Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she kept her doubts to herself , merely remarking that everyone knew what Frenchmen were like and turning the whole thing into a rather laboured joke in which Iris eventually joined . |
| 2 | ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’ |
| 3 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 4 | But you who knew me , pass on these words : that I squandered my youth for my country , that while the ship was fighting I kept to my post up in the cross trees and , when she sank-I went down with her . ’ ’ |
| 5 | I told her at once that I knew her secret , and made her promise not to send or receive any more letters . |
| 6 | And she thought , a little aggrieved : I do think Clelia might have told me , how could she assume that I knew her mother 's maiden name ? |
| 7 | I remember thinking that I knew what painting was about at last . ’ |
| 8 | Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third . |
| 9 | ‘ I was shocked in the sense that I knew what inspectors could do , but I was n't worried because I thought they were just wasting their time . ’ |
| 10 | We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently . |
| 11 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 12 | The bat flitted so low that I saw its silhouette for a brief moment against the Milky Way . |
| 13 | But she avoided my lips , so that I brushed her cheek , and as I tried to find her mouth she said , ‘ No , Kit . |
| 14 | It was during this visit that I realized what people must have gone through simply to immigrate to the United States . |
| 15 | He seems to have known enough about ordinary medicine — and perhaps still have had the contacts within the profession — to make sure that I got my inoculations and injections at the correct times in my life , despite my official non-existence as far as the National Health Service is concerned . |
| 16 | I got back to work , by which I mean that I got my papers and notes out , and then sat looking at them for what seemed like a dreary lifetime , and was really probably only twenty minutes . |
| 17 | I felt like murmuring the verses about Judas going out and hanging himself , and that he should go and do likewise , but Benjamin looked so quietly pleased with himself that I bit my tongue . |
| 18 | It was from there that I began my efforts to enquire into the operation of the judicial system in the area . |
| 19 | I hope that I chose my words with some care ; I do not want to add to them . |
| 20 | It was not until last year that I achieved my ambition to sail there . |
| 21 | They 're only some letters that I thought your mother would like to have ! ’ |
| 22 | I warned her that Drennan was trying to bribe your father with land and that I thought your father would accept the bribe ! ’ |
| 23 | Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off . |
| 24 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 25 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |
| 26 | I received it , along with her idea for making a Christmas fairy , just in time for the festive season and I 'm pleased to say that I made my fairy thanks to Mrs Sall and the post office . |
| 27 | It was then that I made my mind up . |
| 28 | ‘ Will you write Charles Napier that I made his man Moncrieff a lieutenant , ’ Keith wrote , ‘ and I am now obliged to invalid him to prevent his being dismissed by a court martial . |
| 29 | A guy who used to take me to watch Oxford , but apart from that I respected his football knowledge , used to say he was Leeds weak link , but I do n't remember too many details . |
| 30 | Not content with claiming that I ended up in jail , many people have been led to believe that I murdered my wife , who , I can state categorically , is still living in Selly Oak , Birmingham . |