Example sentences of "[that] [noun] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And also because Daniel was encouraging Elisabeth to learn to play the lyre and cittern that Horst had recently acquired in Italy . |
| 2 | Mr Larkin says his suffering is worse for knowing that Gary had only agreed to go to Chorley at the last minute after two people , a man and a woman , had spoken separately to him on the phone . |
| 3 | Glancing carefully round at the little groups of guests she saw that Ian had already claimed Joanna , but there was no sign of Robert . |
| 4 | I was already aware that Ian had recently lost an argument with a South Uist bend resulting in a change in vehicle and I can impart to all past and future travellers to the Uists who depend on Ian for transport that journeys are now much more sedate than they used to be . |
| 5 | What made it ten times worse , you see , was that Lavinia had strongly resisted Isabel 's coming in the first place . |
| 6 | The Jew is nothing more than a popular villain ( bear in mind that Marlowe had just had a success with The Jew Of Malta ) . |
| 7 | We found that researchers had often been guilty of assuming male dominance . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | For , since the Egyptians believed that Osiris had actually lived in their land long ago , his cult signified that a particular historical event , in this case the death and resurrection of Osiris , could be perpetually repeated by magical simulation so that its supposed good effects could benefit those persons on whose behalf the rites were performed . |
| 10 | Lord MacLean heard that MacIver had earlier refused to ‘ grass ’ on his accomplices in the alleged robbery . |
| 11 | They also acknowledged that operators had initially delayed taking action for nearly an hour , in the belief that a gauge which showed an increase in radioactivity in the secondary system might be giving false readings . |
| 12 | Neither the Laws nor the 1991–92 New Zealand first-class regulations say that , and of course it was strongly in the interests of his association 's team that play resumed as soon as possible . |
| 13 | And so it was that plans went ahead . |
| 14 | It may be that Taylor had again asked for a reduction of Royalty . |
| 15 | The first soldier remembered that Medoc had always been called the dark , evil , beautiful one , and Dorrainge said , ‘ Oh yes , he is all of that , ’ and several people looked thoughtful . |
| 16 | He arrived to find that Ibrahim had recently departed and was at Rass , another ten days away in the very centre of the peninsula . |
| 17 | Using these criteria GIRA SIC found that chains produced more than 70% of the UK 's fast food meals in 1990 , with American groups dominating the market . |
| 18 | First a few exploratory notes , presumably on the Steinway Grand that Morse had earlier admired in the Lancaster Room ; then the whole melody as the pianist hired for the afternoon tea-room session fingered his way through the nostalgic chords of ‘ Love 's Old Sweet Song ’ . |
| 19 | Yet it had still taken the pair of them more than two hours to assemble and photocopy the material that Morse had so confidently predicted would be found . |
| 20 | Hugh 's mother emptied her shopping-bag onto the carpet and Gina had the feeling of terror that wedding-presents had sometimes brought ; she wondered what on earth would happen if something went wrong . |
| 21 | Top of the list would be Television South-West , the West Country contractor , although Mr Romaine said that discussions had yet to be opened . |
| 22 | In an interview with an Israeli newspaper published on Jan. 2 , Weizmann described Shimon Peres , the Labour leader and Vice Prime Minister , as a " son of a bitch " and claimed that Peres had actually briefed him during his telephone conversation with the Palestinian in Tunis . |
| 23 | With hindsight , he thought it probable that Arabella had also been there alone , to meet Ivor . |
| 24 | At the actual meetings it was noted that Truman seemed deliberately impervious to Churchill 's oratory , especially when he talked grandiloquently of Anglo-American co-operation . |
| 25 | A tiny flame of hope that Luce had never even acknowledged flickered and died as his words , and the facts behind them , hammered themselves into her brain . |
| 26 | But Guy would have staked his own soul on the fact that Isabel had never lain with a man . |
| 27 | His deep voice held an intensity of feeling that Isabel had never imagined even in her most private dreams . |
| 28 | His hands slid down to hers and an expression of such intense emotion burned in his eyes that Isabel glanced away , suddenly shy and uncertain . |
| 29 | This was so uncomfortably close to the truth — at least as Matilda had ordered it — that Isabel flushed guiltily . |
| 30 | The 14 March 1988 order recorded that accounts had already been supplied to the plaintiffs and that those accounts had discharged the first defendant 's accounting obligations ‘ subject only to the plaintiffs ' rights under Ord. 43 , r. 5 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 and their rights to require vouching of the said accounts . ’ |