Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Women made up only a minor proportion of the prison population in Geurrero and I was assured that this situation was reflected throughout Mexico .
2 Nearly ten years ago , in CD 's infancy , I was writing that most CD players sound like poor quality amplifiers , not least because they contain poor quality amplifier circuits , and little seems to have changed in the interim .
3 When I wrote a popular book recently , I was advised that each equation I included would halve the sales .
4 I was told that one reason why many Conservative politicians were sympathetic towards our Report was because they did not at first realise that our insistence that all children should speak and write Standard English did not involve any recommendation about RP .
5 I was told that each train which passed us happened to be the one that was taking Tam Mahaddie away to kill the Kaiser and win the war .
6 Does the Secretary of State recall that in answer to an earlier question of mine to his colleague at the Department of Employment , I was told that 25,000 manufacturing jobs had been lost in the past 12 months in Yorkshire and Humberside ?
7 I did not receive a thank you from the owner of these cards nor from the Midland Bank , yet I was told that common practice in Britain is to reward the finder .
8 On a recent visit to a day centre , which served both younger disabled and old people , I was told that old people were envious and resentful when computer learning was introduced for the younger disabled people .
9 I have asked parliamentary questions about the illegal sale and possession of knives and I was told that 150 people were prosecuted in 1988 for having in a public place such an article with a blade or point and in 1989 , it was 2,018 — a huge jump .
10 That was er a flat in Plumtree , we were offered a flat on the first floor and when we examined the kitchen it was extremely obvious to me that our gas cooker would n't fit in the , the place where it was designed to fit , when I asked where do we put the washing machine I was informed that most tenants kept the washing machine on the balcony , when I said well where do we put the refrigerator , well most people keep the refrigerator either in the hall or , or rather not a hall it was a passageway , in the passageway or in the living room , now it does seem to me with hindsight that if that 's planning I , to use an old fashion London phrase , I 'm a Dutchman .
11 I was informed that British Steel would be making a decision on the day that it made the decision — I was informed in confidence some days before that it would be making a decision on that day .
12 I was arguing that gay people have nothing to be ashamed of and yet my troops remained invisible as though they needed convincing too .
13 After a pause , she said , ‘ And you were hoping that one day she 'd give up seeing men altogether and have a steady relationship with you ? ’
14 Cos I was talking to Lilian , she was thinking that each year she 'd be given an update it should be a five year plan .
15 Although she felt like a little girl who had gone into the wrong party room , she was determined that this woman would not keep her away from her husband .
16 I was talking to a woman and she was saying that young people were n't the same in her day .
17 She was advised that formal evidence would have to be called in order for her to form an opinion under section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 as to whether the defendant should be remanded in custody or on bail on the same or more stringent conditions , and that accordingly the hearing would in effect be a trial and would require to be heard before at least two justices .
18 ‘ Also , we had introduced performance management and appraisal and have a policy here of developing staff to their full potential , ’ he said , ‘ yet we were finding that outside stress factors were preventing people from reaching that . ’
19 But I was trained in an era when we were told that continental drift was all right for the unscientific geologists , but the " real " scientists — the physicists — said it was impossible .
20 We were told that this money was being collected for the families and we gave this money through the official trade union for that purpose .
21 They were to discover that these country lads were the equals — perhaps the superiors — of their Indian counterparts in political sagacity .
22 There were no good rules and regulations , and hospitals and insurance companies felt that they ought not to sit down and make them because , once they made them , they were admitting that these things were taking place and that such decisions were being made and were subject not only to public scrutiny but a threat of medical malpractice suits .
23 Yeah , I mean that seems a plausible way of getting into the , er the job market , er what would Harrison Todaro erm say , you know , because they were saying that this migration , this migration was perfectly rational , despite there being high levels of unemployment .
24 Those admitted to Belgium were put on a train whose doors were locked and windows nailed shut ; they were told that such measures were necessary for their own protection .
25 If it were found that more accidents occurred in the winter months between 6 and 8 o'clock in the evening compared with noon and 2 o'clock , is this because , during the early evening , lighting is worse , there is more traffic , drivers have been working longer and are more tired , or weather conditions are worse ?
26 Yet if it were known that microcephalic babies ( perhaps older infants as well — would it make a difference ? ) were regularly sold to research laboratories , then there would undoubtedly be an outcry .
27 ‘ If it were thought that other clubs would try to copy them , their example might , I am afraid , be unfortunate .
28 This would cause many of the possible infinities to cancel out , but it was suspected that some infinities might still remain .
29 It was maintained that small amounts of assistance to firms could result in measurable improvements in the sales of products of assisted firms .
30 It was explained that these accounts would be used in a later practical class .
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