Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [that] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I asked that all of them should be put in . |
2 | I asked that these , all these matters should be put in and it was agreed . |
3 | I overheard that this afternoon , I did n't think that was |
4 | In August I revealed that Prime Minister 's son James Major had a £3-an-hour holiday job . |
5 | And people were very kind about the quality off the speech that I made that that did it . |
6 | I made that clear in the advertisement , I hope . |
7 | Earlier this year , I announced that local authorities would receive aggregate external finance of £5.13 billion . |
8 | Suddenly I realized that many of the techniques that Penrose and I had developed to prove singularities could be applied to black holes . |
9 | Then I realized that that was not what was happening . |
10 | Yeah , Frank , Frank and of course and then afterwards I realized that that was Michelle |
11 | I realized that all I wanted was to stop him from writing on his own , and that this was possibly his own motive for working with me in Salamanca - to keep my true poetic self silent , subservient to his . |
12 | before I realized that all you had to do was put your hand through my letter box , reach up and you could take , open the Yale lock because I 'd been there a year I locked myself out and I thought the only thing I can do is try and get in by putting my hand through . |
13 | ‘ I realized that one day before the war . |
14 | Drawing nearer , I realized that warm air had twisted their outline — they were two men using scythes , no , garden rakes . |
15 | When I had finished , and when we had counted the money in the hat ( which we did round the corner , discreetly ) , I realized that four songs had earned us enough to pay for a proper meal , each , in a cheap restaurant . |
16 | With relief I realized that this was only a day or so away . |
17 | Then I realized that this was just the beginning . |
18 | I realized that this was the same place Brian and I had been held in for a week in May 1988 before going to the Pit . |
19 | During this month I led the life for which I had always yearned hunting big game on my own in the wilds of Africa ; but now I realized that this expedition had meant more to me than just the excitement of hunting . |
20 | But of course I realized that this would be a pretty gratuitous move , under the circumstances . |
21 | I realized that this suit had been among the clothes Barrymore had left for Selden , and I told Holmes . |
22 | But by then various other children were misbehaving too , so I sent them out , and suddenly I realized that half of my class was outside the door having a whale of a time ! |
23 | When I heard about the business of measuring and weighing I realised that all the care and effort I had put into keeping my secret had probably been a complete waste of time . |
24 | Although I worked all that day , by the evening I realised that all I 'd produced was about fifteen pages of a rather bad Agatha Christie spoof . |
25 | I realised that many did drugs , so I spent a lot of time in the drug community before hand , so that once I hooked up with the women I could move back and forth . |
26 | Even with my limited knowledge of the cost of advertising in a posh Sunday colour magazine , I realised that such an exercise would mop up at least twice Supersight 's annual spend on promotion . |
27 | ‘ But I realised that one day I might not be so lucky . |
28 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
29 | As I saw the circle moving in on Alfred , I realised that that voice had been his . |
30 | We doubled resources in 1989 , and as soon as I became Home Secretary , I realised that that was one of the most important issues that I would have to deal with . |