Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the negotiations between the three publishers jostling for position went on for over a year without reaching a conclusion : ‘ It was very difficult to find common ground and make sure that everyone had their fair share . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ By God , Sally-Anne , your mother said that I spoiled you rotten , and I think that she 's right . |
| 3 | It was then that I saw her wild , inhuman face ! |
| 4 | Beesley 's case offered corroboration : the hero of the Titanic was a blanket-forger and transvestite imposter ; how just and appropriate , therefore , that I fed him false cricket scores . |
| 5 | It was much later that I realized my subconscious tendency towards preferring complicated solutions , merely to demonstrate my clever mental logic . |
| 6 | My mother insisted on accompanying me to the tailor to ensure that I got something sensible . |
| 7 | Summarize what the candidate said to make sure that I got it right ? |
| 8 | It was n't that I thought myself deserving of more delight than was offered the mass of mankind ( I told myself ) but that the common lot seemed so dire . |
| 9 | It was then that I made my never-to-be-forgotten answer , ‘ Mum 's lost , down the fair . ’ |
| 10 | So much to that I made it clear to my club that I would like to be selected as a tighthead ’ . |
| 11 | It was then that I noticed something suspicious . |
| 12 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 13 | It was on the morning when registration began that I had my fatal encounter . |
| 14 | Safety pundits will be pleased to note that I received my just desserts that evening , on unpacking my rucksack and discovering that the action had mashed a forgotten egg sandwich into my hat . |
| 15 | It was at this point , partly because I was so nervous , that I felt it necessary to build her weight up a little , so I fed her up and overdid it , with the result that she got above her ideal flying weight . |
| 16 | It was also in May that I started my new programme of intensive stretching exercises and aerobics . |
| 17 | It was precisely because the measures in the social chapter would have damaged first employment prospects and secondly our competitiveness against Japan and the United States that I found them unacceptable . |
| 18 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 19 | And I have to admit that I found you delightful . |
| 20 | I was so carried away by the wisdom of my hon. Friend 's question that I found it necessary to repeat it . |
| 21 | On evening walks down Loreto , a lane of high stone walls , trying to decide on a restaurant , I would stop and run my hands over the ashlars , marvelling at the purity of each one as I have marvelled at the completeness of a sculpture by Brancusi ; each of them so tightly locked together that I found it impossible to fit a fingernail between them . |
| 22 | You have probably heard that I found it impossible to afford living in London any longer and have come here as a master . |
| 23 | ( The fact that I found it offensive to have to make any such argument for human equality shows that I was working with an ethical a priori approach , but I believe that a case can be made . ) |
| 24 | At a time when FISA , the sport 's organizing body , helped by the drivers ' own association , had belatedly begun to pay some attention to safety in a notably risky sport , Chapman 's remarks showed a callousness towards his drivers — and by implication , towards other human beings — that I found it hard to admire . |
| 25 | She was such a sweet-natured , generous girl — I had never before nor have I since met anyone so naturally , if indiscriminately , kind and loving — that I found it hard to deny her anything . |
| 26 | So much so that I bought his only copy of it , and earned his cordial loathing . |
| 27 | I thought for an incredible moment that I caught something familiar in the sound — but it could n't be . |
| 28 | I was so affected by his discovery that I pursued his future career with the Museum Service and later visited him in his cardboard box . |
| 29 | ‘ I realised that I needed someone strong who was next to me and she is it , ’ says Sacha . |
| 30 | That I maintained my usual composure was to me a miracle , and once more we were on our way to the frontier . |