Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [verb] that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unwisely , he was heard to proclaim that this time he was sure to catch the Fawcetts redhanded ( or , more accurately , up to their fetlocks in feathers ) . |
| 2 | His friend Lauder once attended such a service and was moved to comment that this assembling of the deaf was an affecting spectacle : |
| 3 | Ann was helped to see that this problem originally resulted from displaced resentments about Charles 's infidelity . |
| 4 | The surgeon was forced to admit that this operation would leave Dawn paralysed and wheelchair-bound for the rest of her life . |
| 5 | The XT came from the middle of the word ‘ extra ’ , which was meant to imply that this new model had better expansion capabilities than the PC . |
| 6 | Great care was taken to see that this work was disseminated as widely as possible . |