Example sentences of "[vb past] that it [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sinking down on her bed , she found that it took her quite some time to get herself more of one piece . |
| 2 | He admitted that it saddened him to realise that ‘ my youth is gone — not my love of life or my energy , but I mean the time when one feels so lighthearted and carefree . ’ |
| 3 | He had simply been angry and believed that it meant he had been right all the time and that his sister really was in Hepzibah 's Power . |
| 4 | Apple Computer Inc chief John Sculley reckons it is essential for the head of a computer company to have a clear grasp of technological directions and acknowledged that it took him several years before he felt confident to take strategic decisions . |
| 5 | It shows that about three-quarters of the male respondents replied that the tax system had no influence on their work effort , 15 per cent replied that it made them work more and 11 per cent that it made them work less . |
| 6 | When the company indicated that it considered it was the fairest situation that could be achieved in the circumstances , the union representatives said that they noted the company 's position . |
| 7 | When I first acquired a cube , Conway and Roger Penrose , from Oxford University , had already solved theirs and remarked that it took them some time to realise the power of conjugation . |
| 8 | Erm yeah I th I mean I , I 've got more or less all the points that have been raised but I , I just felt that it went it er it was almost as though you 'd made your mind up before you went in that you were gon na tell him what compressed funds was |
| 9 | Erm and the meeting felt that it asks it asks for for views from local parties and we felt that the amount of money |
| 10 | Her Finals were approaching , and she had no idea of what she should do next , and indeed did not dare to think about the future for she knew that it offered her little in the way of readily acceptable projects . |
| 11 | Cardiff knew that it wanted them . |
| 12 | They each said that it suited them , that kind of relationship . |
| 13 | A divorced friend of mine said that it took her about a year to reach the breakthrough . |
| 14 | Commenting on the incident , Nguza said that it confirmed him in his decision to suspend the conference . |