Example sentences of "that [indef pn] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 At 0810 he gathered his staff around him for the daily conference to discuss the day ahead , before taking the morning parade of those attending various courses at the school , to ensure that everyone had turned up for work .
2 He ‘ produced his bell and rang it , stating that that was what he did at the time ’ , but the magistrate told him ‘ that he must not think that everyone had to scamper out of the way upon hearing the sound of his bell ’ .
3 He was seated at the back of the court , initially angry that someone had screwed up with the tickets , but he quickly realized that every few games he was almost directly behind her .
4 It had been such a tight squeeze to get the Princess into the boat house at all , that someone had come up with the bright idea of removing the edge boards from the quay platforms on either side .
5 Because the practice is something in which people share , there are behavioural criteria for saying that someone has cottoned on to the use of an expression .
6 Several times it 's happened to me that someone has come up to me and asked if I 've ever done a play .
7 So majestic were Forest that one had to look down to the programme to make sure it was n't Robertson and Woodcock and McGovern and Gemmill combining in sweet harmony to carve open Leeds .
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