Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led me to think that some students may equate the feeling of low ‘ g ’ with the glider being stalled . |
| 2 | All this led me to believe that written approval was just a matter of time . |
| 3 | It made me realise that other people have the same problems and it helped enormously to share with the other mums . |
| 4 | From the punning just mentioned we see that masculine sexuality is confirmed not only by women , passively , but also by other men , actively . |
| 5 | It always amazed her to see that other people could live so comfortably upon such barren territory . |
| 6 | Trevor Fishlock watched him show that nice guys can be good politicians — even Prime Ministers |
| 7 | There are also some splendid quotes ; Planck 's gloomy view of the advance of science led him to believe that scientific truth triumphs not by convincing its opponents , but rather because they eventually die . |
| 8 | I thought they drunk that all day , |
| 9 | ‘ My late respected father gave me to understand that this enterprise was full of promise . |
| 10 | Little for that matter did I believe that this experience was to be the start of a whole new direction in my life , the lessons of which I have attempted to set out in this book . |
| 11 | Did you know that traditional Lloyd Loom furniture is made from paper twisted around fine steel , which is then woven into the finished product ? |
| 12 | ‘ Did you know that those Yugoslavians who came into your hands had very good reasons to fear for terror ? ’ |
| 13 | For a moment he said nothing , then asked quietly , ‘ Did you know that old shop 's to let again ? |
| 14 | Did you know that any number doubled is even ? |
| 15 | Thermal underwear may be a multi-million pound industry , but did you know that any article of clothing can be called thermal ? |
| 16 | Did you know that human beings also raise their eyebrows when they greet each other as a signal of friendship to people they know ? |
| 17 | Did she know that one day he 'd come along and look ? |
| 18 | He will recall that , when British Rail proposed that Waterloo should be the first channel tunnel station , not only did it say that one station was sufficient and that it did not need a second one but , in the case which it put to the House of Lords during the discussions , it said specifically that King 's Cross was not an appropriate location for a second station . |
| 19 | At the time when the Prime Minister said that if his policies ’ were not hurting , they were not working , ’ did he realise that those policies would cause the longest recession since the 1930s ? |
| 20 | Why did he conclude that fifty millesimals were better ? |
| 21 | To exonerate him the court invented the second stage : did he believe that reasonable people would regard his behaviour as not dishonest ? |
| 22 | Although he was involved with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre , he never settled with any organisation for long , nor did he believe that permanent companies were likely to produce better work than ad hoc assemblies . |
| 23 | At first he was surprised at this and only when they referred to him as an ‘ adult ’ did he realize that some time in the previous weeks the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted and his wings now had the rich and glossy glow of an adult golden eagle . |
| 24 | Were they just words he was reading , or did he realize that three aircraft meant twenty-one crew , and countless women waiting anxiously for the phone call that would tell them their man was safe — or the letter that would tell them he was not ? |
| 25 | But at no stage did he deny that these conditions are part of the explanation . |
| 26 | Erm I think er Mr said I think that that C P R E has n't actually offered a solution in this debate , just just raised questions . |
| 27 | When the development was first announced in 1990 , senior Motorola managers spoke of the company 's policy of encouraging its global suppliers to establish local operations alongside its manufacturing plants , and said they hoped that some suppliers might be persuaded to set up in Scotland . |
| 28 | Had he known that four Pakis were resting their dark arses on his deep leather seats , ready to be driven by his daughter , who had only recently been fucked by one of them , he would n't have been a contented man . |
| 29 | Mr Allan admitted keeping houses secure was a problem and said it seemed that young children were to blame for most of the damage and fires in the street . |
| 30 | When it downgraded Italy this week , the rating agency said it feared that future governments might fail to pursue the tough policies needed to bring Italian public spending under control . |