Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no-one used that label in the ninth century ; nor did Charles ever call himself king of the West Franks : his own royal title was simply " king by the grace of God " . |
| 2 | Again in January I revealed that press tycoon Conrad Black was to marry . |
| 3 | ‘ I made that mistake once , but you should widen your interests , cut down on the travel and delegate more , ’ she told him , her expression serious . |
| 4 | ‘ All right , ’ says Howard , smiling to himself , on the side of his face away from her , in case she opens her eyes , ‘ I made that bit up . |
| 5 | Erm tt there 's er one point I would like to make , when I , when I made that comment about she 's only the wife , and I 'll just clarify why I said that and this is it 's amus a few years ago some , somebody who was , we were taking a policy out with right was , came to me and was , was talking and making arrangements to , to come and see us and he patronisingly said erm and your husband 'll be there , and I patronisingly said back , and you 'll be bringing your wife , because of the way that he came across to me and I , I mean |
| 6 | " Forty times I made that ride there and back — in the bus , not the jeep like you two , " he told us . |
| 7 | I liked your ideas ; I made that clear before , did n't I ? |
| 8 | " I made that excuse for him last year when he 'd been with us six months . |
| 9 | What made me finally decide to insist on this was when I realized that had you been a man , Miranda , or had I not been personally involved with you , I would n't have hesitated to ask for these shares . ’ |
| 10 | I chewed betel with the barefoot skipper in his wheel-house until , as the old tub began to roll in the outside channel , I realised that had been a mistake . |
| 11 | No , he 's gone to a play at the college and a yeah I was er like when I realised that had come on I thought does he know ? |
| 12 | Four , it 's remotely possible that someone used that flake to frame her . ’ |
| 13 | After I 'd persuaded Hawkbit here to join us , I was just starting to talk to a few more , when I found that Toadflax fellow had followed me down the run . |
| 14 | ‘ I found that delivering babies was exciting and a bit scary , but I noticed that the environment was not comfortable for women . |
| 15 | I found that raising the volume helped to improve the realism but I would have like more presence and crisper definition . |
| 16 | Ben Gunn had told me his boat was hidden near the white rock , and I found that rock farther along the beach . |
| 17 | I had never done anything like that in my life , but I found that having to do it was in the end very exciting because you have to rely on the Lord and he supplies help in unforgettable ways . |
| 18 | I learnt that to love and to be patient are the most important things in the world . |
| 19 | So marked were my anxieties that I buried that experience for several years . |
| 20 | Yeah , I guessed that did n't I ? |
| 21 | Oh , how I hated that dress ! |
| 22 | I enjoyed that drive , and when it ended was more anxious than ever to shake some sense into Margaret . |
| 23 | I discovered that sitting very still for as long as possible was the first great secret . |
| 24 | I intended to explore the ways in which major English writers of the sixteenth century created their own performances , to analyze the choices they made in representing themselves and in fashioning characters … but as my work progressed , I perceived that fashioning oneself and being fashioned by cultural institutions — family , religion , state — were inseparably intertwined . |
| 25 | Apart from the worry over The Family Reunion , I perceived that lie was under considerable strain . |
| 26 | I am able to say to my right hon. Friend that I raised that matter with President Yeltsin very forcibly indeed . |
| 27 | I raised that matter on the Adjournment of the House . |
| 28 | About time I finished that saw i n't there ? |
| 29 | I figured there were a whole lot of answers inside that building and I figured that like or not there had to be a back entrance to it somewhere . |
| 30 | And so I figured that Complete must mean continue on . |