Example sentences of "[adj] and that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His most recent biographer has observed that ‘ because Aymer de Valence held the English earldom of Pembroke and spent his entire career in English service it is easy to forget that in origin he was almost entirely French and that he retained very close links with France throughout his life ’ . |
| 2 | The Slovak parliament 's defence and security committee alleged that Meciar was registered with the security police or StB from 1985 and that he had removed incriminating evidence and promoted loyal former agents in the Slovak Interior Ministry after November 1989 . |
| 3 | But what really brought it to light was your letter telling me I was contemptible and that you washed your hands of me ! |
| 4 | In the court below she had also alleged that her husband was acting not only on his own behalf but as agent for the bank in obtaining her consent , that the bank was negligent and that there had been material misrepresentation , although the latter allegation was not pursued . |
| 5 | She was delighted that the coffee was real and that I had used a glass jug on a silver stand , where a nightlight kept it steaming . |
| 6 | It was also agreed that the gallery had been overheated and airless and that I had drunk too much . |
| 7 | I told her the old lady was rich and that she had done the cottage up beautifully . |
| 8 | ‘ She said she was sorry and that she loved us and she just did n't realise what she had put all the people through . |
| 9 | The Manchester Guardian critic noticed that Minton 's figures were becoming less formalised and that he had ‘ fastened on the banana tree almost as tightly as Sutherland had clasped the more uncomfortable thorn-tree to his bosom ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ She told him his clothes were awful and that she did n't like his schoolboyish haircut . ’ |
| 11 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
| 12 | We know then that the legend is false and that it became attached to a much older custom , but what was the Horngarth itself and for what purpose was it erected ? |
| 13 | ‘ I just hope it was quick and that they did n't suffer … ’ |
| 14 | But that was not all : Mr Browning said Mr Landor 's rooms were all to be painted , carpeted and furnished and that he thought her own quarters might at least be painted if she contributed only a little to the cost . |
| 15 | At the rime his Jewish appearance did not strike me as peculiar because I had not yet got used to the idea of people thinking racially , but I learnt later that he was half Jewish and that he did this job to keep his Jewish wife out of trouble . |
| 16 | I promised to ring him , if he did n't ring me first , reassured her again that everything was fine and that she did n't need to drive over to look after me . |
| 17 | And then Luke came in and said the fire was fine and that he 'd bashed the cushions up a bit , to make it all OK for them . |
| 18 | He said that was fine and that he knew that the sails would be as good as the last suit that we had made for him . |
| 19 | On the other hand , it could be claimed with some justification that moral considerations were involved in Gandhi 's decision to fast and that he did what he thought he had to do in those situations . |
| 20 | He had read and enjoyed her diary though there were things in it that he was sure he had not known at fourteen and that he felt , uneasily , were not quite suitable for her to know . |
| 21 | Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home . |
| 22 | I had said I did n't want to go , that I was tired and that I did n't like the sea . |
| 23 | He realized that he was tired and that he had been working too long , word upon word , hour after hour , mostly in a poor light , always in bitter cold . |
| 24 | I trust my dear Eliza you are still well and that you received my letter . |
| 25 | He told her that he was well and that he missed her a lot . |
| 26 | He thought the lectures far too many and that he gave too many lectures for his own good . |
| 27 | " I remember that year Jimmy telling us that we had black players in South Africa , that they were reasonably good and that he thought they should have the chance to become members , " Bland explained . |
| 28 | In 1895 , the Royal Free appointed an official ‘ almoner ’ to ensure that patients were genuinely poor and that they contributed what they could afford to their treatment . |
| 29 | The reasons that Charlie Francis , Ben Johnson , Angella Taylor and the rest took drugs are that the rewards were great and that they thought they could get away with it . |
| 30 | He said it was n't long and that she worried for nothing and I changed the subject . |