Example sentences of "[vb past] that [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very annoyed over the whole business this end , when it transpired that nobody had any information on the subject either . |
| 2 | I proposed that I teach one woman what I knew so that she could teach the others after we got more machines . |
| 3 | The doctor arrived and after examining me pronounced that I had some sort of mystery virus , and there was nothing he could do for me . |
| 4 | The monopolistic merchants found that they had insufficient capital to advance the loans required ; there was much evasion of the monopolies ; and the export trade itself was disrupted by the crown 's impressment of merchant shipping for war , and its political pressures on Flanders . |
| 5 | ‘ When I got to my door I found that I had this cement cock in my pocket . |
| 6 | They then got his notes out and found that he had malignant hypertension — just high blood pressure . |
| 7 | The mocking-birds were probably his best clue , since here he found that he had clear evidence showing that the populations of different islands were quite distinct . |
| 8 | Okapi was certainly easy to use and most people found that it needed minimal learning and relearning . |
| 9 | Harvard 's experiments on bird tumours , for example , showed that viral insertion increased the expression of the myc gene — and Croce and his collaborators reported that they found increased expression of myc in Burkin 's lymphomas ( Science , vol 21 8 , p 983 ) . |
| 10 | Trade unionists knew that they could only achieve a limited level of their ambitions through industrial means and they realized that they needed working class MPs to support them in parliament . |
| 11 | Then came the moment when she finally realized that she needed professional help . |
| 12 | Edinburgh District Council have been consulted and officials from their Planning Department have looked at the route and agreed that it has good potential . |
| 13 | Edinburgh District Council have been consulted and officials from their Planning Department have looked at the route and agreed that it has good potential . |
| 14 | ‘ I presumed that you had another candidate — or should I say victim ? — lined up . ’ |
| 15 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 16 | Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan . |
| 17 | But now she announced that she wished this title to be publicly used . |
| 18 | He discovered that she had an IQ of genius level and announced that she needed firm discipline and intellectual stimulation . |
| 19 | She then announced that she wanted some cream cakes . |
| 20 | Widgery meanwhile brandished his privately-sponsored U card and announced that he represented British student journalists . |
| 21 | I recall very vividly how , after he had sung a short song in one of the episodes and commanded everybody 's attention , he announced that he hoped one day to be able to play the lead in a big West End musical . |
| 22 | At this Maria Candida , who had been listening on the stairs , let out a wail of joy at the thought that she would be seeing Portugal again ; Leonora went to embrace her daughter and whisper her blessings , while Gerald , who knew when he was beaten and was never any good in emotional situations , announced that he had important business in the castle yard , and would return as soon as he had attended to it . |
| 23 | Those who said they never revealed that they have cystic fibrosis were more likely to be employed ( 64% ( 110/172 ) v 53% ( 311/585 ) , difference 2.5% to 19% ) , than those who revealed their cystic fibrosis at job interviews , but the questionnaire did not ask about responses to confidential medical questionnaires . |
| 24 | Referral for hearing tests revealed that he had recurrent otitis media and consequently had intermittent hearing loss . |
| 25 | Erm , let's cover one or two things , because about a year ago , in two articles in the local use , sorry who was it ? allowed to sell the accumulated fund from council house sales , on building new houses , and two weeks later the deputy leader of the council , argued that he needed that money invested because the council could n't exist without the interest on it . |
| 26 | He believed that they had greater capacity to do so than previous generations and hence would be less in need of support from the state when they reached old-age — there was therefore no need to establish complex insurance machinery . |
| 27 | Some of the professionals believed that they had greater patience than their able-bodied colleagues , and often pointed out that their patients and clients had greater confidence in them and were more likely to take their advice . |
| 28 | Most of the disabled professionals believed that they had more knowledge of disability than their colleagues . |
| 29 | ‘ did , without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority ’ Means that this offence is not committed if the accused believed that he had lawful authority to do it or that he would have had the owner 's consent if the owner knew of his doing it and the circumstances of it . |
| 30 | LINTON WAS VERY surprised to be woken so early , and told that he had another journey to make , before breakfast . |