Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 2 | ‘ It was just that you seemed so interested in my being one of the survivors that I got quite the wrong initial impression . ’ |
| 3 | It is for reasons like these that I crossed out the best part of two months each autumn to devote to the public-spending discussions . |
| 4 | But it was absolutely clear to me then that I had n't the political antennae , the political flair . |
| 5 | Malc was furious , especially when I admitted that I had n't the heart to charge the old dear , so we were two quid out of pocket . |
| 6 | That was bad enough but what made it worse was that I had n't the faintest idea what was wrong with them . |
| 7 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’ |
| 9 | The wood is alder and the deal is that I scaled down the body a little bit . |
| 10 | Alas , they had no high chairs for nine month old Daniel , and it was with a sinking heart that I picked up the menu , while trying to hold the baby and prevent toddler Michael from pulling off the tablecloth . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend know that I gave up the opportunity of becoming a solicitor like the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) because accountants put the losses on the right and the profits on the left ? |
| 12 | She looked me over , said I seemed to be a nice girl and announced that she had just the job for me — taking her goats out for a walk ! |
| 13 | If only he knew that looking after his dogs had made her feel that she had just the smallest stake in his life , that it had in some measure comforted her for his absence . |
| 14 | More than once in cross-examination Miss Tucker said that she had since the police interview changed her statement , and had made ‘ a new one . ’ |
| 15 | By the end of the ceremony she was so upset that she had n't the nerve to go to the house with the small party of mourners , and caught a train straight back to London . |
| 16 | She would have loved to know what the erring Frau Gesner had done , but he had suddenly looked so stern , so sad , that she had n't the nerve to ask . |
| 17 | In the darkness , under cover of which they had been kissing cuddling so much ( with his hand inside her blouse ) that she had not the first idea what the film was about , he took her hand and guided it down to his lap . |
| 18 | Yet , while she was finding him most difficult to forget , the realisation only then struck her that she knew neither the name of the garage that housed her car , nor the place where it was situated ! |
| 19 | She had a sneaking suspicion that she knew why the men had not given up their seats . |
| 20 | Judy Bathurst studied art as a student at Leeds University , but it was not until ten years ago , when she went to live in Tuscany , that she found both the time and the inspiration to develop her talent . |
| 21 | There was such tenderness in his face as he studied the tears flowing down her cheeks that she cried all the harder . |
| 22 | Less than 48 hours after the world No.1 had lifted her third French Open title , doctors in Paris revealed that she picked up the injury towards the end of her quarter-final win over Jennifer Capriati . |
| 23 | Julia compared the food of the two parties and decided unhappily that she liked both the dish-of-herbs meal of this evening and also the elaborate deliciousness of avocado mousse , sole and boeuf en croûte of the previous day . |
| 24 | After Johnny disappeared from view around the corner of the house , Cassie wandered disconsolately indoors , realizing that she needed both the bathroom and something to drink.Although she had n't eaten since lunch time , she had no appetite and the thought of food nauseated her . |
| 25 | ‘ I recall that you brought up the suggestion and positively hammered at it . ’ |
| 26 | Everything that you got out the Cooperative was writ down in this book |
| 27 | Was there anything about the way that you carried out the operation in the flat that caused you dissatisfaction ? |
| 28 | Now on the angle that you did there the degrees can you add those up and just before you start drawing it you should always add them up and make sure they all come to three sixty cos if it comes to four hundred it 's going to go right round and a bit further than once round . |
| 29 | ‘ It was n't until we noticed the absence of female customers , the dim red lights , and the photos of naked women on the walls that we realised why the ‘ barmaids ’ were laughing at us . ’ |
| 30 | It was then that we took on the giants of the Premier Division , Clutton Town , in the FA Cup . |