Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps it was while watching the faces , that I began to get a mirror of my own doubts . |
2 | The report that I commissioned to get a debate going on why some schools were failing was commissioned from three people whose expertise has not been challenged and nor , as far as I know , have most of their conclusions . |
3 | Now if you do n't tell them that on the phone they 'll use the banker 's order , ah now you did n't tell me Trevor that I had to sign a banker 's order is n't er |
4 | The birth was fine , the bonding process took a couple of days longer , and I felt such a surge of energy rushing back into my system that I decided to open a shop at the end of the first week , and did in fact do so six weeks after the birth . |
5 | They were so beautiful that I decided to have a go at growing them . |
6 | A couple of funny looks later and I realised I also had to head off the perception that I wanted to hire a sex cave for outré rumpy pumpy with a slew of bimbo victims . |
7 | I do n't think the woman in the New York Avis office believed me when I told her that I wanted to hire a convertible . |
8 | I was n't so overwhelmed , though , that I forgot to raise a finger to one of the jewels in my headband , as if idly adjusting the band itself . |
9 | Though occasionally , like now , Betty 's family commitments — she had a husband and a three-year-old son — meant that she had to cancel a date . |
10 | It left her so weak that she had to put a hand out to the table before she could sit down . |
11 | ‘ She told me , thank God , that she had to stuff a handkerchief in her mouth to stop laughing too loudly . ’ |
12 | It was n't until she was put back on a different oral antibiotic — these work directly on the inflamed cells in the spots — that she started to notice a change . |
13 | The experience so thrilled her that she decided to make a career of it , and by the age of 10 she had performed in three Broadway shows . |
14 | But he looked so hurt that she tried to make a joke of it , |
15 | This was partly because of events that were going on around me : Kathleen building towards her retirement and , as was to become highly significant , Katrina deciding that she wanted to make a move as well . |
16 | She bought a toilet seat to fit inside the big one and planned two visits each day to the toilet after meals or when Susan indicated that she wanted to pass a motion . |
17 | And , and then er at that particular time you know and er then unemployment you , I you had to see each firm was issued with the and the firms had to agree that you had to sign a contract of employment so that er if you were leaving or he was paying you off , you had to be given two weeks ' notice either way before they pay you off . |
18 | What he meant was that you had to cover a lot of ground to find anything newsworthy . |
19 | would see that you had to work a bit |
20 | And , finally that you failed to produce a test certificate . |
21 | And finally that you failed to produce a test certificate . |
22 | He said you were born old , and that you needed to have a wife to soften you up a bit . ’ |
23 | It was here that we sought to capture a record of the least-contacted tribal peoples while there was still time . |
24 | ‘ When we decided to start Headline , we felt that we had to identify a position for ourselves in the market , to persuade agents to bring their authors to us , authors to come to us , booksellers to support us . |
25 | ‘ This time we rehearsed in England for three weeks and then flew to Houston , Texas , and rehearsed in the Goodyear Blimp hangar , because the screens the band use are so huge that we had to find a place big enough hold them ! |
26 | So fast , in fact , that they had to call a halt to it . |
27 | Instead , his mind is on the great frosts of his youth , when the snow lay so deep on The Crown Green that they had to dig a trench to the shop door . |
28 | The Whigs also modified their stance on episcopacy , for the basic reason that they managed to capture a number of key positions within the Church hierarchy . |
29 | Now that they appeared to diverge a problem had arisen . |
30 | Noriega 's team of defence lawyers gave notice that they intended to pursue a defence strategy based jointly on aspects of international law and on domestic US criminal procedure . |