Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see — ’ she looked up once more and met his direct blue gaze ‘ — you think I wanted to marry you , that I planned it all , but you were wrong , I did n't . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ By God , Sally-Anne , your mother said that I spoiled you rotten , and I think that she 's right . |
| 3 | ‘ I was so terrified that I fought him all the way . |
| 4 | Beesley 's case offered corroboration : the hero of the Titanic was a blanket-forger and transvestite imposter ; how just and appropriate , therefore , that I fed him false cricket scores . |
| 5 | I got your first letter to Nanking on Saturday , and had plenty of letters at Sian — I 'm not sure that I got them all , in particular I got a letter from Tom sent on March 23 , but I 'm not sure whether that 's the one you referred to , anyway I 'm grateful to you all for keeping me in touch . |
| 6 | Summarize what the candidate said to make sure that I got it right ? |
| 7 | When I intervened in the right hon. Gentleman 's speech he replied in such confusion that I thought it best to give him time to reflect , and to ask my question again later . |
| 8 | So much to that I made it clear to my club that I would like to be selected as a tighthead ’ . |
| 9 | I was so disquieted by it that I finished it that evening . |
| 10 | ‘ I am so sorry that I caused you such grief by acting as I did , by going off without telling anyone . |
| 11 | It was at this point , partly because I was so nervous , that I felt it necessary to build her weight up a little , so I fed her up and overdid it , with the result that she got above her ideal flying weight . |
| 12 | You 've got ta stick to the same order that I showed you this morning , yeah ? |
| 13 | It was precisely because the measures in the social chapter would have damaged first employment prospects and secondly our competitiveness against Japan and the United States that I found them unacceptable . |
| 14 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 15 | And I have to admit that I found you delightful . |
| 16 | I was so carried away by the wisdom of my hon. Friend 's question that I found it necessary to repeat it . |
| 17 | On evening walks down Loreto , a lane of high stone walls , trying to decide on a restaurant , I would stop and run my hands over the ashlars , marvelling at the purity of each one as I have marvelled at the completeness of a sculpture by Brancusi ; each of them so tightly locked together that I found it impossible to fit a fingernail between them . |
| 18 | You have probably heard that I found it impossible to afford living in London any longer and have come here as a master . |
| 19 | ( The fact that I found it offensive to have to make any such argument for human equality shows that I was working with an ethical a priori approach , but I believe that a case can be made . ) |
| 20 | At a time when FISA , the sport 's organizing body , helped by the drivers ' own association , had belatedly begun to pay some attention to safety in a notably risky sport , Chapman 's remarks showed a callousness towards his drivers — and by implication , towards other human beings — that I found it hard to admire . |
| 21 | She was such a sweet-natured , generous girl — I had never before nor have I since met anyone so naturally , if indiscriminately , kind and loving — that I found it hard to deny her anything . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not afraid to admit that I wanted you last night , more than I 've wanted any woman for a long time . ’ |
| 23 | Not that I bore him any personal ill-will ; it was simply that I knew he could n't stay . |
| 24 | It was duly arranged that we should meet after work , and it was then that I gave him further details about my ‘ sponsored ’ trip to Paris and about my much more ambitious idea of a trip to Libya . |
| 25 | Not that I gave it serious thought . |
| 26 | So furious was she , in fact , that she felt it wiser not to stay in the same room with him . |
| 27 | Eleanor Darcy made coffee , using a frugal quantity of powder and low-fat milk , too late for Valerie to murmur that she took hers black . |
| 28 | Eventually Linda gave it up and admitted that Marilyn Duxbody was not present but added , with overtones of hysteria , that she expected her any minute . |
| 29 | It was a fair enough question , and when it came to being fair Fabia endorsed that she owed him this particular explanation . |
| 30 | So he would accept that she thought him good , whatever she meant by it , and he at once felt a curious sense of relief and surprise within himself . |