Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pers pn] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | And how often those opinions can really surprise us ; a young woman patient who had four hearty older brothers told me that , although they always treated her well , she always felt completely insignificant beside them . |
| 2 | She did n't have to be told that they would be arriving within seconds ; Marguerite 's tight shoulders told her that and Alain 's lips tightened too as the tension in the car reached him . |
| 3 | ‘ His books taught me that poetry can be pure and profound , and at the same time popular . ’ |
| 4 | The Under-Secretary of State said in her discussions with the Select Committee that she did not have any examples of evictions , yet the Association of Metropolitan Authorities told us that 24 per cent . |
| 5 | Northern Ireland 's experience in Spain and Mexico in the last two World Cups taught them that heat can pose more problems than the opposition for British-based players . |
| 6 | Then they played cards until stifled yawns and missed tricks told them that tiredness was now king . |
| 7 | Razak said afterwards that when Soviet officials told him that neutralisation was similar to collective security he replied that ‘ he appreciated this , but added that Malaysia preferred a neutrality plan which would be applicable to a smaller region such as Southeast Asia ’ . |
| 8 | Because then Jesus said to him , who was he talking to , let's , let's start off on the verse one after er after he had come down from the mountains , great crowds followed him that 's Jesus is n't it ? |
| 9 | We needed to test our resources and Jets gave us that chance . ’ |
| 10 | all the girls told me that |
| 11 | Several Members told me that most still speak in much the same way as they did before the cameras were introduced , and that is certainly my own impression when I watch them on television . |
| 12 | Hon. Members told us that rural services , emergency services , call boxes and provision for the blind and disabled would all have an uncertain future under privatisation , yet in each case the future has been better , thanks to the privatised industry and the regulatory world that we have created . |
| 13 | A few Opposition Members told us that smoking costs the national health service £437 million a year . |
| 14 | ‘ The police asked me that , too , and honestly , I just ca n't remember . |
| 15 | The police asked me that as well . |
| 16 | When we arrived in Navarradonda where the body was taken , the local police assured us that ground searches had been conducted with dogs the day after Jeremy 's disappearance . |
| 17 | There were some old aunts left her that and that 's like a museum inside it . |
| 18 | Even in the nuclear family , women told me that certain jobs should never be done by a man , they were not Izzat wali kam ( i.e. jobs of honour ) or they were not manly , and predictably these tasks included almost all household chores . |
| 19 | Their closely cropped hair and the drawn pale look of hunger in their faces gave them that terrifying animal uniformity which falls over all human beings in permanent physical distress . |
| 20 | Miss Lamb 's own inquiries convinced her that exploitation does go on in homes in the Teesside area . |