Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pretender nearly gave the game away by holding his skirts too high crossing a stream : ‘ some women whom they met reported that they had seen a very big woman , who looked like a man in woman 's clothes . ’ |
| 2 | The costs and risks involved indicated that it would have been very difficult to convince investors to invest in the generating company National Power if it had been responsible for the nuclear power stations , even though it had been given control of the majority of the generating capacity in order to compensate for this . |
| 3 | Many of the farmers visited admitted that they were only standing still as far as capital improvement was concerned and every year saw an increase in the list of capital work to be done . |
| 4 | A Washington survey , for example , showed that 38 per cent of those asked revealed that they had been a victim of a serious crime within the last year , compared to the 10 per cent revealed by police statistics . |
| 5 | ‘ I was discussing a statistic I 'd heard that you 're more likely to be killed by a donkey than in an aeroplane disaster . |
| 6 | ‘ He told me he 'd got in touch again the moment he 'd heard that you 'd decided to soft pedal a bit on work and so could be open to having a boyfriend . ’ |
| 7 | They audience was ready for a great star because they 'd heard that he was . |
| 8 | He 'd bought a BMW because he 'd heard that it was the car to have , and would n't admit that he felt uncomfortable in it . |
| 9 | Yes yes I was I had a month 's terminal leave er I 'd er I 'd heard that there was a job going , er phoned them up on the on the Monday , had an interview Tuesday , started the Friday . |
| 10 | We 'd guessed that whatever local dispute had provoked the initial spat it was now a battle between much larger factions , probably Amal and Hezbollah . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'd arranged that she would call in while you and Vitor were here , but unfortunately she 's sprained her ankle and is confined to home . |
| 12 | She 'd explained that he 'd be staying away for the two nights , which he 'd never done before ; she only hoped she 'd explained it well enough . |
| 13 | When the police arrived to rescue the driver , who 'd parked on a blind bend of the motorway , he 'd explained that he had n't wanted to risk ruining his tyre by driving the extra distance to the hard shoulder . |
| 14 | Once when he was alone with her he 'd said it would be nice to have a brother , but she 'd explained that it was n't possible . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought I 'd explained that I 'm doing it because I want to . ’ |
| 16 | He 'd explained that his sister was on the pumps at the Smiling Service Filling Station , even though it was Good Friday . |
| 17 | , but he died soon after that but he 'd realised that he 'd worked hard all his life |
| 18 | Ever since that morning when he 'd briefly pinned her to the mattress , gazing down at her so intently that his eyes had seemed to search her very soul , she 'd realised that she was in deep trouble . |
| 19 | Perhaps he 'd simply cancelled whatever social engagements he had when he 'd realised that his brother needed sorting out ? |
| 20 | Such changes would not have been inhibited necessarily by the teacher action , but none of the teachers I interviewed claimed that they had changed their methods to any great extent . |
| 21 | Jones taunted Cooke : ‘ Hey Alec , if you 'd caught that one you would have had the record . ’ |
| 22 | He 'd forgotten that we did have an increase . |
| 23 | I 'd forgotten that I 'd agreed to meet her . |
| 24 | I 'd forgotten that I pay you a salary ! |
| 25 | I 'd forgotten that I 'd said that , and was , in any case , already regretting the admission . |
| 26 | Yeah and I 'd forgotten that I 'd spoken to her the other night |
| 27 | Well I 'd forgotten that you were going out and I ma I was going to make a chilli . |
| 28 | Is it true that he 'd forgotten that he was their father ? |
| 29 | And they 'd reported that it was clear and satisfactory . |
| 30 | By spring of eighty-nine , when the project had started , we 'd gone quite a long way down the road , we 'd decided that we wanted to be looking at what was feasible in general practice . |