Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Beating the bounds , when the parishioners walked round the parish boundaries to ensure that everyone knew where they were in case of dispute , was associated with the Rogationtide crop blessing .
2 ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’
3 Instead , now that I knew where she was living , I contacted my solicitors and instructed them to start divorce proceedings .
4 Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice .
5 Edward knew he was being pampered and , in his letters to Helen about his friendship with Gwili 's sister , he confessed that ‘ in fact it was partly you that I saw when I held her : I hope I shall never forget her ; then I shall feel that it is possible to love another even though I am all and ever yours , little one .
6 The first thing that I noticed when I arrived in the dusty Managua airport , besides the tanks parked in the landing field , was an enormous poster of an unmistakable Daniel Ortega , clad in blue jeans and a cowboy shirt , holding an infant with an earring .
7 think I mind says that I ask where you going now , going now or , well he 's not been here .
8 ‘ No , ’ said Aline , suddenly serious , ‘ it is only that the step from perfectly ordinary things into the miraculous seems to me so small , almost accidental , that I wonder why it astonishes you at all , or why you trouble to reason about it .
9 In fact , I 'd become so accustomed to relying on her that I wondered how I would .
10 I tell yer , Joe , I ai n't too partial to that cove , and nor ai n't I 'appy that 'e knows where I live .
11 It was n't that she cared how she looked , she told herself .
12 She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it .
13 So that she knew when he stood up and walked round to drop to his knees beside her .
14 She replied that she knew where he was but she did n't want to discuss it .
15 She began to feel that she knew where she was , a little : and after a while she too began to talk .
16 He started keeping Fred and himself to timetables , so that she knew where she was , and cut out eating with Fred after the show or seeing him in the daytime at weekends .
17 She is looking for a dress for me and she is waiting to comb my hair , and she has the look on her face that she has when she guts the chickens .
18 She is far more likely to obey the rules if you discuss them with her , so that she knows why you make them .
19 It seemed so quick and easy when the time came that she wondered why she had waited so long .
20 After all , ’ said the kind-looking gentleman in his pleasant voice , ‘ they were aware by then that you knew where they lived , and that there was a chance you 'd have them arrested . ’
21 How many of the rest of you would say that you got where you are today , in your area of expertise , with trial and error .
22 The most important factor in ‘ free stretching ’ is that you know when it hurts and how far you can go , making it possible for you to immediately release the stretch should you need to .
23 Chasing solid walls is done with a bolster chisel and club hammer , and it is important to keep the cables vertical so that you know where they are .
24 In the concluding part of this chapter we want to pass rough , but clear , judgement on these matters so that you know where we stand .
25 ‘ I do n't mind where I go , but I prefer opening , and the main thing is that you know where you are . ’
26 she 's just giving , she 's just give me an adult education centre there at Spinny Hill , Northampton and she said they put everything in perspective for you so that you know where you 've got to start , what is available to you and then she said if you go down the job centre and ask them if E T , education , employment training
27 There are many more ways of forming cables for hand knitters and now that you understand how we simply cross over the stitches with transfer tools instead of cable needles , you may well find that others of the hand knit variety can be reproduced on your machine .
28 The fact that you will find it difficult to know what to say to her , except that you understand how she must feel , will not matter at all .
29 In some ways , he was so sleepy and relaxed that you wondered how he ever got the adrenalin up to race .
30 When you offer a piece of information , you do n't commit yourself in quite the same way that you do when you propose or suggest an idea .
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