Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb past] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew nothing of the future other than that it was an inhospitable fog that no-one had any choice but to enter , but she was certain that there was a scene all laid-out and waiting for her where she brought in the name of the man — or woman — who 'd first talked to Chrissie and then run her down . |
| 2 | The last time that I heard that argument so brazenly presented was by Mr. Neville Chamberlain 's spokesman before the war . |
| 3 | The document was in the name of Mustafa Ibn Assaad Shihada Zamzam , Mrs Zamzam 's husband , and when she saw that I recognised this type of British mandate deed Mrs Zamzam 's face lit up as if a great discovery had been made . |
| 4 | Those of us who witnessed the touch-and-go progress of an ultimately triumphant War and Peace — recorded by Philips for release early next year — feared for the future of the rest , but as Gergiev puts it ‘ that which makes me incredibly proud is that I announced these things and they happened ’ — and , one might add , that inspiration was to hand for rather more performances than the fiercely self-critical Gergiev might admit . |
| 5 | The L N E R and L M S. And er I could see then that I knew that superintendent in the private days of the railways . |
| 6 | If we also assume that my neighbour assumed that I knew these facts about the world , and that I interpreted her words according to the co-operative principle , then we can also see why the way she actually phrased her request is not only true and relevant , but also brief and clear . |
| 7 | Not that I knew any foreigners , though I recall thinking that there were two kinds . |
| 8 | Oh I did n't notice that I saw that thing in the car but I did n't notice a bracket . |
| 9 | you know the big spread that I saw that time |
| 10 | Is the Minister aware that I returned this morning from a short visit to four countries in the middle east ? |
| 11 | Then that I got that book back when I became a full time official it was still in the still in the office . |
| 12 | Well mum , what it wants is that I got this tooth |
| 13 | ‘ It was when I was working on Wildlife Safari to Argentina , filming in a subtropical province in the north , that I got this lump on my back . |
| 14 | In my mind it was so real that I spent several hours on this description . |
| 15 | Did you know , for instance , that I led Birdman on Kilnsey Crag , or that I spent several days top-roping and practising Zero on Idwal 's Suicide Wall ? |
| 16 | The reason that I chose this title is , firstly , we as a Society have to persevere to build our Society up and , secondly , we hope to make progress over the years . |
| 17 | that I thought this top would look nice to wear |
| 18 | I mentioned the reduction in unemployment that has taken place in Holyhead , and , while the decrease has not been as good there as in some other areas , the announcements that I made this morning gave a priority to Holyhead . |
| 19 | I had gone too far and experienced too much , I needed to slow down , to get back to the small things , the practical things , to measuring and cutting and fixing , and it was with relief that I noticed that daylight had begun to invade the room , I kept quite still , I held the glass firmly in my gaze , gradually the elements already worked on began to emerge , some more clearly than others , some in outline only and some only when they impeded the free flow of light through the glass , until the sun came up and was reflected back from the windows of the house opposite and I could sit and look at the glass and think back through the work and the mistakes and the few successes , and sense again with that sickening feeling in the pit of the stomach that the whole of the right hand side of the lower panel was still a mess , nothing there had been resolved , but then I drew back from that , though it kept trying to pull me back to itself , and concentrated on what was beginning to work , on the left hand areas both top and bottom and on the elegance of the frame and the joy of seeing the bare walls and the wainscoting appear through the empty areas , and as I moved round so different parts of the room appeared and the relation of the surface of the glass to what lay behind changed , precision and fluidity , precision and fluidity , he wrote , choice and chance , not choice alone and chance alone but the two together , that is why delay , not stoppage and not flow but delay , delay in glass , he wrote , as when the plane is late and you should have been gone , have already arrived perhaps , but you are still there , or the sprinter beats the gun and the whole field is called back , the race could have been over but it has not yet started . |
| 20 | If you look at the News item regarding Hoof Branding in the September issue you will see that I recommended any form of security marking and that hoof branding was suggested as an alternative to freezebranding for those who choose not to freezebrand their horses . |
| 21 | I knitted one particular pattern so many times that I dreaded another order as I was beginning to feel like a factory worker . |
| 22 | I 'll never know how I made it through to the interval , an hour later , but I do know that I wrenched those lenses out with such force that in the second act I was white-faced , red-eyed , and resembled one of the Brides of Dracula . |
| 23 | ‘ That I had many acquaintances named Svend and that none of them would run off with a teenager . ’ |
| 24 | Would that I had such help as men must have , |
| 25 | I feel that , apart from this , you showed an interest in me and my development which enabled me to grow both in the exercise of my talents and in the confidence that I had such talents . |
| 26 | No matter that I had little knowledge of regional variety . |
| 27 | I commented to Miklós that I had little hope of the New World solving the problems of the Old when it could not face up to its own difficulties . |
| 28 | ‘ They said that I had enough equity to qualify for a multi-currency loan . |
| 29 | I could n't summon up a double bass in the short time that I had this rig , which was a shame since , like Hughes & Kettner 's BassBase , the unit is flexible enough to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of the instrument , the primary reason for the onboard notch filter . |
| 30 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |