Example sentences of "[vb past] that it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought for two days that the machine had swallowed it and it was only on the monday morning on the way to the bank that I found that it had miraculousloy reappeared in my wallet again . |
| 2 | Thames exercised the clause by hiring one piece of plant for £40,000 less than the contractor had paid — and found that it eased tensions between them . |
| 3 | American Airlines made a $215m loss in the fourth quarter of 1990 , while on January 23rd Delta reported that it went $208m into the red during the same period , the biggest quarterly loss in its history . |
| 4 | She said that some social workers were uneasy about that , and she agreed that it involved trust , but it was also to avoid abandoning the problem to someone else . |
| 5 | IF HEINZ announced that it uses people to test the taste of its baked beans , who 'd be surprised ? |
| 6 | In a statement issued on March 28 the Mongolian Foreign Ministry announced that it expected Russia to abide by a March 1990 Soviet-Mongolian agreement which stipulated that all Soviet troops would withdraw from Mongolia by Aug. 30 , 1992 [ see p. 37318 ] . |
| 7 | The East German government on June 27 announced that it favoured Dec. 16 . |
| 8 | The DTA admitted that it received money from the South African government but argued that there was nothing wrong with obtaining money from abroad , just as SWAPO had done . |
| 9 | And when William came back from Germany and a decision had to be made about his education , he argued that it made sense to send him to the state school , the same as Preston . |
| 10 | It added that it expected Denmark 's gross domestic product to grow by 2.25 per cent in 1992 , up from 2 per cent in 1991 . |
| 11 | Paul added that it rekindled memories of a Borussia Moenchengladbach v Inter Milan tie which had to be replayed after a similar incident two seasons earlier . |
| 12 | More than one witness recalled that it gained height steadily after being launched on several occasions in 1848 , and Stringfellow himself certainly considered that he had demonstrated with it the possibility of powered flight . |
| 13 | The shareholders of the holding company entered into a shareholders ' agreement which stated that it had precedence over the Articles of Association , and clause 3 of that agreement provided that " no further share capital shall be created or issued in the company … without the written consent of each of the parties hereto " . |
| 14 | They stated that it cost taxpayers 3bn to 4bn per annum in overrun defence contracts . |
| 15 | The European Communities ( EC ) stated that it welcomed NAFTA provided that it abided by GATT rules and did not become a closed trade bloc . |
| 16 | Following press reports , on Aug. 8 the SADF confirmed that it trained Inkatha members at a camp in the Caprivi Strip in northern Namibia . |
| 17 | In the United States the Supreme Court , in Marbury v Madison ( 1803 ) 1 Cranch 137 , declared that it had power to decide whether or not the Acts of Congress conformed with the Constitution . |
| 18 | He declared that it provides time for the family to gather or the body to be transported home and it offers an opportunity for them to see the person in a state of peaceful repose . |
| 19 | On Aug. 16 Iraq 's permanent representative at the UN , Abdul Amir al-Anbari , rejected Resolution 706 as a violation of Iraq 's sovereignty and claimed that it reduced Iraq 's position to one of " trusteeship " . |
| 20 | Iraq ( itself fully independent since 1932 , and rid of the monarchy with its London connections since 1958 ) claimed that it owned Kuwait . |
| 21 | An English surgeon , ( Sir ) Roy Calne , then in Boston , investigated the use of a derivative of 6-MP , azathioprine , and after repeated experiments showed that it prevented rejection of kidney grafts in dogs . |
| 22 | Observers speculated that it offered Gorbachev 's conservative opponents probably their last chance to influence policy as a credible force in the central committee : in recent weeks a grassroots party revolt had toppled the conservative leaderships in several regions and cities , including Tyumen in West Siberia , Chernigov in the Ukraine , and Volgograd in southern European Russia , while conservatives were facing a rout in the forthcoming local soviet ( council ) elections ( in which party leaders had been encouraged to stand ) and in elections to party posts ahead of the 28th CPSU congress . |
| 23 | But here is a theme already so ravelled that it craves disentanglement . |
| 24 | She found out about the work and discovered that it needed understanding and patience and was very demanding ; speech therapists have to be effective communicators , with clear and accurate speech , a sensitive ear and a good command of written English . |
| 25 | But it said I heard that it said chemotherapy well what 's that 's erm drugs is it , no that 's radiation is n't it ? |
| 26 | Justice Rutledge proceeded to examine the evil which the statute was designed to cure and decided that it encompassed people outside the traditional common law classification of an employee . |
| 27 | Newport in Shropshire was ‘ new ’ in the twelfth century when it was granted a charter by Henry I , who required that it supply fish to the royal household from its medieval fish-pond . |
| 28 | The Arts Council gave a substantial grant to this scheme as it felt that it emphasised artists ‘ opportunities and practice , rather than the institution and its curatorial staff . |
| 29 | The doctrine of scientific determinism was strongly resisted by many people , who felt that it infringed God 's freedom to intervene in the world , but it remained the standard assumption of science until the early years of this century . |
| 30 | While media seemed to have little influence on driving behaviour , both groups of drivers felt that it showed cars in an unrealistic light — only seven percent thought otherwise . |