Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked why he had continued to use it to destroy the character of a witness after being warned that it was confidential . |
| 2 | Mr Adamec failed to form a consensus government after the November revolution , and conceded after being elected that he did not have an easy task . |
| 3 | Not only had it been obvious from the map that they were ninety degrees off course but they had been on tarmac for nine miles after being told that the track in In Salah was dirt from its start . |
| 4 | Even carrying on after being told that the stand was full . |
| 5 | After being told that they could n't have children , the Smiths became the first to sign up for the ARC 1990 , which would form part of some long-term cruising . |
| 6 | Former Vice-President Oginga Odinga was forced to cancel his trip after being told that his passport had been withdrawn ; former member of parliament Martin Shikuku and trade unionist Dennis Akumu were both stopped by security officers at Nairobi airport . |
| 7 | Sir Roy went missing after being told that he had Parkinson 's disease . |
| 8 | It is understood that he decided not to appeal after being told that a mental health review tribunal would be held soon after his return to Britain . |
| 9 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 10 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 11 | he took the test after being told that at more than 50 he was too old to learn . |
| 12 | Disappointed governors at Hummersknott School in Darlington have had to shelve their plans to reopen the sixth form after being told that they have no legal right of appeal against Durham county council 's rejection of the scheme . |
| 13 | It was also the anticipation of being hit that was worrying ; would it be a punch in the guts , or the scarred knuckles of a Spaniard 's fist in the eye ? |
| 14 | On hearing about any kind of student activity , my father , instead of being pleased that we were out of bed , used to shout about the need for us to ‘ grow up ’ and ‘ learn the facts of life ’ . |
| 15 | Carp refused to accept a bait mounted directly on strong tackle because they had learned through the experience of being caught that dangerous ( hooked ) baits behaved differently from those that were not dangerous ( free , unattached baits ) . |
| 16 | She did n't actually hear him come back into the room ; it was just the feeling of being watched that alerted her to his presence , and she turned her head warily . |
| 17 | The homoeopathic physician can on the other hand give the appropriate remedies for grief or fright , or whatever else it may have been , and experience the satisfaction of being told that the patient now feels better than she has done for years . |
| 18 | David Fishlock , science editor of the Financial Times , told me that the FT ‘ took it seriously ’ because of being told that Harwell was looking into it . |
| 19 | Chamberlain was tired of being told that his War Minister was an Oriental pedlar of furniture . ‘ |
| 20 | Rape itself is extremely traumatic and can lead to family problems but imagine the horror of being told that you must have a stranger 's child and the complications with a jealous boyfriend or husband . |
| 21 | She did not go into details : that she found herself so physically revolted by the process that she had begun to retch , nor despite being warned that all new mothers had a fit of the blues after giving birth , she had been crying most of that day . |
| 22 | Burton asked for an audition and did one despite being told that all the parts were taken . |
| 23 | It 's like being told that Frank Sinatra ca n't make it but , do n't worry , we 've hired a punk rock band instead . |
| 24 | Campaigns like Howell Henry 's First Direct TV launch are widely criticized — I think rightly — for being so obsessed with being noticed that the message that is supposed to be communicated almost disappears . |
| 25 | Upon being reminded that Darlington was the sort of marginal constituency the Party may like to win she assumed then that the recipients must live in Tory wards . |
| 26 | In every case the accused teacher suffered a lengthy period of suspension before being told that the allegation had been withdrawn or that no proceedings would be instituted against them . |
| 27 | I was only there a few weeks and was so bored and anxious to be gone that I remember very little about the place . |
| 28 | Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third . |
| 29 | Whilst owing his debt to Lorca , it has to be said that this volume is markedly conservative . |
| 30 | It has to be said that the plays are somewhat thin in material , and the characterisation weak , but they were both offended by the offhand refusal and the Corporation 's unwillingness to offer even the slightest guidance for the betterment of the projects . |