Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [v-ing] [that] [pron] had " in BNC.

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1 Handed in letter from my father stating that he had no other relatives in the area and because of his blindness and disability he would benefit from them moving into the area .
2 She wished to bring an action against her employers alleging that they had been negligent in failing adequately to protect her against the known risk of injury from this pupil .
3 Sir Gregory had a painful discussion with his wife over how they should react to Pascoe 's snub , in which Lady Roscarrock gave vent to her outrage saying that they had every right to keep both Tristram and Jennifer in custody indefinitely ; but Sir Gregory wanted the whole business settled and finished with , so after a lengthy wrangle he swallowed the family pride and went over to Hill House .
4 She was clearly terrified of her family discovering that she had written to me .
5 Ten days later he wrote to his sister saying that he had been asked to write an essay about Baldwin , but that he had refused , for he wished neither to lie nor to publish the truth , which he then proceeded to outline :
6 On Friday the boss called the boy into his office noticing that he had only felled one tree .
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