Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] that [adj] [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enough for me to know that this house was not a good place to be when he was alive , not good for either of you . |
| 2 | Afterwards I realised that this idea was wrong . |
| 3 | ‘ Once I realised that this novel was going to be a kind of mammoth , I decided to forgo writing the series . |
| 4 | True , four track is a mite limiting , but I imagine that live performance was again uppermost in Roland 's mind here . |
| 5 | Little for that matter did I believe that this experience was to be the start of a whole new direction in my life , the lessons of which I have attempted to set out in this book . |
| 6 | I observed that this policy was repeated last Sunday and No 75069 was rostered to haul four coaches from Aberystwyth to Machynlleth , with a scheduled departure time of 18.10 . |
| 7 | I indicated that legal action was , in my view , inappropriate in respect of what was a rather feeble attempt at satire , and the importance of the programme would be enhanced to an absurd extent if anyone depicted in it took it seriously , but none of us liked being ridiculed . |
| 8 | I understand that high birth was all important in your circles . " |
| 9 | I believe that local democracy was not very responsibly exercised by some people in the years that have just gone by . ’ |
| 10 | I feel that this event was another small step towards a recognition of the very important part the car park plays in our culture . |
| 11 | Erm , I felt that that Tony was getting a bit frustrated |
| 12 | I felt that this conversation was adding little to my , or my listeners ' , knowledge of how to buy a coffin , so I thanked him kindly for his time and said goodbye . |
| 13 | " Although sponsored club competitions are prolific in the U.K. , I felt that this opportunity was quite different , offering club golfers the chance to participate in a national tournament during the winter , " said Ivan Straker , Chairman of Seagram Distillers . |
| 14 | Axelrod had already begun to think in ESS terms , but I felt that this tendency was so important that I wrote to him suggesting that he should get in touch with W. D. Hamilton , who was then , though Axelrod did n't know it , in a different department of the same university , the University of Michigan . |
| 15 | ‘ I gather that some ill-feeling was shown towards the speaker , ’ Bragg said . |
| 16 | Taking the view as I do that this breach was incapable of remedy , it was unnecessary to require in the notice that the defendant should remedy the breach . |
| 17 | I think that that view was held widely across Europe , and I was delighted that our European partners were content with the proposals that we advanced . |
| 18 | As we stood to say the apostle 's creed during the communion service yesterday a statement of faith which we share with every part of the Christian church throughout the world I concluded that this statement was unnecessary . |
| 19 | She was aware of a strange electrical current humming in the air between herself and Matthew Blake , and she realised that that current was causing curiosity . |
| 20 | In what ways do you think that daily life was more pleasant in the time before this migration to the towns than it was afterwards ? |
| 21 | In passing she noted that Open Desktop was n't original to SCO . |
| 22 | Americans can now do a course in Madonna iconography , so the argument continues , but whatever the positive or negative aspects of her behaviour , the fact is she changed the rules for women ; if nothing else she showed that female sexuality was powerful , and in that sense transformed the possibilities for women in rock . |
| 23 | I have no idea how many were produced but I would ask you Mr Mayor whether you feel that this expenditure was money well spent ? |
| 24 | She thought that this view was perhaps not as beautiful as a view of Blackmoor Vale , which she knew so well . |
| 25 | She knew that belittling modelling was not being honest . |
| 26 | ‘ You thought that scabby creep was cute ? ’ |
| 27 | She said that more money was currently available from government for training within the ACE scheme . |
| 28 | Could you just repeat the figures for capital expenditure I think you said that this year was going to be higher than last year and explain explain where the money gon na be invested |
| 29 | okay Right you mentioned it a few minutes ago you suggested that this thing was formed . |
| 30 | She recognized that this feeling was in part a hangover from her schooldays , when her occasional invitations to friends had invariably resulted in sessions of strained discomfort , presided over by the disapprobation , however concealed , of her mother ; she had no precedent for successful hospitality . |