Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was disappointed to find that nothing came immediately to mind . |
| 2 | In March the Prime Minister Winston Churchill , replying to a letter from the TUC Education Committee , gave an assurance that nothing had yet been settled and reserved some memorable prose for a concluding tribute to the value of liberal studies in adult education : |
| 3 | In the treaties with the States-General of 1654 and 1667 the English government succeeded in having its claims accepted by its rival ; and so sensible a man as Sir William Temple felt that nothing had ever given him greater pleasure than forcing the Dutch to give way once more on this point in the peace negotiations of 1674 . |
| 4 | No one had any comment to make for the excellent reason that everyone had already been convinced of the fact . |
| 5 | At Les Puces there was everything that everyone had ever thrown out : genuine , valuable antiques , odd shoes , false teeth , stuffed cats … more items than I knew existed . |
| 6 | If the Prince was going to be able to live off it when he finished his naval career and support the wife that everyone seemed so desperate for him to acquire , something radical had to be done . |
| 7 | Before long , he would be required to produce more than just carefully worded facts about the murder that everyone knew already from the grapevine . |
| 8 | He had offered the car to Hubert for the summer on condition that everyone promised never to stand on the running boards , because they were threatening to fall off . |
| 9 | The winning nomination , sent in be the school 's assistant headteacher , Mrs. Brenda Hart , was a tongue-in-cheek statement that everyone worked together as a friendly and cheerful team to uphold school standards in spite of Government directives and the pressures of society ! |
| 10 | Sean ( Hallam ) Blowers chips in : ‘ The brilliant thing about Backdraft was that no-one had actually done a film about firemen before . ’ |
| 11 | The general opinion was yes , but certain it was that no-one had ever seen her . |
| 12 | I realised that I fitted happily into that sort of setting . |
| 13 | It was only when I started to receive my magazine that I realised just how courageous the lifeboat crews are . |
| 14 | Most reviewers were distracted by the ‘ satires ’ of the title , written earlier and in a very different mood , which Hardy came to regret as injuring ‘ the others that I cared most about ’ . |
| 15 | Maybe I would never be able to return to the present — not that I cared just then . |
| 16 | Not that I cared much for the way he kept them . |
| 17 | I had about five barges to look after and you could n't see everyone — not that I cared so very much , to tell the truth . |
| 18 | That I lived here for many years as a child , that — " |
| 19 | ‘ How — er — how did you know that I lived here ? ’ she muttered as he led her inside the lift , reaching across to push the correct floor button . |
| 20 | And I recall that I laughed aloud at that stage and I believe ( the agent ) joined me in that . |
| 21 | Did I tell you about that song that I heard just once . |
| 22 | I apologise for the fact that I heard only about 40 minutes of the Minister of Agriculture 's speech . |
| 23 | Perhaps the strange lack of concern in ‘ A ’ Squadron 's diary and reports , and the fact that I heard so little from the regiment subsequently , may reflect a suspicion ( or knowledge ) on their part . |
| 24 | His way of praising me was to say that I wrote as naturally as a hen laying eggs , or to remark , after he had destroyed a work with his criticisms , ‘ Everything I have not marked seems to me either good or excellent . |
| 25 | Within the increased roads programme that I announced today — a road programme which will have increased by 50 per cent . |
| 26 | If we have the same amount of cold weather this winter as we had last winter , we will more or less double the coverage of the benefit as a result of the changes that I announced earlier this year . |
| 27 | not that I perceived any longer if the had n't gone . |
| 28 | As noon approached John adopted a behaviour pattern that I knew well : stretching , scratching , complacently sighing . |
| 29 | For what is being suggested is that I knew today and not yesterday , despite the fact that there was no difference between the two days that I could tell at the time . |
| 30 | I was glad that I knew exactly where Nigel was . |