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

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1 It was only when I got home and looked up the dictionary that I realised what a gem it had been .
2 It was n't until later that I realised what it was .
3 ‘ It was then that I realised what a lovely person he was , ’ says Avril .
4 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 .
5 ‘ Not , of course , that I realised what he 'd done then .
6 ‘ It was only when the doorbell rang and two more couples joined us that I realised what he had in mind . ’
7 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 .
8 Let me tell the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) that I heard what he said about this matter on Thursday , and I agree with him .
9 And the story that I heard which may not be true that he had he did n't have the wig and gown .
10 This contrasts greatly with another professional publication that I receive which is stodgy and insists on corresponding via an employer 's address .
11 ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’
12 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 .
13 The difference is that I knew what I wanted and he did not .
14 I fancied that I knew what he was thinking ; much like what Jack would have thought .
15 With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid .
16 ‘ 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 . ’
17 Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation .
18 Clearly it was I who should have spoken these words , but already I had a feeling that I knew what the brown paper and the ribbed cardboard concealed , and I was n't going to say a word until time or circumstance compelled me .
19 He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about .
20 Well , everyone seemed to think that I knew what I was doing with a computer , so the shifts , the picket shifts were left up to me , any facts and figures needed , databases , addresses were left up to me .
21 The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ .
22 I remember thinking that I knew what painting was about at last . ’
23 I had been on one of these camps before so I thought that I knew what to expect .
24 It was n't until later that I saw what ‘ Uncle Pepi ’ was capable of , in Block 10 .
25 The famous sequence when the helicopters gather in the sky before the great attack has music with it — very familiar music ! — but , do you know , I was so gripped by the power of Coppola 's image , the helicopters , the music , that it was n't until many , many hours afterwards that I realized what the music was he had been using .
26 I wept buckets , but it was n't until later that I realized what had happened .
27 It was during this visit that I realized what people must have gone through simply to immigrate to the United States .
28 And I think you know me well enough by now , Bella , to know that I get what I want . ’
29 By that I mean what he thought the girl was worth to him .
30 ‘ Fine — just so long as they understand that I mean what I say . ’
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