Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owen realized suddenly that like her mistress she was old . |
| 2 | The number of placements and registrations rose so that in 1913 , 74,535 boys and 54,206 girls aged between 14 and 17 filled labour exchange vacancies and the number registering was 137,668 and 115,171 respectively . |
| 3 | We found there that by choosing a scalar function in the form unc we could automatically satisfy the other equation for the electric field strength , |
| 4 | Levels of photo-chemical smog are remarkably high in the Lakes and the environmental agency Greenpeace reported recently that in the summer of last year , when smog is most likely to occur , the World Health Organisation 's recommended safe limit was exceeded in London on one occasion only . |
| 5 | Charity agreed coolly that in a way she supposed it was . |
| 6 | Their relation is far closer than the arbitrary link between signifier and signified so that in some contexts ( irony or double entendre for example ) connotative meanings are part and parcel of the denoted meaning . |
| 7 | It seemed also that in justice Aunt Louise , being old and a visitor , should have the best place . |
| 8 | Mr Clinton intoned ominously that within minutes of his speech tonight to a joint session of Congress , the ‘ special interests ’ would be out in force . |
| 9 | The remuneration packages will add fuel to the debate about top-level rewards but the group claimed yesterday that with pre-tax profits and earnings per share up 17 p.c. last year and the dividend to shareholders 10 p.c. higher the increases were justified . |
| 10 | Mr Keith claimed yesterday that at a weekend presentation before Ian Lang on local government reform , the Association of District Councils sought to sway the argument in favour of smaller authorities . |
| 11 | A source close to Mr Saatchi confirmed yesterday that between 70 and 100 works from the collection — the largest of its kind in the world — had been disposed of through the New York art dealer Larry Gagosian for up to $1m per painting . |
| 12 | Police confirmed yesterday that at 11.10am on Sunday information had been received that Pant y Carneddi , Pennal , was on fire . |
| 13 | One local SD report stated frankly that after the November speech hostile opinion could hardly be registered because of the fear ‘ of being brought to reckoning ’ . |
| 14 | had a yard there and an old building , that 's where he had , that 's where he operated from and he used to get all this second hand timber demolition timber from Liverpool and Berkenhead and all that and he reckoned then that for every hundred pound he spent on demolition he had a thousand pound back |
| 15 | It followed naturally that in the absence of an effective base network Soviet leaders would adopt a base denial strategy directed against the West 's military assets . |
| 16 | Something inside me stretched as I walked so that at the same time I was walking on the top of those hills . |
| 17 | But they discovered also that beyond God 's predictable anger is a surprising mercy . |
| 18 | Immediately some commentators claimed that she and Prince Charles had succeeded in mending their marriage , while others sniffed cynically that in private nothing had changed . |
| 19 | It followed therefore that at the time of the accident the brewery still owed him a duty of care under s. 2 OLA 1957 . |
| 20 | Both Soviet and hostile critics observed subsequently that in the eyes of the people Living Church members often looked like Soviet agents and opportunists . |
| 21 | The court stated : We were unanimously satisfied that the oral evidence , together with the documentation , established clearly that from the date on which ( the settlor ) purported to constitute the settlement he exercised dominion and control over the trustee in the management and administration of the settlement , including distributions of capital to himself or to others as gifts or loans , and the making and disposition of investments . |
| 22 | They decided therefore that at their next meeting they would devote themselves to matters of ‘ general policy affecting courses in business studies ’ , and they did in fact , in September , consider a draft memorandum on courses leading to first degrees , and questions regarding board membership and procedures for the consideration of courses . |
| 23 | Sendei realized immediately that from every possible viewpoint , the destruction of the discod had been a bad move . |
| 24 | But he felt instinctively that in matters of this sort , she was not . |
| 25 | It was not seemly for the Second Son to outshine the father in this way and I knew instinctively that before a year had passed there would be more building in the compound . |
| 26 | Elena knew instinctively that by building up a separate cult of herself — in many ways more spurious and grotesque than anything created for her husband — she was laying the foundations for her own take-over in the event of Nicolae 's death . |
| 27 | His body clock free-ran so that on occasions he was the victim of a clash between an internal cause — which thought it was night and wanted him to sleep — and an external cause , society — which required him to work in the ( real ) daytime . |
| 28 | The early response has not been enthusiastic , though aides insisted yesterday that for many households the new tax bills would amount to only a few dollars a month . |
| 29 | MR ASHDOWN , the Liberal Democrat leader , stressed yesterday that without a commitment to proportional representation in the Queen 's Speech the Liberal Democrats would seek to vote it down and force a second general election . |
| 30 | He knew beforehand that on April 8 the Royal Navy were to mine the fjords off Narvik , in neutral Norway 's territorial waters , and he was one of the first to learn of Germany 's devastating response , a full-scale invasion the next day . |