Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [that] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was on this date personnel involved learned that an unidentified aircraft carrier would be anchoring at Greenock where the Spitfires would be loaded on board . |
| 2 | It was the only time I felt slightly frightened and that was mainly because I 'd heard that a posterior labour could last a long time — even 24 hours . |
| 3 | They had granted her permission to move tents once she 'd heard that an unconscious soldier named Trumper was lying down the line . |
| 4 | Earlier he had heard that a young clerk from the Post Office had shot himself while lying in bed … he had left a young widow , to whom he had been married in Calcutta during the previous cold season ; this act of despair had moved him more than any other of the many deaths he had witnessed since the beginning of the siege ; it was perhaps the fact that the young man had been lying in bed when he had shot himself that the Collector found so sad . |
| 5 | This was the same Clark who had stressed that a regular education was necessary for a farrier . |
| 6 | In the case of Oxleas Wood , a planning inspector had recommended that a cut-and-cover tunnel should be re-considered . |
| 7 | A survey carried out for the 1909 Royal Commission on the Poor Laws found that subsidised pauper wage-earners made up only 0.5 per cent of the female population in the sixteen areas investigated , though an 1898 report by a woman factory inspector in Glasgow had considered that a substantial amount of poor relief went in aid of wages . |
| 8 | The Daily Mail had proclaimed that a new and ugly word had entered the English language , ‘ raver ’ . |
| 9 | I had noticed that a great deal of moral indignation was wasted in England over matters relating to sexual encounters . |
| 10 | In 1976 the USSR claimed that its spy satellites had revealed that a nuclear explosion took place in the Kalahari desert in southern Africa . |
| 11 | In a cinema , for example , although you would no doubt forgive me if I shouted ‘ Move ! ’ at you if I had seen that a heavy chandelier was falling on to your head , you might not be so tolerant if I used the same formulation , requesting the same action , if you were simply obscuring my view of the screen . |
| 12 | Until 1989 the courts had said that a 'speaking " decision could be upset if it contained an obvious error . |
| 13 | Leon Trotsky had said that a socialist revolution in Britain was being prevented by one thing alone — the habit of the leaders of the Labour Party and trade unions to compromise with the ruling class by becoming part of the system . |
| 14 | The IDA responded to the charges by pointing out that it had brought Dr McDonald in to allay local fears after a residents ' spokesperson had said that an independent medical opinion could satisfy the residents and noted that this internationally renowned expert had pronounced the factory to be entirely safe . |
| 15 | In announcing the government 's intention I also made it clear that my right honourable friend had decided that a similar duty should be introduced for auditors of building societies and financial service companies and that my right honourable friend the president of the board of trade would want the approach extended er to the , this approach extended to the auditors of insurance companies . |
| 16 | Because no one had been sure of what to do , since there was no prescribed etiquette , the leading members of the Household had decided that a small , but ‘ Imperial ’ dinner-party was the answer . |
| 17 | I suppose he thought I was not giving of my best , and as I was known as a rather shy , reserved sort , he had decided that a quiet word at an informal moment would be the best approach . |
| 18 | This was the first time voters had decided that an operational nuclear plant be closed , and similar campaigns were expected to be launched across the USA following the successful outcome of the Californian vote . |
| 19 | The Newsom Report in 1963 , for example , had argued that a better ( male ) workforce would serve to create jobs , and that Britain 's economic fortunes were impeded by undertrained workers . |
| 20 | Greece had argued that an independent nation called Macedonia would imply that the new state had territorial designs on Greece 's northern province , also called Macedonia . |
| 21 | Some senior managers had thought that a major change in BP Oil 's portfolio might solve some of the problems . |
| 22 | I was n't deceived , for Nour had been kind when I had been what he called ‘ good ’ , and I had thought that a new Nour had been born who was made for me , designed for all my needs and desires , and we would be unchangingly happy together until the end of time . |
| 23 | Alice had thought that a white-haired man was sitting in the chair next to her . |
| 24 | Translating them into actual events , there could be few people who had anticipated that a British Airways Boeing 747 would suffer loss of power on all four engines for sixteen minutes when it flew into a volcanic ash cloud at 37 000 feet . |
| 25 | Although a notice at the entrance to the Room indicated that the Survey was being conducted , and invited visitors to co-operate by completing a questionnaire , a pilot survey in 1980 had shown that a satisfactory response rate could be obtained only if this was reinforced by a personal approach to visitors . |
| 26 | If Law had a political model , then it must have been Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman , a fellow Scot who had shown that an ordinary man could hold the highest office without discredit and that he could beat the clever and the politically sophisticated at their own game . |
| 27 | Estimates had shown that an extra 5 billion would be needed on top of the existing 25 billion to keep afloat the E.C . |
| 28 | However , Bogyoke went up to Panglong and discovered that the more shrewd and realistic Frontier leaders had grasped that a new political situation was emerging . |
| 29 | An earlier statement by the Finance Minister-designate , Otto Herrigel , had noted that a central bank independent of the South African Reserve Bank , which would issue its own currency , was ultimately to be established . |
| 30 | Likud , meanwhile , rejected any " land for peace " formula , with some party supporters arguing that the Iraqi Scud attacks had demonstrated that a secure Israel required broad territorial margins . |