Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Mr Rocard made that speech , the ecologists were being credited with almost 20 per cent of the vote . |
| 2 | In this Minton admitted that lithography for him remained ‘ a business of surprises , hazards and disasters ’ . |
| 3 | On Feb. 5 Public Welfare Minister Supardjo Rustam announced that famine in Kuriwa , a district of the remote province of Irian Jaya , had claimed the lives of 132 people , after bad weather had prevented crop-planting in the area . |
| 4 | Ligachev argued that collective and state farms were still the backbone of the system and that most peasants did not want to leave them to set up on their own . |
| 5 | Aunt Sarah phoned that evening . |
| 6 | Mr. Thornton and Mr. Taylor grasped that nettle . |
| 7 | The Belgian Government and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany proposed that question ( 4 ) should simply be answered in the negative . |
| 8 | Ma used that word . |
| 9 | Professor Hitchcock agreed that neurosurgery could be beneficial . |
| 10 | Provost John Cunningham admitted that Main had not possessed a commission as watchman and was indeed an extraordinary officer employed only when there was work for him to perform , but there seems little reason to doubt that Main 's removal was intended to serve the political interest of the Haldanes , for his removal was not an isolated case , and , moreover , when the Hamilton salt works resumed operations the excise supervisors did not in fact restore Main to his old post , but appointed an individual named Curinan to the vacancy . |
| 11 | On Dec. 30 Botha announced that agreement had been reached with Botswana to establish reciprocal missions . |
| 12 | German Economics Minister Jürgen Möllemann visited India on Nov. 19 , while on Nov. 8 German Economic Co-operation Minister Carl-Dieter Spranger announced that development assistance to India would be cut by 25 per cent in 1992 from its current level of DM395,000,000 ( US$245,000,000 ) because of India 's " excessive armament " . |
| 13 | CW reported that action would be taken in response to feedback from RMG . |
| 14 | Buxton retained that access into a period when almost no other prominent active antislavery leader had it , though in accord with changing times , he saw the usefulness also of popular mobilisation . |
| 15 | The Press Box must have been like a morgue when David McCallan scored that goal against them in the Irish Cup quarter final . |
| 16 | Ok Ok , lets talk about the 4–0 home win in about 78 , when Currie scored THAT goal : - ) ) ) ) |
| 17 | Gorbachev noted that perestroika ( " restructuring " ) was bringing about rapid and unforseen changes which placed " new demands on state and public institutions " , especially the CPSU , which needed " drastically to restructure itself " , to rid itself of authoritarianism , bureaucratism and ideological dogmatism , and to " master the art of political work in present-day conditions " . |
| 18 | Again , Herbert Spencer believed that evolution was an on and upward process of , of increasing perfection culminating in Victorian man , and Herbert Spencer probably did mean man as opposed to woman . |
| 19 | Asked during the Dec. 4 Supreme Soviet session what would happen if a republic refused to sign , Gorbachev replied that public opinion increasingly was in favour of the authorities ' acting " resolutely to preserve the Union " . |
| 20 | As far back as 1949 P. W. Bridgman showed that water would crystallize in a different pattern if frozen at different barometric pressures , a specific pattern being obtained for each barometric pressure . |
| 21 | Six weeks before the October general election , figures in mid-September showed that inflation had dropped sharply in August , rising only 0.2 per cent , while unemployment had fallen the same month to 16.6 per cent of the active workforce , the lowest level since 1982 . |
| 22 | To which Kay replied that knowledge was not be confused with prescription . |
| 23 | Research in Taiwan showed that dill was one of a number of plants which , when intercropped with cabbage , reduced infestation by diamond back moth . |
| 24 | The back door closed with a slam , and Frankie guessed that Nanny had left the house . |
| 25 | Wolstenholme confirmed that Star Clubs and the inner city tournaments that are run by the Trust encourage juniors of all ethnic groups . |
| 26 | Sales director Simon Littlewood commented that Chronicle ( part of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper group ) has been chosen from among a number of contenders because of its innovative nature . |
| 27 | And today a randomn check outside a school in Milton Keynes confirmed that conclusion . |
| 28 | The feeling only lasted a second , but from the way Tanetoa , Belial 's Samoan cook , flinched , some thirty feet away , Bernice guessed that Legion 's voice was doing a little travelling . |
| 29 | That was all the talk of ‘ rogering ’ Molly heard that night . |
| 30 | In 1936 it looked as if the game had finally made a breakthrough when a national competition , involving teams from Gorky , Minsk , Baku and Moscow , was organised ; but someone at the Kremlin decreed that rugby was a capitalist pastime , and the game sank into oblivion once again . |