Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was only later , ’ observed Ken Howard , ‘ that I realised the symbolism of the crucifixion pose . |
| 2 | ‘ It was only later , ’ observed Ken Howard , ‘ that I realised the symbolism of the crucifixion pose . |
| 3 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 4 | It was only much later that I realised the reason for the request and also for the resulting laughter , namely the enjoyment of a broad Somerset accent which had come with me , and traces of which can still be recognised by West Country people nearly seventy years later . |
| 5 | But it was only when I was in bed that night and unable to sleep that I realised the meaning of my horrified reaction : there would be another time , after I was dead , when I would not exist , when my consciousness would be extinguished . |
| 6 | It was not until I met my current hairdresser ( who thankfully is still in the same place three years later ! ) that I realised the importance of a good head of hair , stylishly cut , well-conditioned and subtly coloured . |
| 7 | It was not until I wandered back to the harbour that I realised the wind had freshened . |
| 8 | And she thumped the cake down so hard in front of me that I expected the plate to shatter . |
| 9 | It is not surprise therefore , that I heard the story there and I related it exactly as I remember hearing it . |
| 10 | I think that I heard the Minister of State say that he would not give way . |
| 11 | The young boy was extremely embarrassed but soon swallowed his pride and climbed back into his canoe while we all fell about with laughter around him and it was then that I heard the bang . |
| 12 | Now recently a colleague of mine er , that comes from an area where I grew up , and heaven forbid , that I heard the news that Esher has become Liberal , but |
| 13 | I say in my introduction that I wrote the book partly because I was annoyed that people thought I was only interested in representation . |
| 14 | The fact that I wrote the book may have suggested that I spoke a lot about private things , but that is not really what I mean by privacy in one 's life . |
| 15 | ‘ I told you that I formed the impression that Mrs Yeo was not secure in her husband 's affections , ’ Davidson said , primly . |
| 16 | Regular readers will doubtless remember that I tipped The Silence of the Lambs for Best Picture Oscar way back on June 2 . |
| 17 | He insisted that I visit the church and marine cemetery at Varengeville . |
| 18 | Perceive can still occur in the sense of physical perception , however , as can be seen from : ( 57 ) It was with some trepidation that I perceived the hour approach . |
| 19 | But when she writes or herself , her tone is almost girlish : ‘ The romantic world seems to have supposed that I kissed the sculptor last week . |
| 20 | The advantages and disadvantages of each proposal have been canvassed helpfully by Counsel , I have to say that I prefer the approach of Mrs , she had in my view more experience and more relevant experience than Mrs was able to bring to bear . |
| 21 | Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life . |
| 22 | Now that I knew the source of Jean-Claude 's black eye and bruises , I felt lighter , and the chasm of distrust that had been opened up between Jean-Claude and myself in the rue de Sèvres , closed with the key Otto had unwittingly provided . |
| 23 | It was at Snaefellsness that I saw the bird I had hoped to find — and which was ‘ new ’ to me — the Brünnich 's guillemot . |
| 24 | And it 's funny because the last car that I saw the fellow 's from I saw the fellow 's who did it . |
| 25 | It was not until I was at a conference at which Jean Darnall was speaking that I saw the need to ask others to pray for me . |
| 26 | It came at once in the form of none other than the mighty Lord 's Prayer ; but it was n't until I got to the line about daily bread that I saw the light — I had n't given her any ! |
| 27 | It was only in 1960 that I saw the flaw in the argument . |
| 28 | And three great big bins from from the they called them and I had three bins in my shed that I stored the barley in and I put the moisture extractor into them and it blew It had wee in it and it blew all the moisture out . |
| 29 | I made no protest for the simplest of all reasons — that I shared the Chancellor 's judgment that it was necessary to raise taxes in the Budget . ’ |
| 30 | That I support the addition that that we that we should get on with it as quickly as possible and I suppose also that I regret the support that the request for an extra thirty seven thousand or whatever it is pounds in order to enable that to be carried out . |