Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [vb past] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , Guy , if you only knew how I longed for you , how I dreamed that one day you would rescue me . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , that 's when I felt that huge surge of relief and happiness . |
| 3 | Obviously I want to avoid that , which is why I said that those people or their advisers or friends should get in touch with the building societies , which have told us that they want to avoid repossession wherever possible . |
| 4 | Deception was inadvertently assisted by the British Standards Institution in 1960 , when they recommended that all records with a vertical element in the groove modulation should have the word ‘ Stereo ’ on the label . |
| 5 | Their Lordships also upheld the trial judge 's refusal to allow the defendants to put any evidence before the jury about why they believed that nuclear weapons , rather than their own actions , were ‘ prejudicial to the safety … of the State ’ . |
| 6 | In the event the visitors explained why they considered that both points were without merit . |
| 7 | Alex asked when he discovered that first-class passengers got ice-cream . |
| 8 | The theory was first put forward by H R Buchanan in his Manual of Psychometry in 1889 , when he argued that all objects contain the history of the world because they are connected to the Akashic Chronicles . |
| 9 | The reference to excuses for crime is likely to be interpreted in some circles as a challenge to the Archbishop of Canterbury , Dr George Carey , who was heavily criticised by Conservatives last year when he implied that urban deprivation was to blame for the Tyneside riots . |
| 10 | However he argued that ancient woodlands were still under threat from new planting and new road developments — for example the proposed destruction of Oxleas Wood in south east London , to make way for a Thames crossing . |
| 11 | However he held that such evidence was inadmissible since the letter to Mr. Purkayastha unambiguously showed that the committee had misdirected itself . |
| 12 | Employers therefore resorted to the reduction of costs , most particularly in wages , in order to compete in world markets at a time when it appeared that rising unemployment made their action possible without major conflict . |