Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Queen commending his work , not only for the pains therein taken , said that nothing had given her so great delectation . |
| 2 | I was afraid that everyone had lost their voices , er , it 's good to have a , a question . |
| 3 | When he was satisfied that he was all right and that no-one had heard him , he picked up the brown bag and moved into the safety of the trees . |
| 4 | They told chairman Michael Croucher that it was only by accident they had heard of the proposals and they were concerned that no-one had told them . |
| 5 | But she knew all the same that no-one had thought she might leave the tent which seemed warm now and dense with the presence of Antoine — Only he 's dead now , is n't he ? |
| 6 | The young lady in question ( who I shall call Mrs X because I am afraid that I omitted to catch her name ) began by asking me what the bad points were within the embalming profession . |
| 7 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 8 | The very stillness of his muscles meant that I 'd touched something he 'd thought hidden . |
| 9 | I was afraid , for a moment , that I 'd lost you . ’ |
| 10 | After I 'd finished the poem I felt triumphant that I 'd broken my fear-silence . |
| 11 | Now that I 'd drawn the incident out from my unconscious , in much the same manner as Doctor Keylock or any of the so-called psychotherapists might have done , now that I 'd faced it , admitted it to myself , thought it all through without holding back from any of the horror of what happened that sunny afternoon seven years ago , I could see that , whoever 's fault the accident might have been , it certainly was n't mine . |
| 12 | Then your Inspector took it into his head that I 'd done it . |
| 13 | I said , " Yes " , and I plugged it that I 'd done it while I 'd had Louisa and that 's what I think went in my favour in a way . |
| 14 | When on Monday before Christmas 1991 I stepped on the scales and found that I 'd done it , I almost died of happiness . |
| 15 | I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one . |
| 16 | I told Spruce a bit about Amy and Hereward 's marriage and I did mention that I 'd seen her here on Friday night and Saturday morning . |
| 17 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 18 | Now that I 'd seen them together like that I started to have fantasies of being invited to watch them together , or to take photographs of them . |
| 19 | I did n't know what to say : I could n't believe that I 'd heard him correctly . |
| 20 | He had n't slept in a bed like that before , yet there were all those advertisements for them on television , and they were on display in shop windows and in almost all the big stores in London so that I 'd imagined them in all the houses I could see from the bus . |
| 21 | I knew that I 'd loved you from the moment we first met and I 'd never stopped . ’ |
| 22 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 23 | Whether it was simply mere enjoyment or relief that I 'd survived my worst imaginings I do n't know — but it felt good . |
| 24 | I suddenly realised that there were all these great black players around in Louisiana , and that I 'd missed them completely ! |
| 25 | I always wish now that I 'd met him . |
| 26 | They seemed delighted that I 'd said it , and to know just what I meant . |
| 27 | Yes I re I said that and I realized that I 'd said it and I should n't have done . |
| 28 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 29 | When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple . |
| 30 | The first few hundred hours of thought made me regret my bet ; but the second couple of thousand convinced me that I 'd played it right . |