Example sentences of "i that [adj] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Told me that one youth was in custody and another due to appear in court for the break-ins . |
| 2 | People I have asked tell me that this faith was austere and fanatical , that many of its adherents gave as good as any of its martyrs got . |
| 3 | ‘ Looking back now to the time when the site for these premises was chosen , and realising the state of affairs existing in this type of works , it is surprising to me that this process was ever permitted on this site at all ( being figuratively speaking within arms length of the dwellings ) . |
| 4 | Moreover she breathed out power also ; one felt it in the air as one feels a thunderstorm before it breaks , and it seemed to me that this power was not quite human , that it drew its strength from afar and dwelt a stranger to the earth . |
| 5 | For example , it was pointed out to me that some teachers were making lesson notes for the first time in years ! |
| 6 | Poole told me that some people were also shocked because John , in his role as the Devil , ‘ disguised himself as a girl in point shoes , a tutu and a blonde wig , with his devil 's horns showing through ’ . |
| 7 | I was impressed by a deluge of letters from the Masons which assured me that both men were entirely innocent of importing cannabis as the police alleged . |
| 8 | It seems to me that these dreams were not only manifestations of hunger , but that they also evinced a desire to be normal and part of the natural world . |
| 9 | Mr Relf , present Superintendent , informed me that these works were the first of the Mid Kent Co. and this was " where it all began " . |
| 10 | Only a few girls told me that these matters were ever discussed within their families . |
| 11 | I would n't have cared to live under the rule of Fagg myself , but I ca n't say it worried me that these people were getting short rations . |