Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " 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 | Then I became the black sheep and I found to my horror that everyone thought I was off my bloody head . |
| 5 | She felt as though all her bones had melted and that everyone knew it . |
| 6 | He confessed that everyone trusted him now , as they had done in the old days . |
| 7 | Accept that no-one forced you to believe it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The experience was painful enough to ensure that no-one did it again ; it simply was n't worth the risk . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | It was n't till years later that I realised they had n't even remembered to ask if f was a lesbian . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 17 | It was n't until I underwent hypnosis that I realised I was still a Catholic . |
| 18 | It was n't until half an hour later that I realised I was on C1 . |
| 19 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
| 20 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
| 21 | It was then that I realised I needed some first aid training . ’ |
| 22 | Of course , ’ he added with a twisted smile , ‘ it was n't until your last day in the office that I realised you were under the impression that it was I who 'd had the affair with Elise . ’ |
| 23 | It was n't until she was really ill that I realised she was mine and I loved her more than anything . |
| 24 | It was only when friends accused me of being a pompous , humourless prat that I realised it was meant as a joke . |
| 25 | ‘ It was only when a few of the details were released that I realised it was me . |
| 26 | It was n't till the evening when we sat down and talked about it that I realised it could have been quite dangerous . |
| 27 | I was so surprised that I followed him without a word . |
| 28 | It 's small wonder that this plateau has claimed lives , since in the weather that I experienced it 's impossible to have any sense of direction at all without the constant use of a compass and map . |
| 29 | I loved Tom McMahon too — you must n't be thinking I did n't , that I cheated him , but it was a different sort of love . |
| 30 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |