Example sentences of "[noun] that [pron] [was/were] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animosity that there was between them ? |
| 2 | During the Second World War the King of Saudi Arabia , Abdul Aziz , managed to convince both the British and the Germans that he was on their side . |
| 3 | Moores and ( inset ) with his wife Kathy , a former Miss England who later tragically drowned when his car landed in a muddy ditch and he forgot to tell rescuers that she was in it |
| 4 | My headmaster and a teacher , after a long struggle , managed to convince my Papa that it was in my best interest to pursue such a training . |
| 5 | The police driver asked for her documents but the woman explained , with a pleasant smile that they were at her home nearby . |
| 6 | Tacit collusion , on the other hand , would involve no explicit agreement but simply the unspoken acceptance by the two firms that it was in their best interests each to produce half the monopoly output on the understanding that failure to do so would provoke a price war . |
| 7 | We 're now back to the page that we were on which is six six one |
| 8 | The feeling of comradeship now in Liverpool , the feeling that everyone was in it together and helping each other , was something that her mother would never understand , she felt , nor her grief for the baby . |
| 9 | I got down on my knees behind the animal with the feeling that I was on my own . |
| 10 | In fact there was not much of a feeling that anyone was on my case at all . |
| 11 | Joe dare n't argue with them as he was afraid to therefore he made sure to Pip that he was on his side by adding gravy to his plate . |
| 12 | He jerked his foot off the accelerator and glanced in the mirror , heaving a sigh of relief that nobody was on his tail . |
| 13 | Cos we did n't want the four , th the ladies that she was with they knew what was happening but nobody else knew |
| 14 | In the two months Coleman spent at Eurame , he met him there three times , including one occasion when ‘ Nazzie ’ volunteered the information that he was on his way to Houston with a load . |
| 15 | Where Richard was during these years of military and diplomatic manoeuvring we do not know , but it is a reasonable guess that he was with his mother , since Aquitaine was her duchy and it was by her wish that it was to be made over to him . |
| 16 | Indeed , as one account put it , ‘ The Incas ruled their people in such a way that there was among them neither a thief nor a vicious man nor a sluggard nor an adulterous woman … |
| 17 | He disclosed the terms of the American offer , he left no doubt that they were in his opinion the best that could be obtained and should be accepted , and he rounded things off with what were interpreted as some highly uncomplimentary remarks about the quality of the Congressional opinion which had to be accommodated . |
| 18 | Harry Pascoe heard the laughter following this remark and was in little doubt that it was at his own expense . |
| 19 | I think he may have planted the idea that I was after her , for badness ’ sake . |
| 20 | It would not be of much help to him , and it would alert any intruder that he was on his way . |
| 21 | In a rather embarrassed way he told Seddon that I was in his office , and asked for instructions . |
| 22 | But she also concurred in the view that I was like my father . |
| 23 | When she finally reached the top she agreed with a young couple from Leeds that it was worth it for the view , which was stupendous in spite of a slight heat haze that hung in the air . |
| 24 | And he talks of the , and plainly in that erm sort of mystical experience that he had with the Whiteheads , he did in , as it were , come to realize for the first time that there was in himself this desire to lead a life erm inspired by love and guided by knowledge , and to see others leading it . |
| 25 | The simple fact that he was in her husband 's employ gave her an advantage over him . |
| 26 | He loves Eliza , despite the fact that it was against his ‘ will , reason and even against his character ’ to do so . |
| 27 | Cos although it was an amicable split , I still needed time to settle down and get used to the fact that I was on my own again . |
| 28 | I sent my rent book off as proof of the fact that I was of what the rent was |
| 29 | In any case , ’ he added , turning to look at her intently , ‘ the fact that I was in your room at this hour will be all over the hotel by morning . ’ |
| 30 | Richard , looking round his solid , brassbound table , got the impression that everyone was on their best behaviour . |