Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That ingrained courage , the belief that he must continue to fight on — the ability to fool himself into thinking that he could fight on — was all that was left to Tubby , and Colonel Windsor realised that to take it away from him could precipitate the final breakdown . |
| 2 | Plato argued that to know yourself was the very essence of knowledge . |
| 3 | In a recent study a group of exporters indicated that financing their export activities , which included managing cash-flow as well as managing exchange rate fluctuations , was their most difficult task . |
| 4 | Roberts concluded that KMAG itself had operated successfully without internal disputes and that morale was good . |
| 5 | Geneticists estimated that had they not selected for mastitis resistance the national incidence would have increased by 1.5% over that period . |
| 6 | To the degree that religion and morality assisted that end he tolerated the role of Johnson . |
| 7 | The consortium felt that suspending their initiative would encourage the debate to start again , he added . |
| 8 | She told him that the Bible indicated that thinking something was like doing it . |
| 9 | Early in 1971 Waddell was found guilty of committing perjury at Meehan 's trial and in sentencing him to three years ' imprisonment Lord Cameron suggested that had he told the truth there , the Meehan jury might well have arrived at a different verdict . |
| 10 | She had been only 13 years old when the event occurred that shattered her world . |
| 11 | Many families thought that getting their baby home would be the hardest part , but that is just the beginning . |
| 12 | Wilshere said that had he been a juror in this case , he would have voted for sending Field to trial ; his conduct had been cruel and brutal in the extreme and ‘ the violence to this poor creature in her diseased and irritable state ’ increased the symptoms and hastened her death . |
| 13 | When Paula used that tone it usually meant trouble . |
| 14 | The member who brought this matter to our notice stated that had he known about this in one particular case , a capital gains tax assessment due by a client would not have become payable in consequence of the option available to pay at one-half the taxpayer 's rate of income tax . |
| 15 | Both Song and Xianju decided that to extend their knowledge , they 'd have to set foot outside China for the first time . |
| 16 | My local bank manager said that means she 'd been renting a deposit box . |
| 17 | It was n't really the sting of the blows , but the amount of time the thrashing continued that made her burst into a flood of tears . |
| 18 | The Plant committee was expected to report to the Labour Party conference in the autumn , but Mr Kinnock denied that turning it into an official government commission was a delaying tactic . |
| 19 | So in 1973 Andy decided to try and qualify for the Open at Royal Troon — and it was here that an incident occurred that changed his career . |
| 20 | It is easy to see from Mary 's comments how the three new teachers felt that passing their probation depended on agreeing to participate in the INSET course . |
| 21 | In the group discussions , many men claimed that turning their partner on was the exciting part of sex . |
| 22 | One trainee on a course for people looking for employment commented that seeing himself on video in a mock interview was an experience that changed his life . |
| 23 | Sandy means an awful lot in that old lady 's life and she does occasionally reach the point when she 's got so little money left that believe it or not she has to choose between buying food for herself and buying dog food for Sandy . |
| 24 | Hun Sen said that dismantling his government and disarming the SOC armed forces would be unacceptable , and that the UN role should be limited to overseeing elections , with UN troops being only lightly armed for self-defence . |
| 25 | The restructuring school argued that to understand what was happening to the geography of British manufacturing at this time it was necessary to analyse this situation . |
| 26 | I could of roared of laugh when she won when Joyce won that raffle you know , all little bits of this and little bits of that you know , and there were a Christmas pudding on the , er , well you picked what you wanted well |
| 27 | She had not exactly said ‘ wet ’ and ‘ weedy ’ , but ‘ quiet ’ and ‘ sympathetic ’ , and Hoomey supposed that showed her tact , because he thought that was what she meant . |