Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at Seto More 's house on Jervis Street that I experienced Chinese hospitality at first hand . |
| 2 | Before passing to it , I should say that I heard oral evidence from Mr. Mahmoud , called on behalf of C.T. , and from Mr. Joseph Kasner , the director of the landlord . |
| 3 | IT was in July that I announced Leeds-born superchef Marco-Pierre White was to marry his second wife , beautiful 19-year-old London model Lisa Butcher , after a whirlwind courtship . |
| 4 | I remember now that I saw neat features , a nose a little hooked , and a very good figure . |
| 5 | It is not that I wore sleeveless blouses they were always long sleeved and not Choli 's either but even then they disliked it . |
| 6 | Last month I went back over the past 40 years of owning knitting machines and described some of the ways that I made sufficient money for the machines to pay for themselves . |
| 7 | I saw that I had new books by my bedside . |
| 8 | On page 37 of his volume of reminiscences [ Burton was to write in an article on rugby ] , Mr Williams is kind enough to suggest that I had distinct possibilities as a player were it not for the lure of tinsel and paint and money and fame and so on . |
| 9 | I did not say that I had irrefutable evidence . |
| 10 | When I played in the Wimbledon final , I knew that I had certain kinds of weaknesses . |
| 11 | I was invited to join in but always found excuses not to do so , saying that I had early afternoon lessons . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , just as we were on the verge of starting an affair , he heard that I had other irons in the fire . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It was just that I had other things on my mind . |
| 14 | And it meant that I had free access to the whole of the so much so , I had a key to the bottom of entry in er access to the firm and I could get in when I liked . |
| 15 | It seemed all wrong that I had horizontal loops across the face of the work . |
| 16 | Mum had a habit , whenever she sent me any distance on an errand , of insisting that I had clean bloomers on , ‘ in case yer get knocked down by a 'orse ’ , which was why I was scared of them . |
| 17 | It was a very great shock to me to discover that I had motor neurone disease . |
| 18 | The only snag was that I had bad after-effects from the anaesthetic . |
| 19 | The purpose of the visit was to have a private audience with the Pope and also to visit the departments in the Vatican that I had particular interest in . |
| 20 | In those days before the National Health Service , one did not run off to the doctor except in real emergencies ; but , at this juncture , my mother , noticing that I showed unusual signs of debility , urged me to seek medical advice . |
| 21 | The example that I tried changed gear with a jerk and was too eager to change up as I slowed down . |
| 22 | It was not at all necessary to say that I hoisted French colours , and therefore took the schooner unawares , or that at the time most of her men were on board of the Indiaman ; the great art in this world is , to know where to leave off , and in nothing more than when people take the pen in their hands . |
| 23 | ‘ I suppose it could be the fact that I backed Double Dutch at 10-1 as a saver simply because I think she 's good value and certainly not because there 's anything wrong with my horse , ’ Ramsden said . |
| 24 | I wondered what would have happened if I had told him that I was bisexual or that I liked little girls . |
| 25 | She was interested to find out that I liked British history ; she told me about the Medieval Circle . |
| 26 | And it did hit , so that I did suitable amount of gasping and goggling and even Mala drew in her breath with a hiss . |
| 27 | They did it with such tenderness that I gained new strength from their friendship , suddenly seeing the value in continuing , if only to deepen that shared bond . |
| 28 | It may have been noted that I placed sexual offences against children among cases which may have effect . |
| 29 | The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school . |
| 30 | ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ my mother asked Robert as I whispered to Lili that I found old age unclean and a disgrace . |