Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was then more silence , and I was later told that the Microwriter company had been improving the Agenda system . |
| 2 | There was so little space in the car and I was so cramped that one of the policemen lifted me bodily out on to the road . |
| 3 | And you were then told that he was the great propagandist of those who went around a dozen years or so later breaking down these storeyed windows , richly dykes , because it was of course profane and idolatrous to have that dim religious light in your churches . |
| 4 | For the next moment he was kissing her and she was instantly realising that nothing quite so exciting had ever happened to her before . |
| 5 | They were both selfish individuals and she was now thinking that they deserved each other . |
| 6 | Once she saw , sitting on the pavement before a café , drinking pale green drinks , and embracing , leaning over from their plastic chairs towards each other and embracing , the most beautiful couple ; the man with a face angular and ravaged and tragic , the girl dark and thin , with pale lips in a dark tan face : and she was so moved that she said , aloud to Rosie who was walking with her , " Look , Oh God , look at those lovely people " : and Rosie looked and stared and laughed and said , " Good Lord , what odd ideas you have , I would n't look like that if you gave me a hundred pounds . " |
| 7 | As with other defectors , the glory went to Golitsin 's head and he was soon proposing that he be allowed to establish a world-wide intelligence research organisation with unlimited funds so that he could play out his fantasies against the KGB . |
| 8 | But Dr was a good cricketer , erm he also wrote a very You could also read what Dr put , and he was also said that he sent people to hospital very quickly . |
| 9 | He had been long absent from the public balcony of the Roman palace which he had made his stage , and he was now proving that he was n't in chronic decline , as rumour held , with a pox contracted years ago , but had merely suffered a passing dose of ‘ flu . |
| 10 | Students spent a lot of time travelling ( walking and even running ) from one lecture to another in various parts of London , and it was increasingly demanded that they should find within the walls of the College all that they required , or that they should at least pay a fee that would entitle them as of right , rather than for charity 's sake , to enter medical lectures . |
| 11 | Controversy grew about some of the bolder experiments in egalitarian education , and it was increasingly alleged that basic education , the ‘ three Rs ’ , was being neglected . |
| 12 | Eight overs remained , and it was universally known that the bails would be lifted even if the match was still undecided : an extra pressure on everyone , and another silly regulation among cricket 's banana-skins , this one installed pre-tour by the visiting team . |
| 13 | The evidence produced included a transcript in English of Price 's evidence before the City Court of Gôteborg ; and it was not disputed that this evidence was admissible under paragraph 12 of the Schedule 1 . |
| 14 | Held , ( 1 ) refusing to join B. as a party , that , since B. claimed no personal interest in the money in court and it was not suggested that the money belonged to the ousted regime , her only locus standi would be as a person entitled to represent the Republic of Somalia ; but that , on the evidence , B. had no recognition as a representative of the Republic in the United Kingdom ( post , pp. 749H — 750B ) . |
| 15 | Of these three , bad environment must of course be taken seriously , and it was not suggested that environmental factors did not play an important part in health deterioration , but ‘ environment is not the only factor so operative and possibly not the most important one ’ ( M'Gonigle and Kirby , 1936 , p. 148 ) . |
| 16 | Hitler 's confidence in early victory made a deep impression , and it was widely believed that the final push would begin in March or April . |
| 17 | Gingrich had been the first to lay formal charges which had led to the resignation on June 6 of the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Jim Wright [ see p. 36650 ] , and it was widely believed that his own investigation had been initiated in revenge in April by Representative Bill Alexander ( Dem. , Arkansas ) who on Oct. 26 filed new charges against Gingrich for alleged misuse of campaign funds and of congressional stationery . |
| 18 | In his letter of Aug. 14 Saddam had underlined his determination " not to keep any of Iraq 's potential outside the arena of the great duel " and it was widely believed that this implied either an intention to consolidate Iraqi gains in Kuwait or launch an attack against Saudi Arabia . |
| 19 | The trial was expected to continue for some time and it was widely believed that evidence would be given which would incriminate politicians still active . |
| 20 | No organization claimed responsibility and it was widely speculated that it had been a mistake by ETA . |
| 21 | He said the prison was close to anarchy and it was widely known that there was a strong risk of violence . |
| 22 | The baby was born on July 28th , 1981 , and it was immediately diagnosed that she suffered from Down 's Syndrome and also from a duodenal obstruction . |
| 23 | It was held that the facts did not show any detinue and it was also said that C had done no wrong by not allowing A to enter and remove them . |
| 24 | With regard to day space this has been agreed on a provision of 4m2 per patient and it was also suggested that in addition to providing that space for each resident , there should be extra space to accommodate 2 day patients per sub section . |
| 25 | These tracts did in part reflect a radical Whig philosophy : for example , the connection was made between a standing army in peacetime and absolutism , and it was also suggested that the right to resist would be nullified by a standing army . |
| 26 | The results substantiated this and it was also found that at deeper levels of processing , ‘ No ’ answers were less commonly recognised than ‘ Yes ’ answers . |
| 27 | In the following week over 5,000 were repatriated , and it was also reported that another 1,500 had returned to Albania voluntarily . |
| 28 | Personifying , as he did , the local , all-powerful gentry of the day , Henry was wont to indulge in the occasional deflowering of local maidens , and it was strongly rumoured that a serving girl at Lambourn Palace had been killed by Hippisley in a fit of temper . |
| 29 | In respect of count 1 it was submitted that section 2(1) did not apply to the facts of this case and it was particularly submitted that in order to contravene section 1(1) , and therefore in turn section 2(1) , it was necessary to establish that the offender had used one computer with intent to secure unauthorised access into another computer . |
| 30 | All in all , excitement reached fever pitch and it was confidently expected that there would be releases within the next few weeks . |