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

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1 The first challenge to the regime came from the Earl of Lancaster who perhaps felt that Mortimer had denied him the authority which was his due as chief councillor to the king .
2 The other English Duke in Brussels , Wellington , would have been grateful had he known that Richmond had spared him the Duchess 's worries , for the Commander-in-Chief of the British and Dutch armies already had more than enough worries of his own .
3 I told him that Jo had given me the cash , though I was suitably vague as to exactly how I recovered her lost property .
4 She said that Derek had told her the whole story .
5 It took a long talk from one of the Sisters of Charity to make him realise that God had given him the gift of his voice and he was to use his gift with religion to help these people .
6 We had seen a lot of people cry in our time , but this was the first time that Quigley had done us the honour .
7 She was so near to tears that her only outlet was to tell the whole sorry tale , including the news that Joanna had given her the day before .
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