Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A senior sports administrator made the point yesterday that Krabbe 's coach , Thomas Springstein , had been ‘ notorious for his involvement in the past ’ in East Germany 's drugs-ridden sports culture . |
| 2 | Walter Smith made the point yesterday that while there might have been a reaction on the part of his players today in a bread-and-butter league match , the atmosphere generated by an Old Firm game would bring out the best in them . |
| 3 | When he introduced me to her , just before the wedding , he sort of … well , he did n't come out and say it , but he got the message over that he did n't want her to know I was gay . |
| 4 | I understood very quickly that if you are easy you get everything you want , so I got the message quickly that if my mother and my father had never to hear about boring things like teachers , school and things like this , I could get everything I wanted . |
| 5 | I immediately modified the program so that in future it would keep accessible records of genetic formulae , but it was too late " . |
| 6 | She transformed the entrance so that it sang a welcome to the visitor . |
| 7 | Grey stone walls rose about them , and winged roofs surfaced with rose-red tiles caught the sun so that they seemed to be on fire . |
| 8 | Researchers built the channel so that it is free of dopants , stopping the charges from bumping into impurity atoms along the way . |
| 9 | Erm the other parts that I made a note of , you did n't ac well you Steve said the wife will be back in an hour and a half erm you did n't pick up Bill any , anything on that at that stage as to whether she ought to be involved although when he started talking or when he could n't remember the , the names of the or dates of birth of the children , he remembered the names , the dates of birth of the children , you mentioned the fact then that the wife would be back in a in an hour |
| 10 | Maggie did want to look and Felipe reluctantly stopped the car so that they could get out . |
| 11 | When Williams appeared to like the idea , Orton totally changed the part so that it could fit him , not so much like a glove , but like a well-crafted cabinet , one in which Ken could be displayed at his finest and with plenty of space to ensure that nothing got in his way . |
| 12 | I mentioned a moment ago that we seek er total choice and total flexibility in the utopian open systems world . |
| 13 | But the Saxon emperors reconstructed the army so that many of their troops came from ecclesiastical estates . |
| 14 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 15 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 16 | He told the jury yesterday that he had never threatened her with his truncheon , but he had offered to use it as a sexual aid . |
| 17 | Mr Duncan Nichol , the NHS chief executive , told the Guardian yesterday that the Government 's negotiating position is that it wants to split the service so crews with medical skills can earn extra money and non-emergency services can be contracted out . |
| 18 | However , the American ambassador , Mr Thomas Pickering , told the council yesterday that Washington 's approval was based on the assumption that the force would take steps to halt aid for Salvadorean guerrillas . |
| 19 | But Graham Robertson , McKenzie 's counsel , told the court yesterday that the report emphasised that his client came from a stable background in the west of Scotland and had felt lonely for the two years he had lived in Dunbar . |
| 20 | Home Office pathologist Dr Donald Wayte , of Bangor , told the court yesterday that it would probably have been impossible to get so much material into Mrs McMullen 's mouth if she had been conscious , as she would have been fighting for her life . |
| 21 | The third row followed suit and before long enough people were laughing and questioning that Beecher raised his hand and told the story so that all could hear . |
| 22 | One source told The Scotsman yesterday that if the situation deteriorated further , the pit might have to be closed temporarily and kept on a care and maintenance basis only . |
| 23 | Situation : A is a teacher who told the class yesterday that an important piece of homework must be done that night . |
| 24 | He would go some way to doing so if he told the House tonight that he intends to monitor carefully what is happening and to initiate independent research into the strengths and weaknesses of the new system in its initial stages . |
| 25 | And once Hatchard , the CID man who 'd come round to Dwyer Street on the night in question , had done his bit and told the Coroner twice that he did n't suspect foul play , then most people seemed satisfied and I could get back to enjoying my hangover . |
| 26 | It was only when you blasted the centre out that you actually |
| 27 | The power in the sails lifted the yacht so that she left two long trails of dark blue in the spray . |
| 28 | Then he lifted the body so that the blood dribbled over the stones and spilt on to the ground in front of him , where it was littered with the remains of other , older offerings — dead flowers , grains of rice and barley , a few coins . |
| 29 | He sat up and lifted the radio so that it was close to his ear . |
| 30 | Harry bent down and with one hand lifted the gangplank so that it hung in mid-air . |