Example sentences of "[be] [verb] and [vb past] [that] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He noticed that the cassette-player had been moved and saw that she 'd removed the tape .
2 I do n't suppose these efforts influenced the election in the slightest , but on the Friday we learned that Mr. Morrison had been re-elected and felt that we had done our part in ensuring his success .
3 She had been crying and said that she had been ‘ feeling awful ’ all day .
4 People in the street must be approached and told that they are now editor of The Times for a month .
5 ‘ It will be said and believed that you lay in wait for Aldhelm and killed him , so that he could never point the finger at you . ’
6 She 'd intended the pleasure-bound figures by the lake to be stylized and realised that they looked sinister , as if an architect 's drawing was peopled by a sideshow of grotesques .
7 They contributed because on the one hand , they were asked and understood that what they had to say was important , and also because too many of them grew up in a world without such books .
8 Her evidence of damage was limited and established that her reputation was already damaged . ’
9 Clare was devastated and swore that she would never go back to school again .
10 I knew what I was doing and knew that it was wrong — but when you 're 14 , everything you want to do is wrong .
11 At a by-election he was reelected and indicated that he was now willing to take the requisite oath .
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