Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN the recently-published list of the world 's wealthiest black people , I was pleased to see that Frank Bruno ( right ) is one of Britain 's top earners . |
| 2 | It is sad that in Britain we have lost most of our old heritage , but when I went to Ireland I was pleased to find that Yeats and others before him had rescued many of the stories and legends that had been in danger of being lost . |
| 3 | I was pleased to learn that Mr Tony Icke had booked to stay with us at Llanbrynmair on Monday evening . |
| 4 | I was disappointed to find that accommodation was scarcer and more expensive than I thought it would be and the best that I could afford was a large first-floor room in a bedsitter house on Ladbroke Grove . |
| 5 | Carole had said that the style of warden could really make a difference , and I was relieved to see that Aj was far too easy-going to be a slave-driver ; a non-conformist , his regulation chocolate-brown corduroy trousers were bleached white , a phenomenon which he put down to the use of Ariel automatic . |
| 6 | I was intrigued to find that Shanti picked out all the cucumber from my meal , preferred my chicken to her rather mushy dish , pointed at the pickle and selected an onion from her father 's plate . |
| 7 | I had n't a penny and I was flabbergasted to learn that Jerry can expect thousands . |
| 8 | As a keen musician and clarinet player ( name your own musical instrument or say ‘ As one who appreciates music but can not play anything more difficult than a gramophone record , I was very impressed to learn ) I was delighted to learn that Annabelle 's uncle plays for the BBC orchestra ( or pop group , etc. ) , on the violin ( or drums ) . |
| 9 | When I raised it as Chairman at the General Management Committee , I was disgusted to find that people laughed at the very subject that was so important to women who 've come up here today to let us know the consequences of what was happening . |
| 10 | When the Home Secretary announced the additional numbers for police forces throughout England and Wales , I was shocked to find that Gwent merited only one extra officer and was astounded to find that the South Wales police force was not to have a single extra officer , especially as the chief constable has undertaken a major review to ensure the best use of available manpower , a process which must continue . |
| 11 | Editor , — I was astonished to read that 11% of female registrars work part time and that the aim is to quadruple this number over five years . |
| 12 | When I first became involved in what I suppose can be called the politics of conservation , I was swift to argue that farmers are the essential inhabitants of the countryside , and not least of the most beautiful parts of the countryside . |
| 13 | However , in Stan and Ollie 's case I was reluctant to suggest that Stan be castrated immediately because Ollie was still maturing . |
| 14 | AFTER seeing your article ( Echo February 20 ) about the proposed Darlington cross-town route , I was surprised to see that councillors have agreed to a bridleway between Haughton Road and McMullen Road . |
| 15 | Sir , I was surprised to see that Ian Norrie , in his fairly exhaustive trawl through the bookshops of Edinburgh ( 26th March ) , had omitted Britain 's second only gay bookshop , West & Wilde . |
| 16 | If I was surprised to hear that Lloyd had a stockbroker , Patterson was dumbfounded . |
| 17 | But I was surprised to find that Bessie did not scold me at all . |
| 18 | I was surprised to find that Mr Summerfield had known the first Station Master of Bishop 's Castle , Elisha Edwin Owen — it was a thrill to speak to someone who had received first-hand memories of the start of the Railway . |
| 19 | I was surprised to find that hospitals appear to have standard forms of refusal to accept a blood transfusion and was dismayed at the layout of the form used in this case . |
| 20 | I WAS surprised to read that Terry Charman of the Imperial War Museum gave credence to the myth that the loss of life during one of the Slapton Sands invasion rehearsals had been ‘ kept quiet for 40 years ’ . |
| 21 | AS A taxpayer I was appalled to read that Fergie hosted a £15,000 bash at Buckingham Palace . |
| 22 | The White Lion in Bala agreed to accommodate us , and over dinner I was glad to realize that Nigel 's fantasies were equalling mine , though of a different nature . |
| 23 | O N A less acrimonious note , I was glad to read that David Alton , the Liberal Democrat MP for Liverpool Mossley Hill , is likely to stand at the next General Election . |
| 24 | I was interested to see that Currie High School has been included among the schools selected for investigation of safer travel to school . |
| 25 | I was horrified to read that Bishop John Shelby Spong has received death threats because he supports committed monogamous relationships between gay and lesbian people ( Homosexuality NI 201 ) . |
| 26 | I was able to arrange that U Khin Zaw , working in the Burmese section of the BBC , should return to be in charge of broadcasting , and in the meantime to ensure that he got some experience of the drama , music and talks departments . |
| 27 | That was the end of the entry , but I was able to discover that Luiza had died in the municipal hospital of Bom Jesus and was buried in a pauper 's coffin in an unmarked grave wrapped only in a hospital sheet . |
| 28 | I WAS amazed to learn that firms can sack people for having affairs with colleagues . |
| 29 | I was amazed to discover that pilots sometimes forget the large wing-span of their glider and risk touching a wing-tip on one side when flying through a gap . |
| 30 | She was desperate to ensure that Miss Mulliver should not think her irresponsible . |