Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what she said to herself , but at the same time she was alarmed , faintly alarmed by the implication that everyone did know such things . |
| 2 | Referring to complaining neighbours the Hanleys she said : ‘ I just do n't know how they can sleep at night next door because I could n't , knowing that I 'd done that to someone . ’ |
| 3 | You see , I 'd mentioned the fact that I 'd seen this chap several mornings hanging about in the Cove , so I decided not to take Miss Celia down there for a bit , even though we were having a real Indian summer that year . |
| 4 | And he was obviously really furious that I 'd said that . |
| 5 | And I 'd know that I 'd incurred that expense . |
| 6 | He reminded me that I 'd predicted many , many things over the years and that so far nothing had come to anything apart from purely coincidental moves . |
| 7 | I reminded Brian that I 'd predicted this and that Frank must be going home . |
| 8 | I then was sent a letter telling me that I 'd passed this exam , I then had what 's known as a medical to check that I was okay , there was no , I had no faults or injuries or health problems . |
| 9 | ‘ I was getting on for thirty years of age , with the retarded emotions of an adolescent , and the only excuse I have is that I 'd spent most of my youth pursuing excellence rather than women . ’ |
| 10 | I polished the latches a bit with my shirtsleeve , then I put the briefcase back exactly as I 'd found it and took my leaf-trembling self along to the dining car , already regretting , before I got there , that I had n't stayed until the Canadian left , knowing that I 'd wasted some of the best and perhaps the only chance I would get of seeing what Filmer had brought with him on the train . |
| 11 | It was only to teach her a little lesson that I 'd added some nail-varnish remover to the ephedrine in that nasal spray she carried around everywhere . |
| 12 | ‘ Neither am I , querida , ’ he said slowly , ‘ but I wish that I 'd had those skills in Seville because it would have saved a lot of anguish . |
| 13 | This was the day when I decided that I 'd had enough . |
| 14 | I decided at that moment that I 'd had enough . ’ |
| 15 | Eventually I decided that I 'd had enough . |
| 16 | I was er er there was something that I got told many years ago that I |
| 17 | It was during my fourth visit to Rhodesia that I managed to take some time off . |
| 18 | It was perhaps because of this , and because I tried to foster the whole idea of positive thinking , that I began to concentrate more and more on visualization . |
| 19 | I was pleased to be able to announce that I had followed many of their therapies , but fearfully expressed my alarm and disappointment that having religiously performed my visualizations , cancer may have returned by the back door . |
| 20 | ‘ It was for you that I had to leave that hotel suite and not return until daylight . ’ |
| 21 | My personal and spiritual growth expanded into every area of my life , twenty-four hours a day , seven days a week , as I came to live more consciously in each and every moment — knowing that I had created that moment , and that it was an opportunity to grow . |
| 22 | I put it back , convinced that I had broken some serious law , hoping no one had noticed . |
| 23 | K has literally just rung over the moon that I had fixed this as her mother is very fond of David and has known him for years — and it is fitting that widow of first Prof of CEGS ( as above ) be included — her dad built up the department enormously and I knew him through European seminars etc via Law Society with and others including who is a Heriot Row neighbour . |
| 24 | And as it looked like Sasser had told Hurley something about me , Control passed the word that I had handled some contract work for the Defense Department in the past , just minor stuff , but that it was all finished now . |
| 25 | I went through the drill that I had taught many times to my students , and with a little sideslip brought John 's creation back to earth . |
| 26 | I felt that I had seen this movie before . |
| 27 | I leafed through the newspapers , glad that I had done those interviews . |
| 28 | And I also thought that I had conquered that Greek half of me . |
| 29 | There was one field in particular that I had made some good finds on and I had searched this piece of land time and time again . |
| 30 | And that 's a bit like that erm the teaching skills that I had to do that time when I was on the course . |