] that [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 In this way , the student can gain confidence by knowing that he made the decisions and that they were sensible ones .
2 He claimed that such irregularities invalidated the order and that it should accordingly be set aside .
3 But later , finding myself sharing a sofa with her at a friend 's dinner-party , I mentioned the film and that I understood she had approved of it .
4 They were spreading rumours that Mac and I knew the starter and that I had got away with a false start .
5 His answer was that the village was in no worse state than when he bought the estate and that he had spent over £3000 on improvements though the villagers were legally liable to the cost .
6 when we played CBGB 's this guy who 's some sort of junior manager for Marvel came up afterwards and said he really liked the band and that it was a shit thing they sued us . ’
7 Brown and Kulik ( 1977 ) were struck by the fact that people were generally able to answer this question without difficulty , the important point being not that they remembered the assassination but that they remembered apparently irrelevant details such as where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news .
8 He admits that he took the vehicle , but says that it was already damaged when he got in or that it was not damaged when he left the scene and that it must have been damaged by someone who took it later .
9 Mrs Frizzell had carefully cultivated her , too , but she let it pass , while Margaret complained that all four children had the measles and that she was going to have to leave them alone if the babysitter did not come soon ; she was not going to miss the dance at the Pinetree Club for worlds , and was dear Donna coming ?
10 I told her that we already had the tape and that she would have nothing to do but be there and play the role .
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