Example sentences of "[verb] that [det] [noun] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | It transpired that each woman had packed up her own cake to bring to the fête . |
| 2 | The day after Myeni 's warning , Buthelezi distanced himself from it in a statement denying that any decision had been taken to deploy fighters . |
| 3 | He responded by denying that any concessions had been made . |
| 4 | The men , one of whom was named as Ernest Joma , were quickly arrested , however , and two hours later the then Information , Ideological Guidance and Co-operative Development Minister , Simon Pierre , broadcast a message denying that any coup had taken place and calling for calm . |
| 5 | In the context , this ‘ very lax attitude ’ seems to be measured against circumstances ( such as late Old English or the present day ) in which there is a uniform standard of spelling : thus , what this really means is that in Early ME there was no uniform standard , and indeed Scragg adds that these scribes had ‘ no conception of a spelling standard ’ . |
| 6 | Until an hour or two ago I certainly did n't know that this problem had arisen , but the date April has been on the lips of my er Honourable Friend er and of the Noble Minister er I used to represent part of the City of Leeds and Honourable er a and Noble Lord you 'll have heard recently of behaviour at Elland Road Football Ground on the death of Sir Matt Busby and one can only wonder what sort of people er we 're dealing with , but many of them arrive at Leeds City Station on the day of a match and they come early and they have then to get their way to Elland Road and there are often real problems . |
| 7 | Glad to be in Dublin once more , I roamed around the shops , noticing that many bakers had ‘ Brack Loaves ’ on display , with rings placed on them . |
| 8 | I saw no bodies , although I did not doubt that many people had drowned . |
| 9 | The peaceful periods demonstrated that both sides had common interests . |
| 10 | It was pleasant to know that that fact had been noted among the critical young gentlemen who comprised , as far as it could be done , Edwin 's set . |
| 11 | For standing on the , on the seats you see , which I mean my father was right he 'd got the experience to know that several men had been drowned like that . |
| 12 | He added : ‘ The chancellor must come to explain why the secret arrangements were such that the public were never to know that this payment had been made . ’ |
| 13 | At the same time , it should not be forgotten that some writers had been advocating the use of multiple methods for years : |
| 14 | Allegations were rife : evacuees complained of cruel and miserly hosts ; hosts maintained that many parents had deliberately sent children off in their worst clothes in order to arouse sympathy and gifts of replacement clothing . |
| 15 | The nation where this debate is being launched has just emerged , in the spring of 1974 , from a confrontation between Government and unions so destabilizing that some people had been daily expecting to see tanks in Whitehall . |
| 16 | And as the boat station had been there before nineteen sixty six , probably a hundred years before nineteen sixty six , it was then claimed that this person had adverse possession , which in short , is squatter 's rights . |
| 17 | He was surprised to find that this dairymaid had such sad thoughts . |
| 18 | When Helena Levy died earlier this year the Trust was delighted to find that this generosity had extended to leaving seven-eighths of her estate to the Trust — a sum likely to amount to nearly £5 million . |
| 19 | It was later reported that both sides had scaled down the number of troops along the border . |
| 20 | Christina could see that Paul wanted to scream that this colour had been his choice , but he bit back his retort , clenching his fists . |
| 21 | Without revealing that both ships had been secretly assisting South Vietnamese commando raids on the North , Johnson called upon Congress to pass a resolution granting him sweeping powers to act against North Vietnam . |
| 22 | The most prominent of these were hilltops , and he found that all leys had a hilltop for at least one of their terminal points . |
| 23 | The NAO report , however , found that some areas had been neglected , notably air , as the inspectorate concentrated its resources on those areas it considered to be priorities such as nuclear sites . |
| 24 | In her research into the effects of divorce on children , Mitchell ( 1985 ) found that some siblings had been divided between the two parents , though some were reunited after the divorce . |
| 25 | To their surprise , they found that some schools had grown in number from one week to the next . |
| 26 | On testing for hepatitis B surface antigen after informed consent was obtained we found that most subjects had negative results ( 9/14 , 64% ) ; three ( 21% ; 0.03% of all those vaccinated ) had positive results ; there was no follow up testing on one patient , and the other was later found to have a low level of antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen produced in response to an additional dose of vaccine . |
| 27 | ‘ Meanwhile , I went aboard and found that both engines had failed owing to leaking radiators . |
| 28 | The committee reported that all teams had completed the tasks successfully and it agreed to initial a protocol of the joint inspection at the third session to be held in Beijing in November . |
| 29 | They realized that each element had its own spectrum , a pattern of bright lines ( from which the ubiquitous sodium lines could be distinguished ) ; and they used the spectroscope to detect two new metals , caesium and rubidium , which they were then able to isolate . |
| 30 | I realized that this suit had been among the clothes Barrymore had left for Selden , and I told Holmes . |