Example sentences of "[verb] that [adj] [noun] was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is too much to say that ‘ ministers , uncertain about everything else , had at times found a refuge in social righteousness ’ and that ‘ Bunyan … might have said that social righteousness was his old village of Morality transformed , like Manchester , to a town , by the industrial revolution ’ . |
| 2 | If we had n't heard so much about him from Robert , we 'd find it impossible to imagine that this bloke was anything but the most upright of citizens . ’ |
| 3 | This simple test showed that all mankind was one ; but it was difficult to do with exotic or shy creatures . |
| 4 | Much more could , and has , been written about his qualities , but little of this is relevant to his claim to be a martyr — and it should be remembered that this claim was his own and most successful invention . |
| 5 | Mrs Jones felt that this arrangement was itself disruptive and should be changed . |
| 6 | It would seem that this book was his constant companion and the title page of his copy of the eighth edition , published in the year of his death , 1768 , was inscribed ‘ The Gift of my old friend , the author ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought , well , let's just say that last night was something I never want to have to live through again … ’ |
| 8 | M. Giscard d'Estaing considered that economic policy was his domain as well . |
| 9 | They suggested that constitutional change was something that most Scottish electors might , when invited , approve of . |