Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She imagined that to walk that track , and to climb the rough hewn rock around the mouth of the cave , would bring her to the top of the canyon . |
| 2 | The term 's application to this period originates in the Earl of Clarendon 's History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England produced by a Royalist during the Restoration to celebrate those who ‘ opposed and resisted that torrent ’ — rebellion being unqualifiedly equated with disorderly , uncontrolled catastrophe . |
| 3 | I lived and breathed that show . ’ |
| 4 | And yet there was no school of thought which cultivated and refined that enthusiasm , no influential and witty group of young film makers who could draw him in and use him as C. A. Lejeune perceptively realised he could be used . |
| 5 | She could have been stoned , people would have mocked her as she passed in the street , as they jeered and booed that girl Serafina when she started getting bigger and everyone knew who 'd done it but they could n't do anything about it , not even kill him , because he was the son of a nobleman -Rosalba shuddered , remembering the way Serafina had thrown up her chin and turned and screamed at her tormentors , ‘ And which one of you is so good that you can point at me ! ’ , then dropped her head and run away down the street , holding her heavy breasts as she ran . |
| 6 | I talked and talked that night , I remember , about all sorts of things . |
| 7 | Ever since you raped and killed that cadet in military school … just to show yourself that you could do it . |
| 8 | We needed and expected that money . |
| 9 | What if Cal 's mum would n't have Vern in the house — if Dad went and had that heart attack — if Vern started acting super-weird or stole the family silver … |
| 10 | Administration officials said that to achieve that goal , the planes would fly at night and high enough to avoid danger of being shot down and would have no combat escorts . |
| 11 | And he said , it 's not on , he said what he , he said er getting the money he said we 've got a lot of money in American bank and he said and getting that back it 's just a pain in the arse ! |
| 12 | But when his friend and fellow Scot Jim Clark died in 1958 , Jackie — like so many others — simply rationalized and sublimated that fact : ‘ Somehow his death had become impossible to accept . |