Example sentences of "[conj] that [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , where it was necessary to decide compromises , with such issues as who could use women 's and lesbian and gay centres , behaviours often had to be allocated the moral high ground on highly pragmatic criteria : that they were private , or that they did n't involve conspicuous clothing , for instance . |
| 2 | The fact that so few complied not only testifies to the courage of those who signed , but also gives the lie to the notion that they were somehow conned into signing or that they did so out of temporary frustration with events immediately following the Danish vote . |
| 3 | Assuming however that the mother 's claim was not valid , or that she did not make it , the question arises whether the justices ought to consider the care being offered by the grandmother in assessing the threshold condition rather than the care which is actually being provided by the mother . |
| 4 | You could argue it was n't his fault that Clare was killed — or that she did n't love me as much as I loved her — and I 'd have to agree . |
| 5 | The party who supplies the infant does so at his peril ; it will not avail him that he did not know that he was dealing with an infant , or that he thought that his position in life was such as to make the goods necessary , or that he did not know that the infant was already sufficiently supplied . |
| 6 | He might say that there was a convention relating to such actions or that he did something because it was expected of him . |
| 7 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
| 8 | If that is so , the defendant can not be convicted if he raises doubts as to whether or not he realised that the person with whom he was dealing was a policeman , or that he did not realise that what he was doing would make the task of the policeman more difficult . |
| 9 | ‘ Or that he did n't want to face up to certain consequences , ’ said Lucenzo brutally . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know which is worse , that you do n't give a damn about respecting your commitment to her , or that you did n't think it would matter to me that you were — were trying to lure me into bed while all the time , you knew that you and she — ’ |
| 11 | This means either that the utterance of [ 14a ] was not a case of genuine communication or that it did in fact achieve relevance . |
| 12 | It is not that librarians did not know , nor that they did not care . |
| 13 | It might have been a cat knocking an empty tumbler off the bar — except that they did n't keep a cat , and all the glasses had been washed up and put away before they went to bed . |
| 14 | Except that they did not go , as promised , to the Rotunda , but went instead to a rival attraction advertised in Saunder 's News-Letter & Daily Advertiser : one , indeed , which ensured that Monsieur Jerricault 's Great Picture did not triumph in Dublin as it had done in London . |
| 15 | There was a moment while everybody thought about that , probably for no good reason except that they did n't like to see twenty years go by without offering up a few seconds ' respect-ful silence , then Sir Bruce asked : ‘ So she did n't go back to the GDR ? ’ |
| 16 | Except that you did n't know about me when you went in , so there would be no reason for a bluff , would there ? |
| 17 | Except that she did n't like being fuel for his amusement . |
| 18 | She had n't told him much except that she did not like her neighbour Fireman Mosse and blamed him for the death of his wife . |
| 19 | Nothing is known of his education except that he did not lay claim to any degree . |
| 20 | He thought about it for a few moments , but said nothing except that he did not understand why a second shoe had been stolen . |
| 21 | I have no regrets about the divorce — except that it did n't happen sooner . |
| 22 | The statement of 12 January 1987 was completely consistent with Zaidie 's evidence on incidents ( a ) to ( e ) , except that it did not mention a threat in connection with incident ( d ) . |
| 23 | I imagine many a western pioneer got the same sort of surprise as I did when the bride eventually arrived ; except that I did n't marry the dog — there 's nothing peculiar about me . |
| 24 | I lived for the six weeks almost as one of the Community except that I did not sleep at the Manor . |
| 25 | ‘ I left my home — I ruined my life , except that I did not know then that I was doing so ! — only because my par … |
| 26 | Might I just point out that that he did send his apologies , and er he also sent us a a donation of twenty pounds . |
| 27 | nothing to be nothing wrong with it than that you did n't tell them and there might be something wrong with it . |
| 28 | As I said in pre presenting the Board 's report , when this matter was first given to us , we were invited to advise the general assembly on matters relating to health and healing , and that we did . |
| 29 | I am sorry that we did not manage to pin the overspending of Labour authorities on those authorities and that we did not have a chance to repeat across the country the electoral triumphs that we enjoyed in Trafford , Southend , Brent , Hillingdon , Ealing , Wandsworth and Westminster . |
| 30 | So what with Carole 's soft voice and that we did n't get a lot of and it seemed as though it was well like that , several times I went last year and I really got a bit cheesed off . |