Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [that] the [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | This really assured me that the plant was one of the safest . |
| 2 | Austen Chamberlain stiffly told them that the meeting was unprecedented and irregular , but it was left to Birkenhead to denounce them all for impertinence , stupidity and disloyalty . |
| 3 | The retired milkman , from whom I had borrowed the can , told me that the dent was the result of an accident with a bicycle . |
| 4 | A look at the sea below me told me that the tide was still low , though presumably it had begun to turn . |
| 5 | and told me that the problem was electric |
| 6 | A Stourbridge resident working in Kidderminster library subsequently told me that The Slug was the nickname for the Stourbridge Town branch train . |
| 7 | ‘ Somebody once told me that the network was long-distance lorry drivers … ’ ponders Paul . |
| 8 | The official told me that the form was not enough and that I needed a letter from my dad saying he lived alone . |
| 9 | ‘ They 're lovely , Rob , ’ she murmured , moving away so that he should n't see her weakness , and forcing herself to say , ‘ Luke told me that the party was a huge success . |
| 10 | He assured her that the end was in sight and a friend has since described the case as the pinnacle of his career . |
| 11 | Curtains obscured his view , but the shape of the covers told him that the bed was occupied . |
| 12 | Some time later , the officer touched his shoulder and told him that the court was ready . |
| 13 | The girl told him that the house was full of Pakistanis , and added , with a lilt of incomprehensible pride , that she herself came from Guyana . |
| 14 | ‘ When I told him that the van was standard apart from a roll cage he found it even more difficult to accept . |
| 15 | I told him that the weather was horrendous on Tiree also , with cloud and heavy rain , and getting worse . |
| 16 | He told her that the cross was not religious , but marked the place where a criminal was put to death and buried . |
| 17 | While she was well aware of her mother 's trauma following the birth of brother John , her instincts told her that the baby was well . |
| 18 | He wished us the best of luck and advised us that the Brigade was here to stay . |
| 19 | The men told us that the area was dangerous , that robbers used to hide in the mango tree at the crossroads and jump down on people returning home to their villages . |
| 20 | The photograph was lent by a member of Frensham and Dockenfield Local History Society , who told us that the picture was taken around 1916 . |
| 21 | I then got straight onto the radio to Sergeant and Superintendent and informed them that the flat was secure er one person er arrested er and requested C I D and their presence . |
| 22 | Blithely she informed me that the stone was covering an access port to Vadinamia 's inner world . |
| 23 | Aggie persevered with the kitten and when it was time to get it neutered she went along to the local vet , who informed her that the tomcat was in fact a ‘ she ’ . |
| 24 | Aardvark taught him that the left was not just a movement but a market . |
| 25 | The principal was immediately cautious and warned her that the boy was under age . |
| 26 | She warned him that the company was to be investigated for alleged laundering of drug money through Swiss banks in the so-called " Lebanon connection " case , and he resigned his position later that same day [ ibid . ] . |
| 27 | THE millionaire who stabbed his wife as his son dialled 999 , told yesterday how she taunted him that the boy was another man 's child . |
| 28 | When Mark reminded them that the plant was relatively new and that with the exception of the American Managing Director and Treasurer , was manned throughout by Irish men and women , they countered with , ‘ Ah yes , but it 's the Trade unions , you see . ’ |
| 29 | But what finally convinced me that the emission was real was that the spectrum of the emitted particles was exactly that which would be emitted by a hot body , and that the black hole was emitting particles at exactly the correct rate to prevent violations of the second law . |
| 30 | Angered when he heard that Louis and the Young King had deserted him , the news none the less convinced him that the cause was lost . |