Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] was [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went in the belief that I was encouraging a modern renaissance of the Egyptian theatre . |
| 2 | The only excuse I have is that I was very young , a marvellous justification for most reprobate behaviour , and that I was wearing an uncomfortable vest . |
| 3 | When Dr Richard Lawrence , the society 's secretary , learned that I was writing a Christian appraisal of paganism and the occult , he pointed out that Aetherius ' members fully revered Jesus , and were convinced of his virgin birth and resurrection . |
| 4 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 5 | My Squadron 499 of the Air Training Corps became very successful , so much so that I was awarded a national honour , a Member of the British Empire , MBE ( Military ) . |
| 6 | And indeed , to go for a more precise figure would suggest that I was making a particular point . |
| 7 | However , her needs were totally ignored in that she was given a new posting to Aldershot — home of the Parachute Regiment . |
| 8 | As I was floundering around trying to see a picture she mentioned that she was dreading a forthcoming holiday because of travel-sickness — the anticipatory fear would lead to headaches and frequent urination . |
| 9 | With reports in wide circulation that she was amassing a multi-million fortune at the rate of £620,000 a month , Kylie was also able to indulge in her passion for shopping . |
| 10 | She told me that she was wearing a blue hat and coat and that she was safely strapped in her pushchair . |
| 11 | He had forgotten that Marie was only a girl ; forgotten that she was wearing a ridiculous dressing-gown . |
| 12 | It was rather a coincidence that she was wearing a dark blue guernsey exactly like Laura 's , with a neck which necessitated the same blindfold struggle to get it off About the whole incident Richard felt no dissatisfaction and certainly no regret . |
| 13 | She flung open her macintosh and Stephanie saw that she was wearing a skin-tight black sweater , wide elastic belt , long grey pencil skirt . |
| 14 | I had only recently heard of the existence of such places , but I gradually came to the conclusion that she was running a small brothel of which she herself was the centre of interest . |
| 15 | Charsky could decipher that she was filming an ecological documentary of Lake Baikal . |
| 16 | Clare doubled her income overnight , and felt that she was doing a useful job . |
| 17 | It has even refused to injunct a magazine which had published an allegation it could not justify , where it might succeed at trial for other reasons : Soraya Kashoggi sought an injunction to withdraw " Woman 's Own " from circulation when it published a statement that she was having an extra-marital affair with a Head of State . |
| 18 | Davies , Strudwick and Johnson persuaded Nicholas to hand in her resignation because they could see that she was having an impossible time of it . |
| 19 | Much surprise was caused in the Swedish trade when it was later announced that she was to head a new educational publishing venture being set up by Sweden 's biggest publishing concern , Bonniers . |
| 20 | Mme Guérigny admitted to me shortly after our return that she was feeling a certain contentment in being one year nearer joining her daughter . |
| 21 | She had returned to bed and Belinda could see that she was making an enormous effort to remain calm . |
| 22 | On March 16 Kazakhstan announced that it was establishing a national guard of unspecified numbers , subordinate to the President . |
| 23 | The United States government stated on Oct. 5 that it was halting a commercial wheat shipment to Sudan until the distribution system was improved . |
| 24 | Within the Russian republic the Communists for Democracy movement , led by Rutskoi and formed at the March-April 1991 Russian Congress of People 's Deputies [ for which see pp. 38130-31 ] , announced on July 10 that it was to form a political party . |
| 25 | Despite its claim to be an educational body , the Club could not escape the charge that it was taking an organized part in politics . |
| 26 | The government denied that it was pursuing an anti-peasant policy , but refused to give in to demands for guaranteed minimum prices , claiming that this would run counter to its basic principles of establishing a market-based economy . |
| 27 | The Unity Campaign could hardly avoid the accusation that it was creating a new organization to invite Labour Party members to work together with Communists , which every Labour Conference decision had forbidden over the previous ten years . |
| 28 | Dorries said two other companies had established Glaxo-style schemes , and BP Exploration recently announced that it was creating an in-house childcare information service on nursery places and childminders . |
| 29 | Unveiling its price proposals for 1990-91 on Dec. 20 , 1989 , the Commission announced that it was recommending a virtual freeze of agricultural support prices , in its efforts to secure a balance between prices and supplies . |
| 30 | The government also announced that it was beginning a public awareness campaign , and would draft new legislation to fill in gaps in its 1960 wildlife protection laws . |