Example sentences of "[adj] that [pron] did " in BNC.

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1 I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war .
2 On 25 July , the Official Solicitor visited the dockers in prison , but they made clear that they did not intend to give any undertakings of obedience to the NIRC or to apologize — which is normally essential before those in contempt are released .
3 Many pioneers of women 's education made it quite clear that they did not accept Emily Davies ' view that girls might be trained in the same way as boys , and argued that they should be given an opportunity , by way of , for example , domestic science classes , to prepare for the lives a majority of them would lead as wives and mothers .
4 To risk his job — and Sir Daniel had made it very clear that he did risk it — was a courageous thing to do when you considered how few editors ' chairs there were on the Street .
5 While he was not openly aggressive to the strong Barbarossa , he certainly made it clear that he did not wish the emperor to interfere in ecclesiastical matters .
6 It was clear that he did n't know , nor did he seem much to care ; ‘ Oh it 's probably something or other .
7 Whether this visit took place after Anselm 's return to England in September 1100 is unclear , but Anselm left the pope in no doubt about his view of the matter , and the pope promised to send no legate with authority over Canterbury during Anselm 's life time ; but it is clear that he did not , and could not , accept the Canterbury claim made by Anselm , that he should never appoint a legate in England other than the archbishop himself .
8 There is no need to say more here about Anselm 's primatial activity : he certainly thought that the evidence was sufficiently strong for him to make a most uncompromising claim to primatial authority over the whole of the British Isles , and it is quite clear that he did not think that the Canterbury claim to this position rested on a series of specific grants by popes after Gregory the Great .
9 ( He later made it clear that he did not wish the letters revealing his generosity to be published . )
10 She could hardly descend on Giovanna Sassanta 's house without an appointment , and Anthony had made it abundantly clear that he did not want her to cross the threshold of his hospital .
11 Sir Wilfrid was more polite , but it was clear that he did not believe Mr Appin 's story .
12 I tried once or twice to reverse our roles , but he again made it clear that he did not want to talk about himself I said nothing about the glove .
13 Clark had , however , made it clear that he did not wish to continue for a further term and , as a consequence of an Academic Board working party 's recommendation , a permanent post was created and filled externally by the appointment of the author .
14 From an early age , Shah Jehan made it clear that he did not care for his third son , and instead increasingly lavished attention on the more amiable Dara Shukoh .
15 Instead , he got out of the car and slid the keys into his pocket , making it very clear that he did n't intend to take her anywhere .
16 He did n't actually call her a liar out loud , but it was clear that he did n't believe her .
17 It was clear that he did this every day , and Meredith could imagine what a shock her letter would have been when he 'd thought that Antonio 's son was on his way to claim his inheritance .
18 He sounded annoyed , and Robbie felt a wave of irritation at his cavalier attitude towards her , but since he had made it perfectly clear that he did n't appreciate her intruding on his private life …
19 Why , it might still be asked , did Franco go to so much trouble to give the impression that his regime had a basis other than sheer force , when that selfsame exercise made it clear that he did not need to ?
20 Mr Hull made it clear that he did not know very much about the paintings and that he was not an expert in them .
21 But it became increasingly clear that he did not .
22 Especially since she had made it very clear that she did n't want to stay .
23 I refer the hon. Gentleman to his hon. Friend the Member for Derby , South ( Mrs. Beckett ) who , if I have understood her words , made it clear that she did not think that it was a very good idea for people below the lower earnings limit to pay small amounts of national insurance .
24 ‘ I admired Lewis and his friends immensely , ’ Wain reported years later in an autobiography ; but ‘ already it was clear that I did not share their basic attitudes , ’ which were Christian , conservative and anti-modern .
25 I 'm sure he 's going to be fine , but I think I 'll have to make it clear that I did actually have a life before he came along , and I do n't particularly want to do everything with him !
26 I 'd just like to make this perfectly clear that I did write a draft for work and leisure .
27 The dream-poems of Chaucer and the French medieval poets before him make clear that it did not .
28 But as to who comprised the nation , or the people , the Abbe was clear that it did not include everyone :
29 Heads who are asked where that combination took its origin in their individual histories make it clear that it did not come from training .
30 Umpires David Shepherd and John Holder chivvied them several times , but although the players might deny it suited them tactically to keep as many of their batting overs in hand for the next day when better weather was promised , it is difficult to dismiss the thought that the level of fines was so derisory that they did not give it a thought .
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