Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so angry that I wrote a furious letter to him accusing him of being un-Christian and ignorant , and also wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury , whom I also regard as ineffectual . |
| 2 | It was not until I reached Redcar that I saw a Northern Echo placard lettered Death of King . |
| 3 | For example , how does it happen that I married a good Catholic at seventeen and here I am at thirty-something , childless ? |
| 4 | I could not be bled and have been dealt more than a hundred blows so that I got a thorough grinding . ) |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been on 10 or 11 tours in my career and it 's time that I spent a little while with my family . |
| 6 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 7 | ‘ Then I found out that I came a poor second to the real love of her life — money . |
| 8 | P.S. I forgot to say that I left a small memento at his grave . |
| 9 | Except that I discovered a new lure … |
| 10 | I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up . |
| 11 | Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis . |
| 12 | ‘ The way you 're likely to believe that I had a sneaking admiration , a liking for this little harbinger of bad news ? |
| 13 | And so it was not until January , four months after moving in , that I had a reasonable chance of settling down . |
| 14 | I applied for an interview , and shortly afterwards found that I had a new job . |
| 15 | The presence of all these species also meant that I had a good chance of spotting the birds that preyed on them . |
| 16 | It was fortunate that I had a good friend of my own age , also called Wanda : we relished being gloomy together . |
| 17 | I can remember my grandfather , in the 1940s , telling me that I had a good bump of location . |
| 18 | He went on to say that he had heard from a mutual friend whom he had met in Alexandria that I had a good job , and added : ‘ Mother said , in an old letter which took months to reach me , that it was in the Foreign Office . |
| 19 | I will always maintain that I had a good time in service , and from what I heard there were n't many bad places in the Teesdale area — just the odd one here and there . |
| 20 | ‘ It would n't be very nice , would it , if I had to tell people that I had a mean niece . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It was explained to me that I had a mild form which was affecting the part of the brain that triggers migraine , which is why I was having sickness attacks and blinding headaches behind the eyes . ’ |
| 22 | Not that I had a bad opinion of his character , ( I do n't know him ) , it is just that I feel most other clubs would not have even responded to you . |
| 23 | I remember that I had a bad feeling about it . |
| 24 | But television was so arrogant that none of them even knew that I had a previous reputation . |
| 25 | Eventually the three of us were alone again , and I remembered that I had a large loft . |
| 26 | In my case , I think it helped that I had a modest aptitude for football . |
| 27 | But they loved me so passionately that I had a secure base to my life . ’ |
| 28 | The most obvious revelation was that I had a very ow opinion of myself and was constantly seeking the approval of others , because my mother had always withheld approval . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , what if I purchased two lots which added up to less than fifty pounds , could I pay for them with a personal cheque , assuming , of course , that I had a valid cheque card ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Did n't I mention that I had a bullet-proof skull ? ’ |