Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan for the evacuation to be in groups of three had to be abandoned , as it would have taken 40 hours to get all of the men out and the gas collecting near them made it imperative that the exercise be completed in much less time . |
| 2 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 3 | Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation . |
| 4 | At the start of my current relationship , I made it clear that sexual exclusivity was important to me . |
| 5 | I made it clear that I wanted our discussion that morning to focus on business matters , but I realised that she had a need to talk to someone , preferably someone discreet . |
| 6 | I suspect that the hon. Gentleman had framed his supplementary before hearing my answer to his question , in which I made it clear that the number of nurses who were employed during that period was far greater than the number who qualified . |
| 7 | However , I am prepared to confirm that in my evidence to the Select Committee I made it clear that the regional electricity companies were obliged to purchase the most economic electricity on the market . |
| 8 | That is why , among other matters , I made it clear that , in the appropriate circumstances , we would expect to operate the provisions — through state scheme premiums — to ensure that people at least receive their state earnings-related pension scheme entitlement . |
| 9 | I have no announcement to make about that at present , but , as the hon. Gentleman will have heard , I made it clear that the discounts would apply to water and sewerage . |
| 10 | When I was considering the applications from Foresterhill and others , I made it clear that I would not approve an application unless I was personally persuaded that the criteria would be met . |
| 11 | I made it clear that our policy was to use that money to reduce the level of the council tax over that period of time . |
| 12 | I made it plain that we oppose the MacSharry proposals . |
| 13 | Well , I made my , I made it plain that er , at the training centre , you know , I says , I says to em , I said er , in my opinion , I says , he does n't want , he do n't want to kn , he he do n't want to know . |
| 14 | I found it intriguing that the image on the screen was almost indecipherable , especially when blown up to five and a half metres square . |
| 15 | I found it helpful that Mrs McLaren behaved as naturally ( or perhaps as unnaturally ) as her companion had done . |
| 16 | I found it odd that Robert had chosen to distinguish me alone as English and wondered how he saw himself and Lili and I found it odd that Lili had chosen to lay claim to Englishness . |
| 17 | I found it odd that Robert had chosen to distinguish me alone as English and wondered how he saw himself and Lili and I found it odd that Lili had chosen to lay claim to Englishness . |
| 18 | I found it odd that they were building on the most exposed and inconvenient site on the hill , though the view was no doubt prodigious . |
| 19 | I found it strange that those words had come from the Parliamentary Secretary because , when I read them , I thought that they had been written by the Labour candidate , John Metcalfe , because there was no other indication that that article had been written by a Minister of the Crown who is responsible for this country 's agriculture . |
| 20 | I found it curious that when everyone had finished Robert still had a plateful of food before him and we had to wait as he ate it and Lili talked and smoked her endless cigarettes . |
| 21 | I found it incredible that he could make money doing that . |
| 22 | I found it incomprehensible that anyone should want to reproduce Cedric , and as I gaped into the receiver a frightening vision floated before me of eight little Cedrics all with his complaint . |
| 23 | I found it depressing that they all had ambitions to go to Manila to look for work when they were older — taking a one-way ticket from the garden of Eden to Sodom and Gomorrah . |
| 24 | I told her all that I had read of him . |
| 25 | I told him all that left me cold . |
| 26 | I made my statement because , against the criticism that on occasions we have not made statements on incidents in Great Britain , I believed it important that there should be one . |
| 27 | As an individual who worked for over 10 years in relatively senior positions for two of the ‘ major brewers ’ , I thought it ironic that here was one set of red tape specialists accusing another . |
| 28 | At first I thought it ironic that Jean-Claude had chosen a Jewish friend to use . |
| 29 | I thought it possible that directional sightings could be made from the centre of the tower through the crenellations and was intrigued to find that one of them had disappeared since my previous visit . |
| 30 | Recalling my dream , I thought it strange that , having gone to sleep wretched and fretting about Toby , I 'd completely forgotten him as soon as I lost consciousness . |