Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began it , but then he stopped because he decided that it was n't an interesting enough story . |
| 2 | ‘ No doubt there was some cross or ornament they found when they robbed that poor creature , and Adolph had made a fantasy out of it . |
| 3 | We had heard that the paths ahead were precarious and exposed , but my heart sank when I noticed that even the horses were being blindfolded . |
| 4 | She stood in front of the mirror and in front of her mother , and she suffered because she knew that there was no escape ; the reasons why the dress would not do were reasons which could never be communicated . |
| 5 | Sir Denys 's comments came as he revealed that ICI 's profits in 1991 fell by 10 per cent to £843m . |
| 6 | ‘ Well ’ — he turned and looked towards the window — ‘ I noticed as I passed that you had a box of Havana cigars , the … the Excepcionales . |
| 7 | The bomb-shell exploded when it added that those sixty-six coupons must last for a whole year . |
| 8 | I then piped up and asked if anyone realised that a large number of British soldiers were also involved . |
| 9 | However one explains the motives behind his actions , things happened because he chose that they should : there is nothing in the previous reign which compelled him to act as he did . |
| 10 | However one explains the motives behind his actions , things happened because he chose that they should : there is nothing in the previous reign which compelled him to act as he did . |
| 11 | Woolwich paid because it calculated that it was in its commercial interest to do so . |
| 12 | This often happened when he thought that one or all of us were laughing at him , especially if he interpreted our teasing as mocking his intelligence . |
| 13 | You 'll guess what happened when I say that I am now commanding the Company — and in the line I had a seraphic boy-lance-corporal as my sergeant-major . |
| 14 | and I , I told him I was n't stupid enough to keep money in the house as an ex er as an ex lawyer and erm , where , er it so happened as I say that I talked to he , he did n't take any thing in fact at the end he apologise for having chosen the wrong house and he |
| 15 | She speaks volumes about the divisions which exited when she acknowledges that ‘ Terry was more comfortable with his own kind ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ Corbett lied for he knew that if it was not , the accident could well have occurred earlier . |
| 17 | The enemy becomes particularly demoralized when they realize that it is a unit of women behind the line of fire making them retreat . |
| 18 | Her heart soared as she realised that this was a new adventure , an adventure through darkness into the greater darkness which might , just might , be even more beautiful than the slow throbbing of living blood , richer in iron than the veins of any mine , passing through mighty arteries , driven by the rhythmic pounding of the great beast 's heart . |
| 19 | Karajan would give that fantasist all the freedom he needed because he knew that what appeals to an audience is something arising out of the immediate performance , out of something that is happening within the mind of the musician at that moment . |
| 20 | Suddenly , Labour wobbled as it appeared that the Tories might have picked a genuine winner . |
| 21 | As they waited at a pedestrian crossing Merrill watched a boy and girl kiss by the fountain in the square , then she blushed as she realised that Luke was watching her . |
| 22 | Prudent and orderly , uncompromising in his views on life and art , and instinctively reserved in a postwar world which contradicted them extensively , Frampton was a man of humour , courtesy , and charm , who unbent when he sensed that his deep feeling for beauty , order , and sound technique was shared . |
| 23 | Caterina now faced the weeping Virgin determinedly and moved her lips as if praying ; she quailed when she realised that she would have to act the go-between again and seek him out alone once more . |
| 24 | She blushed when she realised that Sarah was trying to hide her surprise but her friend only said , ‘ I wonder will the caelidhe be on tonight ? |
| 25 | The scene was filmed , but the problems started when they realized that it would not be possible for them to be lowered to the ground , as planned . |
| 26 | His ‘ crimes ’ , as they saw it , started when he insisted that if there had to be meetings they must be businesslike , properly chaired and follow the agenda . |
| 27 | I was afraid when I first went because I thought that people who go to prison , they 're bad . |
| 28 | However , reports questioning Shah 's independence grew after it emerged that Irfanullah Marwat Khan , implicated in the alleged gang-rape of a close friend of the PPP leader Benazir Bhutto [ see p. 38683 ] , had been retained as an adviser to the new provincial government . |
| 29 | I knew before I went that I would cry that day , but I thought it would be because he was standing in front of me , not because he was n't standing in front of me . |
| 30 | The manager 's face fell as he saw that part of his commission disappear . |