Example sentences of "we had been [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had been assuming that it was the absence of the teacher which created the unique benefits of collaborative learning . |
| 2 | We had been advised that if we laid on a couple of bottles of champagne he might stay and chat for a while after the show . |
| 3 | We had been advised that its latest English translation by Eivor Martinus was more robust than versions of it generally current here — an unnecessary warning as things turned out . |
| 4 | Although all the recruit instruction was normally carried out at Castelnaudary , we had been informed that we would be going to Orange , the base of the 1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie , as Castelnaudary was overcrowded . |
| 5 | ‘ They say that it was a mistake that we had been told that the outbreak was due to Salmonella enteriditis , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Earlier we had been told that some ‘ lascivious ’ nudes were ‘ a sign of increasing decadence at the centre of an inflexible regime ’ , a phrase with some deeply troubling echoes of vocabulary . |
| 7 | We had been told that the loans system would deter people who might otherwise have gone into higher education because of the so-called financial hardship that they would face . |