Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had forgotten that he held it in his hand . |
| 2 | That there was a pattern for her in Lermontov 's novel is conceivable : but it ca n't be claimed that it fits her with exactitude , or that it provides an explanation of her conduct . |
| 3 | Like most LIFESPAN activities , CREFDL will inform you of its progress as it works , so it is recommended that you run it from a hard copy terminal , or log the session to a file . |
| 4 | Given a set of forces and an assurance that equilibrium prevails , the human sense of balance is so finely developed that it directs us to their focus . |
| 5 | They had heard that they sold them in Clery 's , and that was only a few minutes from where the bus stopped when it went to Dublin . |
| 6 | And why did the impact of his presence provoke such an undeniable response in her when , earlier , she had felt that she had everything under control ? |
| 7 | It is accepted that what separates us from the other creatures sharing our planet is our capacity to think . |
| 8 | But that Moorish Negress was so skilful in drawing the Turkish bow , that it was held for a marvel , and it is said that they called her in Arabic Nugueymat Turya , which is to say , the Star of the Archers . |
| 9 | It was said that he learned it by practicing shadowboxing to popular tunes that ran exactly three minutes on the gramophone . |
| 10 | It could be argued that he saw it as something of a homecoming : Neil had attended Yeovil Grammar School for a time when his father 's work took the family there . |
| 11 | He blushed to think of how shamelessly he 'd paraded himself when he 'd had Judith on his arm ; how he 'd joked that she loved him for his cleanliness , and for his taste in bidets . |
| 12 | ‘ Charles was told that they owed it to their hosts to give of their professional best , ’ a royal aide said yesterday . |
| 13 | At the end of the day , the lads requested that we do something for them . |
| 14 | It is , of course , clear that the Report does not speak on behalf of working-class culture , but it should also be noted that it distances itself from the culture of the middle class ( cf. 236/256–7 ) . |
| 15 | Well as I 've taped that I taped it at home |
| 16 | In that she exercised the power of appointment and appointed her husband ( provided that he survived her by 30 days ) to receive the income from her father 's estate . |
| 17 | He had even imagined that she mocked him with her smile , though he could not be certain that she had actually seen him there . |
| 18 | However , they have asked that I provide you with the draft ( unaudited ) results for the year to 31st October , 19XX in order that you may , if you so wish , reconsider your offer . |
| 19 | Before he had fully conceived the idea of The Four Quartets , he had remarked that what drew him to Beethoven was that in these last works the composer did what he himself had sought to do in poetry — and may have actually done in ‘ forty or fifty lines ’ — namely to ‘ get beyond ’ that art . |
| 20 | It is estimated that he trebled it in real terms — and this at a time when the population was stagnant , His most important innovation was the poll-tax in place of the household tax , which the peasantry had been able partially to evade by merging households . |
| 21 | It is n't the first time you 've implied that I know something about what 's going on , so how about explaining it to me ? ’ |
| 22 | No , Steen 's behaviour certainly suggested that he regarded her as a threat in some way . |
| 23 | However , even at the same time as this controversy continues the discipline has not only come to recognize the influence of the self , but has urged that we use it as a scientific construction ( Okely 1975a ) . |