Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] that it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The radio was silent and I realized that it was coming from outside . |
| 2 | I guessed that it was set back in the farmhouse , unless he had some sort of remote control toy . |
| 3 | When I confirmed that it was called the Skein of Geese , she pulled out one of those little books of matches they give away in such places and said : ‘ The same as this , you mean ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I felt that it was going really well out there and I was enjoying it . |
| 5 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 6 | Soon I , too , was very distressed , but I knew that it was going to be dead within a few hours , and I was helpless . |
| 7 | As I passed the palatial ship of Gharr the Gherpotean , I saw that it was shut up tight , with no sign of activity . |
| 8 | I thought that it was made of stone , but to my horror I discovered it was made of cement blocks ! |
| 9 | ‘ I understood that it was forbidden unless Dennis was within earshot . ’ |
| 10 | It meant driving up to the London Passport Office a few times and waiting around there for interminable periods , but I hoped that it was going to be worth it . |
| 11 | It was a few seconds before she realised that it was coming from her . |
| 12 | She noticed that it was getting very hot all of a sudden . |
| 13 | Lifting it to her face , she discovered that it was lined in fine padded silk . |
| 14 | It seemed to bow in the centre ; for one terrible second she thought that it was going to split . |
| 15 | She knew that it was to do with her being pregnant , but that it was n't the simple fact of her pregnancy . |
| 16 | ‘ She knew that it was connected with Matthew wanting to build houses on land adjoining Maurice 's pottery . |
| 17 | She gazed at Johnny beseechingly , begging him to understand , but she knew that it was going to be no good . |
| 18 | She knew that it was going to seem like forever , waiting for her friends , because the time you spend waiting always seems longer than it really is . |
| 19 | She saw that it was covered with badly printed words , amongst which ‘ Wellwisher ’ stood out . |
| 20 | Now , about to cross , she saw that it was swirling much more swiftly than when she had crossed before and fallen in . |
| 21 | And we found that it 's starting to erm pay dividends . |
| 22 | The idea was just beginning to catch on in America and we knew that it was going to become the way that retailing companies were run . |
| 23 | They , they asked that it be done on a Friday and a Saturday and that they appeared on Thursday with it , erm , I 'm getting on with it . |
| 24 | There was an estimate of £10:1:0 for enclosing Kiels , with a gate , and they recommended that it be done if it did not exceed |
| 25 | They found that it was used in 40 per cent of development projects but only 16 per cent of research projects , and then mainly in large , complex projects costing over $500 000 . |
| 26 | They found that it was used in 40 per cent of development projects but only 16 per cent of research projects , and then mainly in large , complex projects costing over $500 000 . |
| 27 | Followers of the shotokai style broke away from the parent group of shotokan because they believed that it was deviating from the traditional teachings laid down by Funakoshi . |
| 28 | But when they had a closer look they saw that it was frozen solid . |
| 29 | They thought that it was going to be all easy . |
| 30 | Well they said that it is going to cost about seventy five to get the kitchen done . |