Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [be] [v-ing] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Digital Equipment Corp was the most obvious absentee from the Common Open Software Environment jamboree last week ( CI No 2,130 ) : was it , as some have said , that DEC was steering clear of anything that might damage Microsoft 's Windows NT ? — apparently not — DEC says it was simply that no one invited to join until the day before the launch . |
| 2 | She would worry that Kelly was becoming involved in the sleazy aftermath of her father 's death . |
| 3 | The fact that Carlo was sitting next to her , overhearing the conversation , indolently gazing round the table or raising his glass to sip the delights of the Princesse 's cellar , only made things worse . |
| 4 | Minter , had he but known it , was right as well as wrong : right that Harry was running short of cash , wrong if he believed that currently mattered to him a jot . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I told them that , ’ Francis Morgan said irritably and his wife and daughter caught each other 's eye in silent agreement that he had n't told them that Angela was refusing point-black to be married from home and was insisting on the full London set-out , reception at the House of Commons , replying unanswerably when he had objected on grounds of expense that she could well afford to pay for it herself . |
| 6 | Could n't she see that Silas was feeling disgusted with her lack of feeling towards an older woman who was now in a most awkward and painful situation ? |
| 7 | The most fundamental reason was evidently that Hitler was proving incapable of bringing about the fervently desired end to the war , either victoriously or even through a creditable compromise peace . |