Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] that this was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now the Boeing company had realised that this was a matter of fundamental importance to one of their primary aircraft types and they sent their top rank engineers and metallurgists to participate , under the supervision of American investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board , in the UK investigation . |
| 2 | They were sheep who had decided that this was no time to waste energy panicking when it could be used for galloping away as fast as possible . |
| 3 | Returning to my seat after the second interval , I had decided that this was a first night which had somehow not ‘ taken off ’ and that all kinds of good intentions had somehow failed to coalesce , though they probably would later in the run . |
| 4 | The rector , as he had intended , found Dimity alone in the house , for he had observed Ella striding towards Lulling Woods , basket in hand , and had remembered that this was the day on which the eggs were collected . |
| 5 | The report said the department had acknowledged that this was a technically high-risk project . |
| 6 | In answer to questions the Home Secretary at this time had stated that this was an issue for individual courts to make requests of the press , not a matter for legislation . |