Example sentences of "[conj] that [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Crick , 1979 , p. 132 ) The language is not so hard to understand , and it is jejune to suppose that not knowing it has impeded philosophy , or that knowing it will help a lot . ) |
| 2 | ‘ I had time in the wilderness when my form was not good and that taught me a few lessons . |
| 3 | Staying was the point ; they stayed there with her and that enabled her to stay there with them . |
| 4 | They just gave him a slap on the wrist then and that enabled him to go out and kill my husband . |
| 5 | ‘ We knew well in advance when the Subject Assessors would be visiting Wester Hailes , and that enabled us to prepare the staff . ’ |
| 6 | I noticed his saying in a magazine interview that he could never have survived these past few years without the help of Fleet Street — and that struck me as an unusually candid confession for a politician . |
| 7 | And that struck us and the families of the hostages as a quite extraordinary thing to do . |
| 8 | The purpose of John 's Gospel is clearly set out : Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples , which are not written in his book ; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ , the Son of God , and that believing you may have life in his name . " |
| 9 | I holed a good putt for a birdie at the first hole and that set me up , ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ Then the telephone rang , ’ said Jordan , ‘ and that set us back on our heels . |
| 11 | ‘ Bardolet 's co-driver made a timing error on the last rally which dropped them from first to fourth and that cost them the lead in the championship , ’ explains Meeke . |
| 12 | Jackson , who earned a total of £40,000 , said : ‘ I was pedestrian away from the blocks and that cost me vital hundredths of a second . |
| 13 | He said and that cost me he looked round , twenty two pound . |
| 14 | McKibben had appeared on TV last week escorting the coffin of terror boss Jimmy Brown — and that cost him his life . |
| 15 | Erm , can I say that it 's only last year that we organised that video for secured car parks , and employed a blooming outside presenter to do it , and that cost us twelve thousand quid , and that were at Derby and they made an excellent bloody video of it did n't they ? |
| 16 | ‘ Then he 'd tell you to go and get another canvas and that cost you three and six . |
| 17 | And that end you would do well to have had in mind from the very beginning . |
| 18 | The new raw brick had a cold , Methodist-like aspect and that discouraged him , he said . |
| 19 | The following extract is exactly as written : ‘ When I tell you that something you use every day could be put to better use — and that using it better could help you to win greater influence , more respect and higher status , promotion and a larger income … it could widen your circle of friends and possibly even secure you fame and power — you might well be curious to know what that ‘ something ’ is … |
| 20 | We need to be aware that this approach has a strong emotional appeal and that using it involves taking responsibility and guiding these emotions , once engaged . |
| 21 | From Asmar 's reports , I knew that some of them were into arms trafficking as well as dope and that meant they had to have close ties with Syrian-supported terrorist groups like the PFLP — GC . |
| 22 | And that meant them moving over . |
| 23 | One thing she was quite certain of — she was in love with Edward and that meant she would have to continue to let him — or he would find someone else who would . |
| 24 | Penny 's book Romancing The Stars suggested that Prince Charles was finding it difficult to blend his spiritual inner values with his outer role , and that meant he was retreating further into himself and widening the gulf between himself and Diana . |
| 25 | He 'd never known a time when Klein did n't need money for some gambit or other , and that meant he needed painters . |
| 26 | ‘ His pass was confiscated the next day and that meant he could n't get into the base to work and lost his job . |
| 27 | My father used the carrot as well as the stick , of course , and that meant I got everything I wanted , clothes , jewellery , perfume . |
| 28 | The driver must be someone who did n't know the district well , or he would n't have gone along the Applewick lane ; and that meant it was very likely he would n't realise that his van would hit the arch of the bridge instead of going under it , just as her daddy 's had done once . |
| 29 | said one , talking about one of the dresses and that meant it was really awful and I ca n't think what |
| 30 | From them , Pat felt he had all the available information and that kept him going . |