Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] that [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of their first agency contact , the majority reported that they were using between two ‘ bags ’ ( about 10 ) and a gram of heroin ( 60 ) per day , the typical daily quantity reported being 0.25–0.5 gram ( between 20 and 35 ) . |
| 2 | The evidence at the trial proved that he was in fact a highwayman . |
| 3 | The newspaper proprietors argued that the newsboys were not ‘ employees ’ within the relevant legislation ; the Board claimed that they were . |
| 4 | She was now so convinced that the technique worked that she was quite able to deal with other situations on her own , using precisely the same methods . |
| 5 | The clerk argued that it was not a " competent application " . |
| 6 | I mean let me mention one — the chairman mentioned that I was a rash enough to write a book on the evolution of sex . |
| 7 | The taxpayer contended that it was necessary , before the Revenue could succeed , for the Revenue to show that there was an element of bounty . |
| 8 | Commenting on the assassination in its editorial of May 21 The Hindu stated that it was " difficult to assert at this stage if … |
| 9 | The story went that he was a dealer in jewels and furs who had been discharged from the army after Dunkirk . |
| 10 | When task allocation was a common way of organising care , a nurse did not usually progress from one task to another until the sister judged that she was competent to do so . |
| 11 | Now moving on a little bit further , I know the talk said that I was only going up to er to , but I 'm just going a little bit further . |
| 12 | The applicant thought that it was ultra vires and refused to pay the increased rent . |
| 13 | In our Lord 's parable of the lost sheep ( Luke 15:3–6 ) we see that it was as a consequence of counting his sheep into the fold each night that the shepherd discovered that he was one short . |
| 14 | The shepherd answered that they were , and the emperor cried ‘ Now I am going to have to sleep for another hundred years ! ’ |
| 15 | In this way young men of the neighbourhood discovered that they were no longer boys . |
| 16 | So I gingerly walked down and crept into the car realized that I was the one that had caused all that |
| 17 | The Court of Appeal ( Civil Division ) in Singh v Rathour [ 1988 ] 1 WLR 422 distinguished Peart and Whittaker v Campbell on the grounds that the defendant knew that he was using a minibus for a purpose which exceeded the limitation under which he had borrowed it . |
| 18 | The defendant thought that he was being attacked when he acted , and it was held that self-defence was available to him . |
| 19 | ( a ) That one night in June 1986 at ‘ Illusions ’ night-club the defendant said that he was having an affair with Paulette and that , if Zaidie ever laid a hand on her , he would kill him . |
| 20 | On entering the house , the defendant said that he was unhappy at Paulette 's having married Zaidie and that he was going to obtain a copy of the marriage certificate and would shoot Paulette if she had married while she was still talking to the defendant ( the date of the marriage was actually 10 December 1986 ) . |
| 21 | In his defence , the defendant claimed that it was T who had approached him and that he had not initiated the agreement . |
| 22 | The first count of the declaration , upon which alone the question arises , stated that , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had bought of the defendant a horse for the sum of £30 , the defendant promised that it was sound and free from vice . |
| 23 | Under the Angevins , it has been argued , ‘ the legal relationship between a king of France and a king of England who held territories on the continent meant that it was relatively easy for the king of France to legitimize his own actions as part of a legal process ’ . |
| 24 | The lawyer said that it was not possible to say that the young people had suffered any permanent effects as a result of their experience . |
| 25 | You must have heard the old story about the bucket of water ; when it was shown to the optimist he described it as being ‘ half full ’ while the pessimist said that it was ‘ half empty ’ . |
| 26 | The persons in the bakery assumed that they were the milkmen making the morning delivery and paid no attention . |
| 27 | When Diana first consulted Penny the princess revealed that she was interested in astrology , but knew very little about it . |
| 28 | The legislature concluded that it was inconvenient for leases for the duration of the war to be void and therefore by the Validation of War-time Leases Act 1944 Parliament provided , by section 1(1) , that any agreement entered into before or after the passing of the Act which purported to grant a tenancy for the duration of the war : |
| 29 | Many people feel that that constituted a deliberate attempt by the city council to block Goodwood road , even though the council knew that it was part of the long-planned eastern relief road . |
| 30 | The Committee felt that it was their duty to state that in their opinion , before the whole building was completely furnished and every necessary article provided , the total deficiency would not amount to less than £1,000 ‘ Many opulent individuals of the County have hitherto withheld their contributions ; but application by letter has been made to them all ; and no doubt can be entertained by your Committee of their ultimate assistance and support . |