Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gen Noreiga said last Friday that Panama considered itself at war with the US so long as American aggression against Panamanians continued . |
| 2 | The Pauline Annalist reported a rumour that Arundel confessed to having plotted the death of the queen , but it is more likely that Mortimer saw him as a territorial rival in the Marches of Wales , where he had held the lordship of Chirk since the confiscations after Boroughbridge . |
| 3 | And it was in this room , quietly and simply , that Morse told her of the death of Theodore Kemp , considering , in his own strange fashion , that it was perhaps not an inappropriate time for her to know . |
| 4 | And besides , although the owner of the Rose Bowl presumably realised that she was receiving almost as many flowers as she sold , Folly was fairly sure that Lisa knew nothing of her relationship with Luke Hunter . |
| 5 | Northumbrian annals record that Offa put him to flight ( perhaps with Hwiccian help ) and took the Mercian kingship . |
| 6 | Asked us ower fur drinks and when we got there — I mean Ah 'd had a bath , splashed on some of the Givenchy for Gentlemen that Isabel got me for ma Christmas and got into ma designer tracksuit just to be casual like … |
| 7 | It was in the boot-and-brushing room that Nicandra found her at last — after a search through the larders , the dairy , and the empty laundry , its warm steam now subsided into a vaporous chill . |
| 8 | He dreamt that Lucie threw him from the parapet of a bridge into deep water , with a stone statue of Garvey tied round his neck . |
| 9 | King believed that Kandyans regarded it as ‘ an act of daring , largely partaking the character of a dangerous field sport ’ . |
| 10 | It was obvious that Sarah knew nothing of them , and Anne was too proud to tell her . |
| 11 | The doctor told Mum that Sarah had everything in her favour . |
| 12 | Gabriel knew that Bathsheba blamed herself for Troy 's death , and would have blamed herself even more for Boldwood 's . |
| 13 | Her enemies implied that Eugénie read nothing but novels or lightweight ‘ feminine ’ books , but in fact her library revealed an interest in science and philosophy , though history predominated . |
| 14 | And that Ivor switched it for another , less valuable guinea ? ’ |
| 15 | All the same , if it happened that David made her with child , she would bear the child proudly , and be glad that she had brought him a degree of happiness . |
| 16 | It has been claimed that Aindow allowed himself to be struck on the leg to support the false story that he had been hit by the car . |
| 17 | Like the second course that Barnett entered him for , this time for an accounting system . |
| 18 | ‘ Talking of addresses , you mentioned that Angy gave hers to Delia . ’ |
| 19 | In spite of what Eddie said , it 's possible that Angy gave it to Delia but if Eddie 's right , then it looks very much as if Delia — or someone else — took it . |
| 20 | ‘ A small part of the fault was mine for not noticing that Eleanor considered me as a great deal more than her employer . |
| 21 | ‘ It was to have children that Allah put her on this earth . |
| 22 | There was no organized campaigning throughout that year , and Sir Thomas Gray , who took a dim view of the conduct of the war , complained that Edward did nothing at Antwerp except ‘ jousting and leading a jolly life ’ . |
| 23 | She still wore her shirt , but it had ridden up over her thighs , while all her senses registered that Travis wore nothing save his skin . |
| 24 | Her cousin Liz had always said that Ross reminded her of a ferocious , hungry lion gliding smoothly through the tall grass of life , looking for his supper ! |
| 25 | Because it seems that Albie got himself into trouble two times over — once for the money , once for something else . |
| 26 | It was as a result of this new approach that Haslam found himself in the Plastics Division , a more glamorous part of ICI , in contrast to the Nobel Division he had recently left . |
| 27 | Tavett was too preoccupied with his fear that Wickham believed him to be the murderer to form any judgments . |
| 28 | Immediately , he began trying to predict Simon 's responses , to work out ways of soothing him , of flattering him , of making him laugh , anything that might defuse that aggression or at least make sure that Simon directed it at someone else . |
| 29 | He knew by now that Salter had plenty of sins both of omission and commission on his conscience and he felt no compunction in letting him worry . |
| 30 | But note that Wordsworth classified it as ‘ A poem of the Imagination ’ in collected editions . |