Example sentences of "[that] [noun prp] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 And Preston knew that William knew what the rest of them had known , or suspected , for some months : that he and his mother were never going to America and that the Master Sergeant was never coming back .
2 It was at last year 's parade that Elham gave him the idea when she said : ‘ I wish I could enjoy what I am experiencing here , but back in my mind there are too many innocent children left with no hopes and no future .
3 Nor were the books that Edward showed me the kind of thing I would normally have read — not , at least , as anything more than a casual browse among the dustier nooks of human eccentricity .
4 Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy .
5 It was said that Gertrude gave him the final result .
6 After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait .
7 It was such a desultory question that Ruth gave him the filthiest look she could muster .
8 ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing .
9 In January 1872 Cardinal Manning , the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster , talked about the Daemon of Socrates , concluding that Socrates bequeathed us the ‘ lesson — that Conscience is the voice of God ’ .
10 ‘ As we looked at the range of products available , we saw that FCRS offered us the most flexible route as the basic packaged solution that could be easily maintained . ’
11 He flitted about on this machine ( which obsessed him ) wearing a helmet and goggles so that Gabriel called him The Invisible Man .
12 I have a hunch that Hilary read him the riot act . ’
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