Example sentences of "that [noun prp] was [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kelly heard that MacDonald was flying to Mount Stewart , the Co . |
| 2 | Among its first acts in office , the new government , committed to sweeping economic reforms aimed at the introduction of a market-based economy , announced on Dec. 11 , 1989 , that Czechoslovakia was applying for membership of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank . |
| 3 | Speculation that Hani would take over as head of the SACP at the end of the year increased following the announcement on Aug. 27 that Slovo was suffering from cancer . |
| 4 | David left school with 2 GCE ‘ O ’ level passes , in Art and Woodwork , and the school found him a job as a junior with a commercial art company , The Design Group Ltd. , and although some early press releases said that David was expelled from school , the record shows that he left two or three days early to start the job . |
| 5 | He would use whatever insight into Angy 's true nature that he had gleaned from Rick and Lou to undermine the pure , unsullied image that Barney was dedicated to preserving . |
| 6 | His later Lives do not inspire great confidence in their historical details about a young king seeking the hand of Offa 's daughter in marriage and falling a victim to the machinations of Queen Cynethryth , who alleged that Aethelberht 's real intention was to reconnoitre the Mercian kingdom with a view to invading it , and when the Chronicon ex Chronicis also claims that Aethelberht was put to death by Offa at the instigation of Queen Cynethryth it is not necessarily independent of the legend . |
| 7 | Some writers have said that Eleanor was driven to violence by Henry 's adulteries , culminating in his open attachment to Rosamund Clifford . |
| 8 | It was at this juncture that Molly was distracted by Jacqueline , who had to be taken back to the house into one of the lavatories sluiced only by a bucket of old chlorinated pool water . |
| 9 | Poor old Beatrice began by wanting to show how self-denying and supportive Ellen Ash was and she messed around looking up every recipe for gooseberry jam and every jaunt to Broadstairs for twenty-five years , can you believe it , and woke up to find that no one wanted self-denial and dedication any more , they wanted proof that Ellen was raging with rebellion and pain and untapped talent . |
| 10 | informed your meeting that Ratho was linked to Edinburgh by 15 return journeys per weekday and 20 single journeys on Sunday . |
| 11 | John Walcock , a friend of Paul Danquah , recollects that Danquah was visited at Allen Street by MI5 , shortly after the disappearance of Burgess and Maclean . |
| 12 | It is known that Dionysos was worshipped at Pylos shortly after the Minoan period on Crete and it is possible that his orgiastic cult was preceded by a Minoan proto-Dionysian cult . |
| 13 | It seems that Gould was determined to blackball his talented , but temporary , artist . |
| 14 | It is possible that Leapor was employed at Weston at the time of Arthur Barnardiston 's death . |
| 15 | ‘ I should add that Frank was talking about America . |
| 16 | Amabel , looking so delightful in her blue taffeta , who had made up her daughter 's love-story as she went along , with not the faintest suspicion in her heart that Gemma was marrying for convenience . |
| 17 | He said that he had presumed that Khumalo was speaking on behalf of Buthelezi , but realized that he was incorrect . |
| 18 | ‘ Mrs Walker thinks that Ruth was trying on makeup , ’ said powderless Miss Barrett , her unpainted eyes and lips wide with shock . |
| 19 | Konrad Adenauer , West Germany 's Chancellor , suspected that Korea was intended by Stalin as a ruse , to draw attention to the Far East whilst he launched into violent action in Europe . |
| 20 | Her argument was so brutally simple that Alexei was lost for words . |
| 21 | He knew that Alexei was staring at Jehana , willing her to deal with him . |
| 22 | He waited for Siban to find a way to phrase the request which was so obviously his intent , but instead Siban rose to his feet and stalked away towards the door , his departure so abrupt that Alexei was taken by surprise . |
| 23 | On this occasion Moorgate Mercantile had carelessly failed to register their hire purchase agreement with the result that Twitchings was told by H.P.I. that there was no hire purchase agreement registered in connection with this particular car . |
| 24 | During the trial the court heard that Connelly was arrested on January 10 1992 after a quantity of explosives , a timer power unit and detonators were found in the kitchen of his home at Westrock Drive in west Belfast . |
| 25 | Snodgrass was discussing with the Gnomes the best route to take and Caspar was making sure that they had packed the maps and Inchbad and Goll the Gorm and Arca Dubh were nodding and smiling and , of course , there was nothing sinister in their smiles — and there was certainly nothing in the least sinister in the way that Goibniu was looking at Fenella , thumbs hooked in his belt , his wide greedy mouth curving into a satisfied grin … |
| 26 | Silence punctuated with gasps from the other end of the line showed that Maurice was roaring with laughter at his own witticism . |
| 27 | It was in the wake of that boom that Short was attracted to chess . |
| 28 | Gary Player insisted that Ballesteros was suffering from paralysis by analysis , that he was no longer sure of his fundamentals . |
| 29 | On the day that Wilson was elected to office , he telephoned me , tracking me down to a restaurant in London , to enquire what to do about the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra . |
| 30 | ‘ The atmosphere is now different , what with the cricketers playing internationally and several fighters going to South Africa , ’ said Bruno who is spurred by the knowledge that Ribalta was outpointed by Coetzer 11 months ago . |