Example sentences of "[prep] then [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as the child could not in the very nature of things acquire rights correlative to a duty until it became by birth a living person , and as it was not until then that it could sustain injuries as a living person , it was , we think , at that stage that the duty arising out of the relationship was attached to the defendant , and it was at that stage that the defendant was , on the assumption that his act or omission in the driving of the car constituted a failure to take reasonable care , in breach of the duty to take reasonable care to avoid injury to the child . |
| 2 | But as the child could not in the very nature of things acquire rights correlative to a duty until it became by birth a living person , and as it was not until then that it could sustain injuries as a living person , it was , we think , at that stage that the duty arising out of the relationship was attached to the defendant , and it was at that stage that the defendant was , on the assumption that his act or omission in the driving of the car constituted a failure to take reasonable care , in breach of the duty to take reasonable care to avoid injury to the child . |
| 3 | Twenty years ago I would have been back that same night , but I 've learned since then that it is rare indeed to enjoy a repeat performance . |
| 4 | She was reasonably certain by then that it was merely a necessary preliminary to the real business he had with her . |
| 5 | She felt sure by then that it was not ; she was completely irrelevant . |