Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For her sister 's sake Fabia kept smiling , though her heart failed her that this lady — be she wife , housekeeper or both — knew no English . |
| 2 | DESPITE the family rows and marriage break-ups , and the noticeable gaps in the ranks of her party guests , the 92-year-old Queen Mum 's tranquil smile and familiar wave told us that some things are unchanging . |
| 3 | The co-ordinator told me that many people who had come to therapy groups for anxieties or depressions were now volunteer workers . |
| 4 | Her friend told me that this baby wants for nothing , it is the best dressed baby In the neighbourhood . |
| 5 | Her triumphant smile told me that this time Jessica 's husband had excelled himself . |
| 6 | But the wisdom of age told me that this parabola of promise would not be maintained indefinitely , but would peak and then decline . |
| 7 | A moment 's thought told him that this system worked only because two-thirds of the expected total of a Yeo Davis partnership came out at an amount well in excess of his salary , or that of any public servant of his age . |
| 8 | Barbara Sewart , for instance , has angina and of course her doctor told her that this diet was particularly suitable for her . |