Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pron] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heavy lunch and the wine had made her sleepy , and she took to her bed the minute they returned , only awakening when the hunger pangs assaulted her stomach , to see that she had been asleep for over three hours . |
| 2 | However , as the WPGET ventures into a 13th season , it is pleasing to reflect that it has been lucky not just for some , but for the majority of women golfers , both amateur and professional . |
| 3 | We are looking at that , but to suggest that there has been other than a clear and steady increase in available services would be a travesty of the truth . |
| 4 | There was nothing in the cast of her features to suggest that she had been alarmed or frightened at the moment of her death . |
| 5 | Chris was still asleep when Carolyn came home , and she was relieved to hear that he had been fine while she was out . |
| 6 | An even more extreme form of this way of thinking is to assume that there has been some type of directive force in evolution such that humans represent the ‘ pinnacle ’ of progress . |
| 7 | It would be foolish to deny that there has been great suspicion that when we talk about freedoms and flexibilities what we are actually talking about is worsening existing terms and conditions . |
| 8 | It is difficult to deny that there has been some change in the right direction . |
| 9 | All he has been trying to do is to trying to ensure that there 's been even-handed play here on all the stadium sites and it 's disgraceful that his name has been dragged into this ! |
| 10 | Though he had his doubts about al-Megrahi — his ‘ answers to questions were not always convincing ’ — he found Fhimah ‘ a simple man , and it was hard to believe that he had been involved in a terrorist case . |
| 11 | I came to believe that I had been responsible for those terrible things , that I was to blame , that I must be very bad . |
| 12 | She had spent those long sleepless hours going back and forth over everything that had happened , every word they 'd spoken , everything she 'd seen , and at some point had come to realise that she 'd been wrong . |
| 13 | Soon the balding brown lawns seemed to decide that they had been brave long enough , and every dahlia in the flower-beds needed dead-heading . |
| 14 | In doing so I like to think that we had been good ambassadors for the Department ; I know we all enjoyed every minute of the three hectic months . |
| 15 | He needed to think that he had been well-intentioned , but her consent or inclination did not figure among the considerations with which he weighed the matter . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr deputy mayor I am pleased to say that we have been successful ’ , said the proposer . |
| 17 | ‘ Whatever the source of this material I am glad to say that we have been successful in seizing large amounts and bringing those who broke the law to book , ’ Mr Atkins said . |
| 18 | The progress towards our erm , compliance with our ethical investment policy though , has been achieved while considering the need to secure the best returns possible on our investment , and we have done it through a series of progressive sales of investments at the appropriate times according to the market conditions , and so I 'm happy to say that we have been able to achieve both our responsibilities as trustees , our responsibility both to secure the best return on investment and , to consider wider policy implications of our investment policy . |
| 19 | When I came back to England I was very humbled really to erm because I arrived in Nepal three hours before that crash and erm a lot of people had thought I 'd died in that crash and erm the patients had thought I 'd died as well and they had to put a big notice outside to say that I 'd been alright , they had lots of people ringing up . |
| 20 | That is not to say that there has been universal agreement , but there has been an attempt to discover what is best for the consumer . |
| 21 | ‘ We 'll need wood for a fire , ’ returned Isabel with aplomb , not about to admit that she had been worried about him . |
| 22 | The offeror will need to show that he has been unable to trace the shareholders after reasonable enquiry , that the shares for which acceptances have been received when added to those held by untraceable shareholders amount to not less than the 90 per cent threshold , and that the consideration offered is fair and reasonable . |
| 23 | ‘ in his opinion there was evidence to show that there had been serious breaches of the Lautro Rules in respect of the business conducted on behalf of Norwich Union by Winchester . |
| 24 | After a short while Mr. Wells felt able to tell the Chief Executive Officer of Lautro that ‘ in his opinion there was evidence to show that there had been serious breaches of the Lautro Rules in respect of the business conducted on behalf of Norwich Union by Winchester . ’ |
| 25 | ( 1982 ) have used old Ordnance Survey maps to show that there has been extensive reclamation of moorland on the plateau uplands of the North York Moors , Exmoor , Dartmoor and the Brecon Beacons . |
| 26 | Rourke had made no move to contact her after she had left the office yesterday morning , and that had to mean that she had been right in her assumptions . |
| 27 | When the tent was up , I had to prove that I had been right about the proximity of a village . |