Example sentences of "and that [pron] [noun] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in 1944 when Cole wrote his book as part of the Movement 's centenary tribute to the Rochdale Pioneers , when Consumers ' Co-operation could still look back on many decades of unbroken success , it would have been as natural for him to suppose that the Pioneers had in this respect been mistaken and that their mistake stood in need of explanation . |
| 2 | To follow Cole that far would come perilously near to accepting that Co-operation was , as nearly as makes no difference , the Consumers ' Movement ; and that its future lay in further growth beyond that already achieved by 1939 until , so long as progress continued , it could within its chosen field have virtually displaced all competing provision and all competing manufacture for the purpose of provision . |
| 3 | It was as if she had accepted the fact that her mother had gone out of her life and that her future lay with this big fat woman , who alternately yelled and cajoled , and the nice man called Ben . |
| 4 | He says he can remember he was burnt in the fire and that his sister died in the fire . |
| 5 | The pilot commented that prior to initiation of the final climb on an easterly heading he had not noticed any appreciable drift , and that his misjudgement resulted in deviation from the planned track . |
| 6 | She could just see by the light of the wrought-iron lamps that he was wearing a shirt with frilled sleeves , and that his hair fell about his face . |
| 7 | He looked powerful and tough , and yet Isabel found herself noticing that his lower lip was slightly fuller than the upper , and that his mouth quirked at one corner , hinting at a sense of humour . |
| 8 | It said that he had reneged on his monetarist beliefs ; that arrogance has been his undoing ; and that his policy lay in ruins . |