Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] that [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As my legs and arms suddenly felt shaky like they were going to give way , I decided that in this case ignorance would indeed have been bliss . |
| 2 | I knew that on this trip my husband would go on to Oman and Cairo before returning home . |
| 3 | I ca n't do that first bit , I copied that off this bit 's not too bad |
| 4 | She reckoned that at this point , quite a few of them shed tears , but contrary to expectations there was apparently no Tiller flag hoisted or hymn sung . |
| 5 | In this condition , and with much-increased fuel tankage , it could usually reach at least 30,000 feet , and on one occasion was taken up to 36,000 feet by George Burges — although he reported that at this height it was very unstable . |
| 6 | Yet with contradictory logic he claimed that at this level a contributory pension would stimulate retirement , since older people would withdraw from full-time work and would ‘ eke out ’ their pensions by |
| 7 | He stated that during this period he was interrogated and beaten on a daily basis . |
| 8 | He stressed that in this matter ‘ these countries can and must be understood ’ . |
| 9 | The senate decreed that B could not be asked to institute C heir : yet it appeared that in this way A had asked that B should make over A 's estate to C , that is to make over to him whatever B had obtained from A 's estate . |
| 10 | He concluded that in this case there were two companies each with its own separate and distinct business and each with its own customers although many of the customers were common to both . |