Example sentences of "[noun prp] that the [adj] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Told by Secord that the Second Channel was going to solve the hostage problem , ‘ but we do n't know how , ’ North replied , ‘ I do n't care how , right now . ’ |
| 2 | He agreed with Tuttle that the Laetoli creatures were not curling their toes under which would be one way to suggest that proof of compatibility — and one species — is based on a composite foot spanning both time and species . |
| 3 | It seemed to Maggie that the whole place was almost hanging in the air because it seemed impossible that such slender columns could hold such intricate , lacy arches and ornate ceilings . |
| 4 | It was from Holkham that the first Devons were commercially exported to the USA , though in fact the Pilgrim Fathers , who set sail from Plymouth , took some Devons with them in the seventeenth century . |
| 5 | Councillors approved plans for flats at North View Engineering Works , Harris Street , after hearing from people living in nearby Melsonby Crescent that the existing site was a disgrace . |
| 6 | Now he 's told the House of Commons that the biggest culprits were the Liberal Democrats themselves . |
| 7 | It now emerged that the new National Rivers Authority had warned MAFF that the voluntary approach was ‘ an insufficiently secure base ’ . |
| 8 | But it was in Zurich that the first shot was fired . |
| 9 | Something in the porter 's voice had suggested to Harry that the good doctor was particularly memorable . |
| 10 | A CHRISTMAS job in his university days convinced Mr John Ensoll that the Secret Service was not for him . |
| 11 | On Nov. 11 Ashrawi told a news conference in Jerusalem that the Palestinian leadership was not " working on a detailed blueprint for autonomy " but was " working on projects , several issues that have to deal with interim transitional arrangements " . |
| 12 | Although he put the poem to one side it still continued to worry him , and in October he explained to Mary Hutchinson that the contemporary situation was such that only good work was appropriate ; bad writing , after all , would seem even more trivial or superfluous . |
| 13 | A COUPLE of years ago , a rumour swept Oxford that the National Front was to have a stall at the Freshers ' Fair . |
| 14 | This is , I think , illustrated by the fact that , when told by Mr Clayton that the new lock was unsatisfactory , Twogates through their solicitors were content that the lock should be replaced by Mr Clayton himself . |
| 15 | Back in July , the Queen told Premier John Major that the royal marriage was in a desperate situation . |
| 16 | ‘ I felt in Tokyo that the other runners were running my race . |
| 17 | However , one evening an imposing delegation of Tominahs arrived unannounced in our royal upstairs boudoir to inform Ranteallo that the spiritual path was finally clear to transfer Puang Sangalla 's remains from its abode of four years , a quarter of a mile away , to the death-house in the Rante for the culminating month of final rites . |
| 18 | Ryzhkov told Prunskiene that the Soviet authorities were to allow unconditionally the partial resumption of natural gas and raw material supplies to selected Lithuanian enterprises ( the gas supplies resumed on June 16 ) . |
| 19 | His servant came to pack his clothes , and while he was doing this , he told Dorian that the dead man was a sailor , but no one knew his name . |
| 20 | It was in Aden that the alternative solution was found , and Paul Nizan finally became Paul Nizan . |