Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I felt such a strong love for them that I planned to spend the rest of my life among them , and to try to become more like them .
2 I have placed in the Library a copy of the letter that I wrote explaining the issues in great detail .
3 The majority of prison letters that I receive have the ring of truth ; the reason being that it is not in human nature ( of which the law is profoundly ignorant ) for guilty men to go on proclaiming their innocence month after month , year after year , when they do not have the evidence , the impetus , or the skills to do so , at least with any show of conviction .
4 Yeah , well all I can say , is that I 've seen the building and I would I would think th that it 's no problem .
5 Vulgar song , but I 'm demonstrating that I 've seen the light at last .
6 This is my garden — and now that I 've dug the tunnel , I want you to think of it as your garden , too ! ’
7 It 's Iris 's turn to call us really but , but I , I did think about Iris earlier and I should really phone just to see how your dad is , Bobby because it 's really up to her just to see about the weekend and much times that I 've phoned the hospital recently .
8 But it helps a lot to know that I 've balanced the books . ’
9 ‘ I 've worked out now that I 've hit the woodwork 10 times this season , so two inches either way and I could have had 14 goals instead of four , ’ he lamented .
10 But I fear you may not believe me : because you may well think that I 've made the process seem incredibly complicated .
11 It 's the first time in years that I 've enjoyed the charts .
12 ‘ Now that I 've left the army , I 'll soon be down in the fields with you again , ’ said Troy lightly .
13 ‘ Now that I 've had the frocks made , I think I will definitely do the pantomime — even if they have to suspend me from pegs , ’ she declared .
14 I have to carry my tetanus card so that if I was er injured and unconscious and not being able to say that I 've had the horse serum , the doctor thinking , Oh look look he 's got lots of soil in that cut , er give him a quick injection of the horse serum , that could actually be fatal .
15 I 've told them everything that I 've told the police , but nothing 's happening . ’
16 ‘ Now that I 've got the handbrake off , ’ Dickinson said , ‘ I think it 'll be less of a struggle .
17 of it er but I 'd rather be viewed on my own merits on my own worth er be willing to take a few risks in life erm and know that I 've got the rewards at the end of it for making a success .
18 Well that I 've got the willies that 's what
19 Let's just say that I 've got the matter in hand . ’
20 which I could n't find today did I not in the actual end approved version does it not say that I 've got the tape and people fixed
21 That I 've got the time is a bloody disaster .
22 ‘ Now that I 've got the car we can do things like that , ’ Edward went on .
23 I said that I hope to breed the fish in this tank , but at the moment there does not appear to be any indication of willingness to breed on the part of any of the fish .
24 So I kept telling Vivienne and Bernie that I 'd lost the keys to my locker .
25 It was inconceivable that I 'd lost the bag forever .
26 I 'd accepted that I 'd joined the club — and there were some really nice people in it .
27 ‘ I thought it might have something to do with the fact that when it emerged that I 'd received the letter , Ivy Cook would become persona non grata in the Miletti family . ’
28 When I arrived , I found to my great irritation that I 'd forgotten the film .
29 Now that I 'd drawn the incident out from my unconscious , in much the same manner as Doctor Keylock or any of the so-called psychotherapists might have done , now that I 'd faced it , admitted it to myself , thought it all through without holding back from any of the horror of what happened that sunny afternoon seven years ago , I could see that , whoever 's fault the accident might have been , it certainly was n't mine .
30 Afterwards I could n't believe I had managed to say this ; I could n't believe that I 'd had the intelligence , the wit , the inspiration to come up with this perfect reply .
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