Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] it [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand an ambassador might refuse a present because he thought it insultingly small , because his mission had been unsuccessful , or because it seemed that the monarch he represented was about to go to war with the one whose court he was leaving . |
| 2 | He did not know where , and did not particularly care , except that it meant that the Establishment was on Amber Black , and every car had to have the magic mirror wand shoved underneath the chassis . |
| 3 | So that if it happened that I died they would be able to make a campaign issue of it . |
| 4 | Nurse Motley said that when it appeared that Kayley was about to suffer another respiratory attack , she had administered oxygen while Allitt had opened the door and called for the cardiac arrest team . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought it might have something to do with the fact that when it emerged that I 'd received the letter , Ivy Cook would become persona non grata in the Miletti family . ’ |
| 6 | However , speculation remained that the Army distrusted the peace process , and that it believed that the URNG 's motives were designed to buy time and international prestige while it regrouped its forces . |
| 7 | And although it accepted that on the whole the department did all it could to control him , on the day he assaulted a 70-year-old woman the court ruled that he had n't been properly supervised , and ordered the council to pay 700 pounds in compensation . |
| 8 | And if it meant that Senna were to lose the championship , then the legal ramifications would be far-reaching . |
| 9 | The board agreed to Crocker 's demands because it believed that the bank was well managed , and because it knew that the Midland did not have the management strength to tackle retail banking in an entirely alien environment . |
| 10 | The Committee 's reason for retaining buggery as a separate offence to deal with non-consensual anal intercourse is once again because of the distinctive nature of the conduct and because it considered that it was ‘ an especially humiliating and distressing experience . ’ |
| 11 | With great difficulty I obtained a copy of this document and while it stated that ‘ public servants should not reveal the opinions and attitudes of colleagues as to the government business with which they have been concerned ’ , another section said quite clearly that a reasonable timescale for a public servant 's silence would be ‘ fifteen years or for the service life of the adviser , whichever is the longer ’ . |
| 12 | More significant , it was not until after it ended that she began to possess permanent representatives of her own in the major capitals of Europe . |
| 13 | After the dress , the child took off two white petticoats , and Aggie noticed that the material was quite good ; and when it seemed that the shift was about to be taken off too , she said , ‘ I would keep that on , if I were you ; you have n't got a nightgown . ’ |
| 14 | The Clause was wrong if it meant schools could not have proper and adequate discussion , but if it meant that local authorities should not promote homosexuality then Mr Roberts would support it . |
| 15 | To which he , Wittgenstein , replies , ‘ But if it meant that , then I ought to know it , I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly . |
| 16 | But since it seemed that her car was going nowhere without one , ‘ Could the mechanic fit one for me — as a matter of some urgency ? ’ she asked anxiously — and discovered that her rescuer must have already put that same question to him . |
| 17 | His wife had disapproved of this development at first — he suspected that she had paired off Damien and Clare in her mind — but when it transpired that Mark had been baptized a Catholic , and when he started to go to Mass again , she had become favourably disposed to the idea of their going out together . |
| 18 | She rather spoilt him now and again ; but when it showed that he was n't intelligent like Constanza she did n't like it . |
| 19 | From the flats he passed , the sound of lives : Christmas pops on the radio , argument , a baby laughing , which became tears , as though it sensed that there was danger near . |