Example sentences of "that [noun prp] was [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mid Hampshire coroner , Grahame Short , said : ‘ It seems that Sarah was contemplating at that time taking her life . |
| 2 | Powell had no argument with the principle of starting a magazine , or even over the amount of money it would cost , but he felt that Branson was treading on sensitive political ground in attempting to take advantage of somebody else 's industrial dispute . |
| 3 | She claims that Meryl was sitting on that window seat last night , wearing just her nightclothes . |
| 4 | In other words it 's , it 's sticking from east to west , people will know of all the thing , it 's er tell you that many from eastern parts and western parts were called and reclined at the table , in other words this , well this good news that Jesus was sticking on this |
| 5 | And all of that made the conversation , th the fact that Jesus was talking with this woman , a very improper thing nineteen hundred years ago ! |
| 6 | Signs that Jordan was adhering to international sanctions against Iraq emerged in October . |
| 7 | The view that Britain was moving to Prime Ministerial government was largely encouraged by Mrs Thatcher 's dominant personality , which became more marked following the Falklands war . |
| 8 | Moreover , with a politically more secure government and fewer power cuts ( the benefits of new investment were gradually coming through ) , the threat of public exposure could not be as effectively used by the Boards against Whitehall , though the mandarins remained for a time concerned that Citrine was aiming at such an anti-government campaign . |
| 9 | Seeing that George was talking to one of the shepherds , he came forward to join them . |
| 10 | He looked up to see that Barbara was leaning against one of the hessian screens . |
| 11 | The need to regularise transactions in east Kent may also suggest the existence of organised points of entry for traders , but no such settlement of this date has been identified , although there are strong hints that Kent was moving towards that development in the seventh century with commercial centres on the Wantsum Channel and the River Stour ( Hodges 1982a ) . |
| 12 | Carolyn sat rigidly still , appalled that Clare was talking about this in front of the others . |
| 13 | While it was stated that ELIZA was looking for key phrases in the ‘ patient 's ’ input , its illusory importance was re-affirmed by repeating the computer 's dialogue at the end of the program . |
| 14 | Gasanov said on Nov. 20 that Azerbaijan was hoping for increased commercial links , and , as a Turkic speaking nation , would adopt the Latin alphabet in order to increase cultural co-operation with Turkey . |