Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [noun] that [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the man saw this , he began to walk more quickly , then to run , as if triggered by some vulnerability in Nicola that he had n't found before . |
| 2 | Despite earlier statements , both public and private , by members of the new right-leaning administration in France that they had no intention of making any immediate change in France Telecom 's status , the government told the telephone operator 's board of directors meeting last week to consider spinning off its mobile telecommunications business and opening it up to international investment . |
| 3 | Maria Iñes was dumpy and talkative ; Maria Teresa was dark and very like João , though not quite so good looking , and Maria de Graça was taller , plainer , and so intent upon winning herself a place in Heaven that she had little conversation for anyone apart from Padre Jorge , an oily man with plump little hands and a great anxiety to be first to agree with Dom João in everything he said . |
| 4 | Royal Bank Chief Executive Dr George Mathewson said , ‘ Following hard on the heels of our announcement in April that we had agreed to acquire the Boston Five , this is another encouraging step towards our strategic aim of deriving more than 10 per cent of our earnings from the USA . |
| 5 | Following the announcement in January that it had suspended production of the Cambridge and Linx brands , Wharfedale has announced that it is to discontinue Linx , though it will undertake to maintain warranty and spare parts support . |
| 6 | But in the last week of October Karen told the Union leader in Washington that she had nearly all the proof necessary . |
| 7 | said at a press conference in May that he had some misgivings about a formal sentence bargain , but thought it would be possible to devise a procedure which would be acceptable . |
| 8 | On Feb. 4 , Iranian President Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani told a press conference in Tehran that he had sent " an idea " for peace to Saddam Hussein , that he was awaiting a reply , and that he was prepared to hold direct talks with Iraqi and US leaders in an effort to end the war . |
| 9 | Drugged again , they regained consciousness outside the valley in anguish that it had all been a dream . |
| 10 | The stimulus for these changes has been a combination of my own experiences of doing mathematics and the discovery that my pupils could do mathematics in ways that I had not appreciated before . |
| 11 | But there was no doubt in law that he had done so — and that he had done so for ever . |
| 12 | He took the precautionary step of warning the Prime Minister in advance that he had ‘ no intention of embarrassing the Chancellor by making unreasonable demands on the Exchequer ’ . |
| 13 | It was the first personal bequest she had ever received , and the first time in years that she had cried . |
| 14 | It was the first time in years that I had blown my top in such a way , and I vowed that it would never happen again , that I would save all my aggression for the track . |
| 15 | An interest in music that I had rather forgotten about until the thought of Millie in the lane reminded me . |
| 16 | Mrs Orton showed an interest in Marcus that she had failed to show in Daniel and Stephanie . |