Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] had [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that I had reached a town , there was an elaborate routine to undergo . |
| 2 | I stood there in the dark and the rain , and knew that I had created a monster . |
| 3 | I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity . |
| 4 | I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well . |
| 5 | I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction . |
| 6 | And I followed this with a suitably modest smile to indicate without ambiguity that I had made a witticism , since I did not wish Mr Farraday to restrain any spontaneous mirth he felt out of a misplaced respectfulness . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly I have never heard from any of them since , although I felt that I had made a number of new and lasting Russian friendships that night . |
| 8 | Then I thought that maybe I was at fault , that I had borne a grudge too long . |
| 9 | My canoe had turned side on to the river and against the flow and as I turned to see what the noise was I realised that I had hit a log sticking out of the water . |
| 10 | But I told him that I had lost a lot of money but had gained a lot of things . |
| 11 | Now if you do n't tell them that on the phone they 'll use the banker 's order , ah now you did n't tell me Trevor that I had to sign a banker 's order is n't er |
| 12 | It was jealousy , I suppose ; the fact that I had spotted a chance they had not , although I could n't get over the suspicion that their reaction to me had something to do with how Liza had told the story . |
| 13 | I began to think that I had found a friend , and I answered him at once . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps I wanted to convince her that I had found a replacement for her and she was wasting her time in trying to fan burned-out ashes to life . ’ |
| 15 | I told her that I had had a sort of a breakdown , and that I was appalled by what I had done . |
| 16 | After nine months of tests , I was told that there was ‘ probably ’ nothing wrong with my kidneys and that I had had a bladder infection . |
| 17 | Then one day in the summer of 1989 — around the time that I had signed a contract to go on the second rebel tour of South Africa — I got a call from Australia that came as a bombshell . |
| 18 | Obviously this sense of guilt , this idea that I had betrayed a friendship , spurred me on when I got older , not only to study birds but also actively to promote their well-being and do what I could to prevent their numbers from dwindling . |
| 19 | People would obviously conclude that I had died a coward . |
| 20 | Even Stella , McIllvanney 's long-suffering secretary , had taken the day off , leaving the office locked , which meant I had to walk into town to find a public telephone from which I called the Bahamian Police and told them about Hirondelle , and added that I had rescued a chart and a handful of cartridges from the stricken boat . |
| 21 | She was delighted that the coffee was real and that I had used a glass jug on a silver stand , where a nightlight kept it steaming . |
| 22 | At this point a job that I had thought a burden , turned out to be a fairy godmother 's wand . |
| 23 | They said that I had torn a policeman 's tunic . |
| 24 | You should have seen Captain Trentham 's face when ‘ e found out that I had chosen a spell in the Fusiliers rather than going back to gaol . ’ |
| 25 | What sent me into a fear-filled frenzy was the news — hidden somewhere between a report on the seasonal suicide rate and an article on bogus Santas — that I had bought a ride-on fire engine for my baby son that had a dangerous fault and should be returned to the manufacturers immediately . |
| 26 | Penelope wished now that she had worn a dress or suit instead of the elegant tartan trews , but they had seemed the only way to make Rupert Stonebird notice her . |
| 27 | ‘ Would n't it be lovely if Terry was one of them ? ’ a colleague said , but Sarah said quietly that she had received a letter from him and knew when he would arrive . |
| 28 | Kit hugged herself with pleasure at the thought that she had raised a son who would be an engineer . |
| 29 | Down on the steps , Marie had decided that she had made a mistake . |
| 30 | She was beginning to feel that she had made a mistake , and allowed herself to be exploited . |