Example sentences of "and it was [verb] that they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be something of a race , then , once the Scots were in sight and it was perceived that they were going to cross , with ten thousand horsemen to get over . |
| 2 | Not me , no the drivers and conductors and inspectors , they had a uniform and it was seen that they did wear it . |
| 3 | Two were unaccounted for eventually , and it was presumed that they were on loan . |
| 4 | In Amersham , the church meeting of the Lower Meeting House ( Baptist ) heard in 1892 that ‘ several of our young members have been absent from the means of grace [ communion ] for many months and it was resolved that they be visited by two members of the Church ’ . |
| 5 | The governors of royal colonies , appointed by the king , were expected to maintain a rather dignified and aloof attitude and it was thought that they might find it hard to do this if they had lived in the colony as subordinates or as private citizens in the past . |
| 6 | The Minutes of the last A.G.M. were read and it was agreed that they be signed by the Chairman as correct . |
| 7 | They refrained from claiming until that date because they had a contract with the yard for another tanker and it was suggested that they feared that , if they initiated the claim before the tanker was delivered , the yard might have refused to deliver . |
| 8 | In the report members of the police were accused of acting illegally and it was suggested that they were biased in favour of Inkatha . |
| 9 | And it was known that they ate well and that they patronised the theatre , and the concerts in the City Hall in Newcastle . |
| 10 | That was discovered especially during the South African war , when a number of university graduates were commissioned and sent out to South Africa , and it was found that they singularly lacked an ability to act in an officer capacity . |