Example sentences of "that [pron] had [adv] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 2 | I could feel him right outside , but it bothered me that I had n't done anything . |
| 3 | I told her what she expected to hear — that I had not done anything much . |
| 4 | No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party . |
| 5 | I felt that I had never seen anyone so old . |
| 6 | I said that I had never heard anything more extraordinary . |
| 7 | I could tell by her voice that she had just said something which she believed , and I was surprised , because I had somehow thought her too clever really to believe anything . |
| 8 | ‘ He did n't try to flirt with me the whole time , ’ she defended , and half wished then that she had n't said anything about lunchtime . |
| 9 | She entered her room , but , as reality started to creep in , she suddenly realised that she had n't said anything more to him about that interview . |
| 10 | She pulled the zip of her bag shut and glanced around the room , checking that she had n't forgotten anything she would need . |
| 11 | Rushing around the apartment like a madwoman , she 'd hastily thrown some clothes into a case — and she could only pray that she had n't forgotten anything vital . |
| 12 | She had been so worried that she had not given one thought to the fact that she was here in her nightdress with Felipe standing looking down at her . |
| 13 | There was only one crumb of comfort ; she was very glad that she had not said anything about it to Connor . |
| 14 | But it was n't until Ellen came to pick him up that he discovered that she had already bought everything for a picnic lunch . |
| 15 | It was the first time that she had ever told anyone of what had happened . |
| 16 | I am still dreaming of the white cotton lace bedspread that I have always promised to knit for my ‘ best friend ’ because I know that she had always wanted one . |
| 17 | The boat too affected her profoundly ; she had never been on a boat before , except for a rowing boat in the park , and she stood up on the top deck in the bitter grey April wind , and watched the foam and the emptiness and the receding bar of Folkestone , and she thought that she had never seen anything so wonderful in her life . |
| 18 | She said afterwards that she had never experienced anything like it , but that it was not unpleasant or fearful . |
| 19 | She had never been to Ireland and said that she had never read anything about that country , and yet she was able to supply an abundance of detail about the way of life in that place at an earlier time . |
| 20 | This was n't how she had planned it — not that she had really planned anything , but she had pictured herself , cold and ferocious , confronting him , shocking him with the knowledge that he had virtually killed her brother . |
| 21 | The archbishop hoped that this offer would be sufficient to restore peace , and Lancaster together with Wake and others swore a solemn oath that they had not done anything against the estate of the king or to the dishonour of his royal lordship . |
| 22 | However , the majority of teachers who were interviewed claimed that they had not done anything different from what they would have done were they not being observed , but that they had probably prepared lessons more carefully and thought things through more . |
| 23 | Those not giving evidence that I spoke to found watching the trials a useful experience and felt that they had either learned something from the process or at least , if they were already experienced in giving evidence , received helpful confirmation on points of technique . |
| 24 | Some owners of OTC-traded warrants claimed that they had never received anything written about exercising them at all . |
| 25 | With cries of delight , the ladies of the theatre gathered round Hari , exclaiming loudly that they had never seen anything so pretty . |
| 26 | She had never even asked if there was a photograph of her father , and she supposed they had been so careful not to upset her that they had never offered one . |
| 27 | He realized that he had just murmured something under his breath . |
| 28 | Tommaso said , quickly , that he could not stay , that he had just had something to drink , anyway , in town . |
| 29 | Surprised that he had even told anyone , let alone complimented her in her absence , Ellie looked at him in astonishment — which was a waste of time , because he had found something quite riveting to stare at in the fireplace . |
| 30 | A cocky 12-year-old in an expensive Goretex jacket , Kevin claims that he went to the boy 's home and was told by his father that he had not killed anyone . |