Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] that [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was sitting on the sofa , quietly crying ; I think I was wishing that Auschwitz looked better than it did , just now , with its windless heat and plagues of flies homing in on the marshes . |
| 2 | When I learnt biology , I was taught that Weismann , although he was right about the independence of germ line and soma , had given the wrong answer to this question . |
| 3 | I knew it was wrong but as time went on I found that despite myself I was hoping that Iraq would win . |
| 4 | I was hoping that Jane would type my application , but when she came to visit me in Cambridge , she had her arm in plaster , having broken it . |
| 5 | I mean , you obviously know what I want here , but I mean I was hoping that Yvonne would come across and work maybe two stroke three days a week for me even when |
| 6 | I was determined that Stella 's newly found peace of mind would n't be disturbed . ’ |
| 7 | I was expecting that Mrs was going to tell us about it . |
| 8 | , writes : MANY years ago I was told that Colgate toothpaste was made from pebbles from Chesil Beach , Dorset . |
| 9 | And that 's another thing , I was told that Pete was pissed and Sue seemed to think he got off with me because he was totally out of it , Pete was . |
| 10 | At about the second hour of day I was told that Kenamun would be leading the investigation . |
| 11 | I was told that Sir Noël Coward also stayed in the same suite quite regularly . |
| 12 | When I started my enquiries into our family history I was told that Mary Kell was two years older than George Webster and that she had previously been engaged to his elder brother who had died before they could marry . |
| 13 | Towards the end of this review I put in a call to Ovation 's distributors , Korg UK , to check on some details , and after raving on about what a great guitar I though it was I was told that Korg did n't want it back . |
| 14 | ‘ I was told that Mr Morley was here and I just needed a brief word . ’ |
| 15 | I was told that Jackie Stewart also organised a small Celebrity Challenge for charity in 1974 that the Princess Royal , then Princess Anne , attended . |
| 16 | At the ship 's office I was informed that Sir George Clerk , the British Ambassador , had sent a message that as soon as I landed I was to call on him at the Embassy . |
| 17 | He sat on the couch and started a story the burden of which was to illustrate that Hunter-Blair was being paid an exorbitant amount for his weekly outpourings and that he and Maureen were having an affair . |
| 18 | She was flattered that Grace considered her young enough to be ordered about . |
| 19 | She was hurt that John had said nothing to her about it , and decided that she would avoid him in future . |
| 20 | At five the next day when Delia Sutherland telephoned she was informed that David Rosen was on the other line . |
| 21 | She had assumed , when she was told that Mills ' murder had been checked thoroughly for any spying connections , that the enquiry had at least had the semblance of efficiency , if not diligence . |
| 22 | ‘ No names , no pack drill , but I know somebody who works for her and she was saying that Diana will be jolly pleased to have a lump sum to spend instead of having to go to him for her money . |
| 23 | And you was you was told that Percy White was out of prison . |
| 24 | One was to acknowledge that GATT 's rules should take account of levels of economic development , and that developing countries henceforward would not invariably be expected to make reciprocal concessions to the rich , developed countries . |
| 25 | ‘ But I thought yer was sayin' that Joe 's bruvver got beaten up over Stepney . |
| 26 | For some time it was suspected that Camp Mill was the site , but this now appears unlikely . |
| 27 | It was suspected that Alexander Peden was sheltering at Priesthill and Claverhouse hoped to ‘ catch two birds with the one stone ’ . |
| 28 | Corals cut Cacoethes from 6-1 to 5-1 co-favourite with Aliysa and Young Mother for Sunday 's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after it was confirmed that Steve Cauthen will ride Guy Harwood 's colt . |
| 29 | When it was confirmed that Len Seager had broken his neck a meeting was called with all relevant parties to discuss the case . |
| 30 | But when the word reached him , and especially when it was seen that Lord Grey himself was with the party , thereafter I can not be sure . |