Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] that this [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Billingsley had clearly known about Hirondelle 's visit to Murder Cay , and I realised that this senior police officer had not come here to enquire into a crime , but to cover it up . |
| 2 | Although that sort of thing is nominally catered for by most electrical equipment , using spike suppression and smoothing circuitry , I reckoned that this particular computer was not up to the job of coping with the dirty mains , and so an uninterruptible power source was thought to be the only feasible answer . |
| 3 | Anyway , I reckoned that this unexpected development might make my task a little easier . |
| 4 | And of course I knew that this hierarchical organization offers the possibility of reward and incorporation into the highest ranks to those who conform to such dictates . |
| 5 | Like him , I knew that this great and peaceful ocean was out there somewhere . |
| 6 | Some days after my daughter 's birth , our second child , I experienced a very deep sense of grief mixed with my joy , as I recognized that this small and perfect human life that had been born must grow old and die . |
| 7 | Leith 's mouth fell open in surprise as she realised that this awful man thought she and Travis were sleeping together . |
| 8 | He looked so like a frog , being literally green with fright , with his eyes nearly popping out of his head , that Breeze wanted to laugh ; but she did n't , because she knew that this curious , gaping crowd of people would think she was hysterical . |
| 9 | She said that this pioneering reference library was good for democracy and good for citizenship . |
| 10 | We felt that this new improved offer would enable us to continue in the short term notwithstanding the fact that we still estimated our losses under the new proposals at something in the region of £67,000 . |
| 11 | Even in its inchoate beginnings , pop culture was forced to turn to the sexually divergent or avant-garde , for it was only in the spaces that they inhabited that this new world could be recognized and could develop . |
| 12 | The boys were asked in what ways they felt that this so-called ‘ hassle ’ affected their academic performance . |
| 13 | He realised that this steamy tropical island with its huge natural harbour , just 80 miles north of the equator , was perfectly placed to become the British Empire 's power-base in the East . |
| 14 | He admitted that this financial capacity would be provided by fewer underwriting members . |
| 15 | It added that this foolhardy and wilful disregard was clear evidence of the cynicism within the British establishment , and warned of tragic consequences for the public . |
| 16 | Yet he saw that this rough humour would not serve . |
| 17 | He knew that this tunnel-like place was shunned by tramps and feared even by drunks and peg-sellers . |
| 18 | He knew that this particular pony would test that weakness and so would help Evelyn to learn to correct her problem . |
| 19 | He felt that this little piece of bad luck might affect his whole day . |
| 20 | In his own words , the head had " always made a substantial allocation of money from capitation to the library in addition to that which was designated " library " " , but he felt that this designated sum was " never sufficient " . |
| 21 | He suggested that this new crust spreads laterally away from these ridges until it reaches an island arc or mountain belt where it descends into the mantle along the adjacent oceanic trench . |