Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well if you asked me that ten or fifteen years ago I think I could have given a rather easy answer erm namely that development studies was concerned with the problems of countries in Africa , Asia and Latin America , and how they could erm accelerate their economic , social and political development to provide better living standards for all their population . |
| 2 | He asked me that same question at the conference but , like Pontius Pilate , has not stayed to report my answer . |
| 3 | With great effort he averted his gaze from the sight of Sarah Morey with her family , but he promised himself that one day soon he would look upon her intimately , now that she was free once more . |
| 4 | He promised himself that this would be the last time he strayed beyond the legally permitted limits in life-he could n't risk the loss of Celia . |
| 5 | It excited her and she promised herself that one day she would unravel the mystery . |
| 6 | You see , I promised myself that all the money I earned out there in Australia should go to you ! |
| 7 | I was impressed by a deluge of letters from the Masons which assured me that both men were entirely innocent of importing cannabis as the police alleged . |
| 8 | However , Patrick Eggle assured me that this was just a spooky coincidence , and even that some players had remarked upon a tendency for the bottom string to slip off the bridge , so he was going to move it anyway . |
| 9 | He told them that many children learned more slowly . |
| 10 | They were addressed by a M. Corneloup who told them that some 103 priests had ‘ escaped from the land of slavery … and had entered the … |
| 11 | What is , what is happening at the moment is although they ca n't afford the money for the full , for the full treatment they are making an allocation of money to improve matters round , round that area , which will be er , cos I , I told them that some of the pensioners were , w walking round by the bankment , it 's pouring of rain , which is perfectly true and that er the engineer should go round and see for himself and plus the fact how many of these people ever travel by bus , or do they always go by car , no , and also I brought up about bus shelters and all those sort of things , but any way , there will be some improvements for the bus station in the future . |
| 12 | When he did appear through the darkness , he was in a foul mood , and told them that several bombs had failed to explode . |
| 13 | The ICS , as a body , had never been much taken with political reform , sensing correctly that it set in motion a process whereby they could expect only to be replaced , and both reason and sentiment told them that this would never do . |
| 14 | I asked her what made people do things like that , and she told me that 99 per cent of men who 've been abused turn into abusers . |
| 15 | So he come then and he told me that that best friend of mine was killed . |
| 16 | Geoff Dowling , race secretary and one-time competitor ( but unfortunately never winner ) , told me that five and a half hours was reasonable but the first-class walkers could be expected about four and a half hours after the start . |
| 17 | The co-ordinator told me that many people who had come to therapy groups for anxieties or depressions were now volunteer workers . |
| 18 | He flagged my car down to beg some drinking water , and told me that many of his animals would die if he was unable to reach water before nightfall . |
| 19 | Hawking meanwhile , has a simple explanation for its success : ‘ Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales . |
| 20 | Told me that one youth was in custody and another due to appear in court for the break-ins . |
| 21 | The present owner of the rectory told me that one thing people notice when they go round the garden is that there are now no garage doors . |
| 22 | Afterwards he told me that one or two of the younger players in the orchestra had never played the overture before . |
| 23 | A Lithuanian friend , brought up in the Soviet Union and now studying in Britain , told me that one of her problems is coping with choice . |
| 24 | Jamila told me that one day Anwar came into the shop and discovered Changez snoring as he sat on his stool , while in front of his closed eyes an SL was shoving a jar of herrings down his trousers . |
| 25 | Bellybutton was McIllvanney 's foreman , and for a few seconds I dared hope that he had come to help us , but instead he told me that one of the bareboat thirty-three-footers was in trouble . |
| 26 | Mr Singh told me that one of his brothers-in-law had told them it was a school for mentally handicapped . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , I remember … when I said you never talked about your parents , and you told me that one day you would tell me all about them . |
| 28 | He told me that one factor which had greatly influenced him was her suggestion that on election day Granada should shift Coronation Street so as not to keep in many of his supporters who would otherwise be thinking of going to the polls . |
| 29 | Codron told me that one of the most potent memories he had of Pieces of Eight was the ‘ violent love-hate relationship ’ Ken had with his co-star Fenella Fielding . |
| 30 | Next spring , a messenger from the hospital told me that two of those men had come back to say ‘ Thank you ’ and take Deputy Superintendent Dr Lloyd out to lunch to celebrate . |