Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Beesley 's case offered corroboration : the hero of the Titanic was a blanket-forger and transvestite imposter ; how just and appropriate , therefore , that I fed him false cricket scores . |
| 3 | It was much later that I realized my subconscious tendency towards preferring complicated solutions , merely to demonstrate my clever mental logic . |
| 4 | It was then that I made my never-to-be-forgotten answer , ‘ Mum 's lost , down the fair . ’ |
| 5 | I was so disquieted by it that I finished it that evening . |
| 6 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 7 | ‘ I am so sorry that I caused you such grief by acting as I did , by going off without telling anyone . |
| 8 | But it was not until 1990 that I had my first spawning , and raised fry . |
| 9 | But it was in Colchester Park that I had my first lesson in conservation in microcosm , if you like . |
| 10 | ‘ It was all thanks to a woman at the meeting today that I had my first inkling of what had really been going on . ’ |
| 11 | Later , he would tell Radio One 's Janice Long : ‘ I believed that I had my own work to do . |
| 12 | He 'd expected it , he added , since he noticed that I had my own plate and cup at work , and bought tea for whoever was sitting with me . |
| 13 | It was on the morning when registration began that I had my fatal encounter . |
| 14 | I won both the 60 and 200 metres , but it was in the final event , the relay , that I received my greatest fillip . |
| 15 | You 've got ta stick to the same order that I showed you this morning , yeah ? |
| 16 | It was also in May that I started my new programme of intensive stretching exercises and aerobics . |
| 17 | It was only after moving to Llanberis that I did my next winter route in Wales — a quick solo of Sinister Gully . |
| 18 | So much so that I bought his only copy of it , and earned his cordial loathing . |
| 19 | I was so affected by his discovery that I pursued his future career with the Museum Service and later visited him in his cardboard box . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not afraid to admit that I wanted you last night , more than I 've wanted any woman for a long time . ’ |
| 21 | That I maintained my usual composure was to me a miracle , and once more we were on our way to the frontier . |
| 22 | When Hellen was transferred to Toronto to continue her documentary film-making career , I found that I missed her cheery presence more than I had expected , despite many activities . |
| 23 | Not that I gave it serious thought . |
| 24 | It was in those days , when Margaret was still alive , that I gave my former colleague Peter Duval-Smith — whose private life and whose work as an academic journalist always seemed to be equally chaotic — the introduction to Braemar Mansions that he so much wanted . |
| 25 | ‘ If she was wearing it there 's always the chance that someone recognised its true value , and it was stolen . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Are you quite sure , ’ he said , ‘ that nobody telephoned me last night ? ’ |
| 27 | He was terrified , and his fear began to obsess her , so that she felt her own body begin to knot up with tension again . |
| 28 | ‘ Anyway , I have reason to believe that she told her young man I was a history teacher in a modest direct grant school . |
| 29 | South-West Durham Coroner Colin Penna recorded a verdict that she took her own life . |
| 30 | He leaned down so that she saw his whole face was alight with a slightly satirical amusement . |