Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [be] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wittgenstein 's answer to the question with which we began is that the psychological verbs , as he calls them , are ‘ characterized by the fact that the third person of the present is to be verified by observation , the first person not ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ The experience we had was that the only people who bought it more or less were the people who used it , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 3 | What they pleaded for was further experimentation and what they hoped was that the new techniques and acting styles could be extended to other types of films . |
| 4 | The answer he gave was that the only ground of legitimacy is to be found in the general will of the people , as only the people can say who has the right to rule them . |
| 5 | All he said was that the other boys must have been useless . |