Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 With a mental shrug she tried to ensure she kept up , knowing that nothing irritated him more than to be kept waiting even a second when he was in this mood .
2 He thought back over the last few hours , the acknowledged relief of talking to Alice , the knowledge that nothing shocked her , nothing surprised her , that everything he did , if not right in her eyes , was judged by a different standard from the one she rigorously applied to the rest of her life .
3 He had no really bad faults but you had to be careful that nothing startled him , such as a bird suddenly rising , and on one occasion he did bolt .
4 He was delighted that everyone enjoyed themselves .
5 Then I became the black sheep and I found to my horror that everyone thought I was off my bloody head .
6 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 . ’
7 It never occurred to Robbins that there was any need to describe the internal culture of higher education ; it was taken for granted that everyone knew what it was , or at least what it should be .
8 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 .
9 She felt as though all her bones had melted and that everyone knew it .
10 At Billy Graham 's 1961 Maine Road Stadium Crusade , low-level , multi-speaker systems meant that music from choir and instruments was travelling around the stadium electronically and then being ‘ chased ’ by the real sound , with the result that everyone heard everything at least twice .
11 He was told that everyone liked everything .
12 He confessed that everyone trusted him now , as they had done in the old days .
13 ‘ This is a quiet cul-de-sac and I 'm surprised that no-one saw anything , ’ the woman added .
14 Accept that no-one forced you to believe it .
15 That 's how I felt all the time ; this constant feeling that no-one wanted me to be there , no-one gave a f— about me .
16 The experience was painful enough to ensure that no-one did it again ; it simply was n't worth the risk .
17 You see — ’ she looked up once more and met his direct blue gaze ‘ — you think I wanted to marry you , that I planned it all , but you were wrong , I did n't . ’
18 It was n't till years later that I realised they had n't even remembered to ask if f was a lesbian .
19 It was only when I got home and looked up the dictionary that I realised what a gem it had been .
20 It was n't until later that I realised what it was .
21 ‘ It was then that I realised what a lovely person he was , ’ says Avril .
22 John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done .
23 ‘ Not , of course , that I realised what he 'd done then .
24 ‘ It was only when the doorbell rang and two more couples joined us that I realised what he had in mind . ’
25 It was only after we had left , and were returning home that I realised what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in pain .
26 ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’
27 ‘ I knew that Alan liked the odd drink but it was n't until we were living together that I realised her was more or less an alcoholic , and violent with it . ’
28 It was n't until he asked if he could take some off that I realised he had got himself well wrapped up — with 24 articles of clothing , ’ said Taylor .
29 It was only on re-reading Szasz that I realised I had been touched on a sensitive spot — the struggle for individual identity — and that that spot was central to the problem of anorexia nervosa .
30 It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected .
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