Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] that [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely to be , even , that two mental events are not of the same type on two occasions when I give a more explicit description of my experience , perhaps that I was thinking that my daughter is a quick thinker . |
| 2 | I was hoping that my indecision might somehow communicate itself to The Fat Controller . |
| 3 | I was to learn that her English always tended to deteriorate when her emotions took hold . |
| 4 | ‘ Eventually , I was told that their letter had gone to an ‘ unknown address ’ . |
| 5 | I was told that my chances now have been greatly reduced of ever having my own family . |
| 6 | Were n't , although erm I was told that my father died of that so that er , I should do you mind |
| 7 | I was told that your Earl Siward had the army of Alba immobilised in the south , and expected to overwhelm it . |
| 8 | In a subsequent phone conversation I was told that your response had been favourable , provided BWB were not involved in any expenses being incurred . |
| 9 | fucking , fucking crap and as I was saying that my voice broke and I walked off and I started crying |
| 10 | Because I was joking I 'd said to her erm about er , you know my daddy right is er you know , th right , you know mum and daddy lived in Edinburgh and I was saying that my daddy was about the fees in erm Gleneagles , my daddy 's er , a member of Gleneagles |
| 11 | This might be sensible if you were advised that your claim would be better presented in the formal atmosphere of the civil courts , or that your wrongful dismissal claim is so much more substantial that it will lead almost inevitably to a settlement of the lesser , unfair dismissal claim . |
| 12 | But you know you were saying that your fridge was fifteen years old , that one . |
| 13 | She was determined that her day would come . |
| 14 | She was determined that her children would never be deprived of the cuddles and kisses that she and her brother Charles craved when they were young . |
| 15 | But at the same time , she was nettled that her daughter had n't told her she was going out , and the sexual jealousy , which was so much part of their relationship , was irritated by the news . |
| 16 | Now she was praying that her idea was wrong , that she would find herself looking at someone totally unfamiliar . |
| 17 | Oddly enough , it was not during one of these silences but while she was talking that her eyes closed and her shallow breathing became deeper . |
| 18 | ‘ When Constanza got there she was told that her mother had made a mistake with her sleeping pills , her maid had been witness to that . |
| 19 | Shanti was eight years old and we were determined that her childhood was not going to be spoiled by this disability . |
| 20 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 21 | As these events were unfolding we were finding that our Partnership 's lifestyle magazines were going from strength to strength . |
| 22 | And er we were told that , we were told that our apprentices would be working alongside apprentices from Mercedes and Volkswagen and and so on and so forth . |
| 23 | As the months passed , Charlie became more and more aware of his customers ' needs and in turn they were discovering that his barrow was now offering better value for money than many of its rivals . |
| 24 | decorators and they were saying that their plumbers they charge a hundred pound a day ! |
| 25 | ‘ We can not part from the argument without expressing our belief that some trial judges would be troubled if they were told that their view , unguided as it is by any established practice and expressed in confidence , was to be determinate of the period to be served by a prisoner . |
| 26 | She was with the family when they were told that his body had been found and has tried to help them through their grief . |
| 27 | The scope or character of a piece of criticism is naturally related to the magazine or newspaper in which it appears , as we noticed in the case of Dore Ashton 's dismissal from the New York Times because it was asserted that her work could not be understood by the paper 's readers . |
| 28 | Later that year she had a negative laparotomy and it was concluded that her pain was psychological . |
| 29 | It was recognized that their answers could not be ‘ coded ’ . |
| 30 | In the case of inferior courts , that is , courts of a lower status than the High Court , such as the justices of the peace , it was recognised that their learning and understanding of the law might sometimes be imperfect and require correction by the High Court and so the rule evolved that certiorari was available to correct an error of law of an inferior court . |