Example sentences of "[verb] that [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not resist retelling one of the anecdotes : in 1963 , at a party to congratulate Cotton on an award he had just received , Lipscomb told Cotton that while he was delighted by the choice , it should not be supposed that he was on the ‘ cottonpickin' ’ committee . |
| 2 | Rare coloured propaganda photographs suggest that it was of a warm mid-brown shade . |
| 3 | Little did they know that it was for the pocket of Mr S. Caplan . |
| 4 | Equally , his brace against Manchester United in our last match of 1990–91 ( co-incidentally also his own 150th Palace appearance ) demonstrated that he was on the verge of international recognition , with the second one , struck from fully 30 yards , bringing the big crowd to its feet in salute . |
| 5 | I listened to others ' crises but did n't want to accept that I was in the middle of my own . |
| 6 | BCRS members of all people will understand something of the geography and communications of the area , and will , I am sure , be interested to know that it was to the Stone House that our Secretary was taken after his recent heart attack . ) |
| 7 | He persuaded them that I was not employed by the Government , explaining that I was under the Emperor 5 personal protection , which accounted for my escort of soldiers . |
| 8 | At this stage , the Prospect would be anxious to establish that he was under no obligation . |
| 9 | Well David said that we were at the end , everyone believed that they were that the time has come that we was at the end of the world . |
| 10 | ‘ Our legends say that it was at the same time as the great Ebony Throne of Ireland . ’ |
| 11 | I never doubted that I was on a road that led somewhere . |
| 12 | She backed away , setting the width of the desk between them as she tried to work out what to say , although she doubted that he was in the mood to listen . |
| 13 | Lately , Ockleton had heard it mentioned that he was on the staff of a Roman Catholic boarding school in the West Country . |
| 14 | She might as well try Veronica 's house again , although she was disturbed to find that she was on the same track as hordes of newspaper reporters . |
| 15 | Oh well last I got out I found that I was about a foot too far forward out into the |
| 16 | Standing on the front seat , Eb felt a rivulet of ice-cold water run down the back of his neck , and found that he was underneath a leaking gutter . |
| 17 | Mr. Burgess answered : ‘ My main reason was I did not consider that he was of a sound disposal mind . ’ |
| 18 | McLeish had rung his own flat to collect messages ; he could see Catherine just waking , and waved to her to indicate that he was on the phone . |
| 19 | When it came up for its third reading on 21 June it was referred to a select committee who on 18 July reported that they were of the opinion that the bill ought not to be proceeded with . |
| 20 | By this time the " All Clear " sounded and there was a certain amount of light by which I could plainly see I was in what appeared to be an MT parking lot , When the rear gunner returned he reported that we were in the Manston MT yard . |
| 21 | Clarke drove on for a further 200 metres before stopping and when he did emerge from the van witnesses reported that he was in a confused state . |
| 22 | I had n't realised that you were from an academic background . ’ |
| 23 | For he had suddenly realised that she was at the end of her tether — for what reason he did not know , and neither did he care , only that he must go warily with her , lest he damage her beyond repair . |
| 24 | The nagging doubt remains , however , that the thing might have looked blue to me , and that I had simply not realised that it was to the thing 's colour that I was expected to respond . |
| 25 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 26 | When I pushed open a door leading to a better-lit corridor , I realized that I was on an upper level of the main administrative building of the spaceport . |
| 27 | With a shudder she realized that it was in the same block of buildings as Bartholomew Close . |
| 28 | I do n't think that I was in a minority of one in finding this performance , particularly the absolutely shattering playing of the Finale , incredibly moving — the thunderous howl of approval that greeted the final chord bears that out . |
| 29 | At this Drew became disturbed and emotional , and said that , if the three people that he had previously named — the Lindos and Norman Stubbs , the stage manager — could not testify that he was at the theatre at the time of the murder , he knew of no-one else who could , but he certainly did not commit any murder , nor was he seen in Cross Street with blood on his face . |
| 30 | The men inside yelled in fear as they realised that they were in a bog . |