Example sentences of "[vb past] that [pers pn] [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They found that he knew what he wanted ; that he was persuasive in trying to get it ; that what he wanted was good ; and they suddenly realized that this new young professor dragged them into the twentieth century . |
| 2 | The jury found that she understood what she was doing but that her signature had been procured by her husband 's influence . |
| 3 | Then later , couple of months later when we found that list checked that we understood what the list meant and we presented that list to our church meeting . |
| 4 | During the trial , Lord Maclean heard a taped confession where MacIver admitted that he suggested which lorry to hijack and drove to Inverness a week before the robbery to check the vehicle 's routine . |
| 5 | She recognised that he meant what he said . |
| 6 | We therefore assumed that he knew what he was doing , and got on with our work as well . |
| 7 | The look the doctor gave Patrick showed that he realised what lay behind the question . |
| 8 | Another young champion , Ketut Widjaya , who had been famous as a child dancer , remarked that he applies what his instructor had taught him . |
| 9 | He decided that he liked what he had done — and did it again . |
| 10 | I fancied that I knew what he was thinking ; much like what Jack would have thought . |
| 11 | This had been doubly hurtful , for it meant that she not only did not want to work for and look after him but preferred his lifestyle to her own , and by implication ( for she was a lazy woman ) that meant that she considered what he did not to be work at all , merely a pleasurable means of making a great deal of money . |
| 12 | He remained anxious about the surgery and its outcome but felt that he understood what was happening to him . |
| 13 | As for herself , she was uncertain she had ever had any , and yet , for all that , she sometimes joyfully felt that she knew what it was about . |
| 14 | The great Labour party — which brought together militants , because it thought that they knew what they could do for the working people of this country — is scornfully setting democracy aside . |
| 15 | I had been on one of these camps before so I thought that I knew what to expect . |
| 16 | Mrs. O'Brien said that she believed what her husband told her about the company doing well and having good potential , but she was concerned for her son and felt that it was only for three weeks , and if it would do the trick , she would sign . |
| 17 | Nettled , I explained that I have what is known as an angular form , and this apparently makes me an entertaining subject . |
| 18 | During the 14 hours prior to surgery the house officer explained the operation again to Mr Reynolds and ensured that he understood what was to happen before he signed the consent form . |