Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Now I 'm not getting at you or Peter Underhill , both of being excellent fellows ; but this is just the sort of thing I predicted would happen twenty years ago when we , as a country , started to ‘ go metric ’ and were assured that five years would see it done . |
2 | We were in touch with the Department of Health last week and were assured that that announcement was im imminent , that the Minister had not yet agreed what those conditions would be . |
3 | The police then sought the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions and were told that such evidence would not be admissible in Irish courts , and that the Attorney General would be seeking an injunction to prevent termination . |
4 | But by March that year the Chiefs of Staff were recording a victory for their view of the Middle East , and were arguing that this implied that Britain must hang on to the right to return to bases in Egypt , even in the absence of agreement . |
5 | This was a precious baby : four months earlier Fiona , then 31 , had miscarried at 13 weeks and was determined that this time things would go well . |
6 | Was it because she knew the Miletti family only too well , and was determined that this time at least everything should not be conveniently hushed up ? |
7 | However , I tabled a written question some time ago about increasing the number of occupational therapists in Northern Ireland and was assured that that would happen . |
8 | In the street Dr Tervahauta saw many amputees and was told that two hundred amputations had been done within the town since the beginning of the siege . |
9 | At half-past nine she rang the police station and was told that DCI Harris had just gone out and was not expected back until after lunch . |
10 | In consulted the ladies again , and was told that these nightmares were caused by an incarnation in Ancient Greece where I had been sacrificed to the Sun God . |
11 | He called the aircraft and was advised that both engines had flamed out and that a forced landing would be necessary . |
12 | I also took on the position knowingly of the bad reputation in Scotland of Sports to the trade regarding hotel sales of your equipment , but was promised that this practice would be cut out . |