Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] [pron] [vb past] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well before 1330 the Angevin Empire had ceased to be the dynamic and significant political force that it had been in the mid and late twelfth century . |
| 2 | Mrs Margaret Jones : ‘ David arrived home carrying the statuette that he 'd won at the song contest that he 'd been to with Ken Pitt and dashed straight upstairs to see his father who had n't been well for a number of days . |
| 3 | The figure that I gave was of those who are directly or indirectly affected by the opencast sector . |
| 4 | It was said in his defence that he had been through a tough war as an Infantry NCO and the award of the Military Medal was proof of his bravery . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't know you were religious , Balvinder , ’ surprised by his admission that he had been to the gurdwara . |
| 6 | Where was that bungalow that you said was for sale then ? |
| 7 | and this is really sad , and he told me mum that he 'd been to a hairdressers and done it . |
| 8 | However , I was riveted by the speech of the hon. Member for Taunton ( Mr. Nicholson ) , who welcomed a measure that he thought was in the Queen 's Speech . |
| 9 | We were in precisely the same place that we had been in three dawns previously ! |
| 10 | The major contradiction that they detected was between his vision of a European ensemble able to challenge the two existing superpowers and his narrowly nationalist priorities . |
| 11 | Erm th there were some complaints about er , this is first liaison meeting that there 'd been in the county , and you know they were obviously |
| 12 | After a short while he identified a small bacon-curing business that he felt was worth investing in . |
| 13 | ( He is certainly the first pope for whom we have direct evidence that he had been at a centre of learning . ) |
| 14 | There were only three crumpled cigarette-packs , a sign that whoever had been in the truck had possibly been waiting a long time . |
| 15 | Was that the ar was that the area that you felt was of the most of er benefit to you ? |
| 16 | In the week that he 'd been at the helm of the Anpetuwi ship there had been a remarkable change in atmosphere . |
| 17 | After some spirited discussion Margaret agreed with the policy but pointed out with some feeling that she had been in the chair of every meeting of the Economic Committee throughout the Falklands crisis . |
| 18 | In other words , quite apart from the franchise changes that did the party no net harm , the changes of 1918–21 transformed the Unionists from the natural minority that they had been in 1914 to a natural majority party until the Second World War . |
| 19 | The thought that it had been inside his mouth , touching his tongue and gums and those rather small but perfect teeth , that it had been drenched in some of his most intimate fluids gave me an erotic thrill . |
| 20 | I think it was just the thought that she 'd been on it you know , and a nice bit of heat and everything , relaxing . |
| 21 | This was the first time in her life that she 'd been in the company of a man who could bring her out in nervous flushes , make her heartbeat race and her stomach turn all watery , just by watching her … |
| 22 | erm , the one thing that I thought was under person who is who is talking he 's got ta be I think he 's got ta be firm so that the person understands that erm that what is required but he 's also got ta be fair at the same time has n't he ? |
| 23 | But I think the other incredibly important thing that you said was about the number of boys here from public schools as well and I think that |
| 24 | The thought hammered in my brain that I had been under the impression that I was fit . |
| 25 | Within a week , I received a duplicated form to fill in stating all my details and demanding proof that I had been on that flight . |
| 26 | This was the first time that he had been past the big covered back porch of her house , and everything was new and interesting . |
| 27 | Every time that he had been inside the Citadel he went home as soon as his day 's work was finished and scrubbed his body from toe to scalp . |
| 28 | To find a job he had to hide the fact that he had been in a mental hospital . |
| 29 | Interest and miscellaneous expenses were , however , quite a different matter , and the fact that it had been in the nature of his employment to disburse vast and unspecified amounts , as he put it , ‘ upon the simple word of the treasurer ’ , who had died in 1635 , did not help matters . |
| 30 | Despite the fact that there had been at least 350 murders in Haiti in the past year , Avril responded to the attack by claiming that emergency measures were necessary " to protect democratic accomplishments against terrorism " . |