Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I realised that I fitted happily into that sort of setting . |
2 | It was only when I started to receive my magazine that I realised just how courageous the lifeboat crews are . |
3 | It was only towards the end of last year , when the book was going to press and space was tight , that I realised how important a contribution was made not only by my work , but also the work of all the women who had contributed to the Project both nationally and internationally . |
4 | It was only when I was in secondary school and took notice of the relationship of children of my age were with their parents and families , that I realised how other people behaved . |
5 | It was n't until I 'd bought one and used it that I realised how much it speeded up knitting . |
6 | However , it was not until she came round from behind the reception desk that I realised how huge she was . |
7 | I think it was then , with his powerful fingers digging like claws into my arm , that I realised how formidable the man was . |
8 | ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’ |
9 | ‘ I was so annoyed that I blurted out : ‘ Good God ! |
10 | Most reviewers were distracted by the ‘ satires ’ of the title , written earlier and in a very different mood , which Hardy came to regret as injuring ‘ the others that I cared most about ’ . |
11 | Maybe I would never be able to return to the present — not that I cared just then . |
12 | Not that I cared much for the way he kept them . |
13 | I had about five barges to look after and you could n't see everyone — not that I cared so very much , to tell the truth . |
14 | That I lived here for many years as a child , that — " |
15 | ‘ How — er — how did you know that I lived here ? ’ she muttered as he led her inside the lift , reaching across to push the correct floor button . |
16 | I had an old camping van that I lived in during tournaments , and he chose to go with me in it for a meal in Chinatown in Liverpool . |
17 | And I recall that I laughed aloud at that stage and I believe ( the agent ) joined me in that . |
18 | I felt so dizzy looking up that I fell over . |
19 | Did I tell you about that song that I heard just once . |
20 | I apologise for the fact that I heard only about 40 minutes of the Minister of Agriculture 's speech . |
21 | Perhaps the strange lack of concern in ‘ A ’ Squadron 's diary and reports , and the fact that I heard so little from the regiment subsequently , may reflect a suspicion ( or knowledge ) on their part . |
22 | That 's just some very interesting talk that I heard about , and one with erm , the porters and erm , . |
23 | His way of praising me was to say that I wrote as naturally as a hen laying eggs , or to remark , after he had destroyed a work with his criticisms , ‘ Everything I have not marked seems to me either good or excellent . |
24 | So you had to choose that er , you have to do that and the fifth thing that I wrote down here which I had to do , a sequence er , of work . |
25 | ‘ I hated you so much that I wrote back to him , telling him you had died of typhus fever at Lowood . |
26 | Within the increased roads programme that I announced today — a road programme which will have increased by 50 per cent . |
27 | If we have the same amount of cold weather this winter as we had last winter , we will more or less double the coverage of the benefit as a result of the changes that I announced earlier this year . |
28 | not that I perceived any longer if the had n't gone . |
29 | Instead , now that I knew where she was living , I contacted my solicitors and instructed them to start divorce proceedings . |
30 | 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 . |