Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] was [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 At five the next day when Delia Sutherland telephoned she was informed that David Rosen was on the other line .
2 ‘ But I thought yer was sayin' that Joe 's bruvver got beaten up over Stepney .
3 He said it was believed that Aeroflot , the Russian airline was also interested in starting a Transatlantic service from Stansted and was considering taking over the American Airlines route .
4 Mr Hunt said it was hoped that Allitt would be either transferred to another hospital or returned to Rampton .
5 A county council spokesman said it was hoped that councillors would agree to a site visit to see for themselves if lay-bys were necessary .
6 Belfast stockbroker Gavin Graham , of BWD Rensburg , said he was surpised that NIE had decided to ‘ squeeze in ’ its long-awaited flotation so close to the BT issue .
7 Shares of its Hong Kong subsidiary were suspended , and after the market closed it was announced that Polly may buy the 30 per cent of the company it does not already own .
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