Example sentences of "[pron] that [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roy Dickens , one of our 400 metre runners , told me that on one occasion he and his brother Brian were shopping with their mother when a white man mugged an old lady and ran off with her handbag . |
| 2 | In his next letter Leslie told me that on that day he had been assigned ‘ a rather painful duty … from 4 o'clock this afternoon for 24 hours I am escort to an officer under close arrest , a captain , I believe . |
| 3 | It is only now clear to me that in actual fact it must have been a day later . |
| 4 | Richmann seethed at Henri 's arrogance , and consoled himself that with any luck he would n't have to stand for the superstitious fool 's whims for much longer Drawing a gun from a shoulder holster , he prepared to fight his way through the streets if necessary ; it would be nothing compared to what was to come , he thought . |
| 5 | I refer to your recent interview for the above post and regret to advise you that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful . |
| 6 | I refer to your recent interview for the above post and regret to advise you that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful . |
| 7 | I refer to your recent application and interview for the above position and regret to inform you that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful . |
| 8 | Well , let me tell you that on this occasion I would welcome a little more intolerance from you . |
| 9 | But above all , I needed something that at that time I was quite unable to put into words . |
| 10 | The same reasoning , I suspect , saw to it that at one time you could n't get olives , only peanut and crisps , in smart bars in Spain , because olives were what peasants ate . |