Example sentences of "that [vb past] [prep] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the only thing that occurred to me I just wondered if she knew somebody who had a dearly loved dog that , did n't want to train it but you know she could perhaps just take along for the joy of running it and training it but I think part of the pleasure is the reflected glory you know it 's my dog |
| 2 | And through the pain that twisted inside her she could still feel his physical attraction like a magnetic force — and she knew that every other woman in the room could feel it too . |
| 3 | By now I had a baby sister Clare , and it was something that happened to her which helped to shape my destiny and provided the first step on my road to Koraloona . |
| 4 | She ‘ stoutly defended ’ her new home , saying that her first husband ‘ was no husband for her , and the one that worked for her she respected ’ . |
| 5 | A little arrogance , yes , some petulance , but nothing extra that went beyond what her position in that place and at that time would have encouraged in her . |
| 6 | It may sound strange to be pleased to discover that one has made a mistake , but it is , in fact , one of the most exciting things for a social scientist to discover — one really feels that one has found out something that went beyond what one might have expected through ‘ common sense ’ reasoning ! |
| 7 | Within a healthy tradition of Goddess-worship , there is assigned to the Goddess an ambivalence , a sense that left to herself she will be destructive rather than nurturing . |
| 8 | He thought the worst of Mitch and clearly thought that left to herself she would ring London at once . |
| 9 | In the long silence that stretched between them she could almost hear her heart pounding like a sledge-hammer in her chest . |