Example sentences of "that [noun] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Glancing carefully round at the little groups of guests she saw that Ian had already claimed Joanna , but there was no sign of Robert .
2 What made it ten times worse , you see , was that Lavinia had strongly resisted Isabel 's coming in the first place .
3 Then Nottingham learned that Rugby had indeed beaten Harlequins so now the Beeston club have to draw or win at Orrell in their last match on April 25 and Rugby have to lose at Leicester .
4 On July 6 Foreign Minister Ronald Maclean Abaroa confirmed that Bolivia had officially requested admission to the Southern Cone Common market , Mercosur ( involving Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay — see p .
5 The opposition claimed that the active campaign against them had started after the visit of US Secretary of State James Baker in February [ see pp. 38771-72 ] and that Baker had tacitly sanctioned repression against the democratic and Islamic political opposition in exchange for Tajikistan 's not allying itself with Iran .
6 It was hard to imagine that giants had ever made Møn their home .
7 Physically both had changed — so much so that Jason did n't recognise Kylie at first .
8 Everyone in the family knew that Justine had not murdered William .
9 Given the propensity of the Academy jury over the years to equate serious acting with stars ' willingness to make themselves unattractive , it is surprising that Dustin did not win hands down .
10 He was sorry to say that torture had even taken place in democratic countries , such as Britain and Israel .
11 It was reported on Oct. 4 that Taiwan had also contributed $30,000,000 to the front-line states .
12 He pointed out that Crone did not use gas chromatography or mass spectrometry to determine whether mycotoxins were present in the samples ; he determined only that the samples , in Crone 's words , ‘ can not represent a military effective residue ’ .
13 Chapman 's consolation was that Arsenal had twice beaten Everton during the season .
14 Athelstan had requested that Huddle should first draw charcoal sketches , from these giving the gifted young man scriptural advice to the effect that there was no evidence whatsoever that Herod had eventually stabbed Pilate in the back !
15 Chris said one of the biggest failings was that parents did not take part in the education of the children , this is where it fell down , that , once the education was seen as a government thing that
16 Whilst in Rostov , each member of the mission made a short presentation to the equivalent of the local Chamber of Commerce , at which Fraser was able to explain that Stoddard had already provided carpets for the famous Russian cruise liner , Maxim Gorky .
17 It was perhaps evidence of some restraint that Elena did not oblige Romanians to praise her for her own inventions , but only those expropriated from others .
18 It is noteworthy that Schuman did not contact Britain in advance of his announcement .
19 It is true that Spain 's only military contribution to the fighting was the despatch of volunteers ( the " Blue Division " ) who fought on the Russian front as part of the German Army , and that Spain did not declare war on any country .
20 For Cadfael was certain that Tutilo had never done violence to any man , and must not be marked with that obloquy for life .
21 Ron said that he 'd been preparing an obituary of Lord Mountbatten for some time , that Mountbatten had somehow got wind of it and had approached the BBC with a view to taking part .
22 The intimation that Venables did not want Hughes at Tottenham was that it was a misjudgment by him .
23 She says that Helen explained how to drink water through a tube .
24 The Court of Appeal held that Coopers had not made mistakes of this type .
25 In the case of a totally sealed labour market , new employees would only be drawn from the families of existing staff , and efforts would be made to ensure that individuals did not seek places outside the firm .
26 In the years before the oil crisis dismissals were frequently justified by arguing that individuals did not merit tenure because they lacked commitment or because of their poor educational qualifications .
27 It was true that Robert had always liked pigs .
28 His refusal of a penalty when Allen was fouled by Curle made matters worse , but he was correct in ruling that Brady had already fouled Segers .
29 There was also criticism that SMRs did not take account of the health-care costs of social deprivation .
30 Their replacements , Frederick Smit and Piet Pretorius , settled in quickly but it was surprising that Midlands did n't move England 's Martin Bayfield from the middle to the front of the lineout , where Drikus Hattingh impressed with a succession of clean two-handed catches .
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