Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unwisely , he was heard to proclaim that this time he was sure to catch the Fawcetts redhanded ( or , more accurately , up to their fetlocks in feathers ) . |
| 2 | The train lover was fascinated to find that most journeys are undertaken on the railway because Chinese roads are not up to Western standards . |
| 3 | The President of Fiji , Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau , formally promulgated a new Constitution on July 25 , which was designed to ensure that political power remained in the hands of the country 's ethnic Melanesian population . |
| 4 | His friend Lauder once attended such a service and was moved to comment that this assembling of the deaf was an affecting spectacle : |
| 5 | Already towards the end of January , when it was made known that German troops were encircled in Stalingrad , the unease registered in numerous reports merged into critical comment expressing fundamental doubts about the necessity of the war with Russia and now also about the truth of Hitler 's explanations for the war . |
| 6 | It was used to argue that all members of the household should contribute to local revenue if they used local services . |
| 7 | He was sobered to find that many Tahitians were already dying from the venereal diseases bequeathed to them on a previous visit . |
| 8 | Ann was helped to see that this problem originally resulted from displaced resentments about Charles 's infidelity . |
| 9 | The vocabulary of social purity was employed to demonstrate that male immorality was the problem to be addressed , not the norm against which women should be defined . |
| 10 | The surgeon was forced to admit that this operation would leave Dawn paralysed and wheelchair-bound for the rest of her life . |
| 11 | Great care was taken to see that this work was disseminated as widely as possible . |
| 12 | But I was comforted to discover that these highways are antiquities , built by some unfortunate landowner who expected a visit from the king . |