Example sentences of "that [pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know that you were related to her . ’ |
| 2 | While it could be very difficult to prove that you were raped before your marriage , proving marital rape may be possible . |
| 3 | Finally , it has to be admitted that we were strengthened in our resolve not only by the robust advice of our own legal team but by the knowledge that the merger of Dearden Farrow and the loss of the practising name meant that we were not susceptible to concerns in regard to our reputation . |
| 4 | ‘ My daughters said I should come here to help clear this thing up , to find who really did this because unless it is cleared up then history will say that we were sent to our deaths by Britain , and that means the British people and the British army and they do n't deserve that because it is out of character . ’ |
| 5 | We never had much to eat in ordinary times , but we had less now and us kids were really glad of the extra slice of bread and jam that we were given for our school breakfast . |
| 6 | It was only after four hours of sailing from Scapa Flow that we were told of our destination . |
| 7 | I have suggested that they were limited in their appeal because the changes they opposed were confined to doctrinal issues . |
| 8 | These parents may have been disturbed or overwrought , but this does not necessarily mean that they were mistaken about their child 's illness . |
| 9 | To her horror , she saw that they were exposed to his avid gaze . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's still working on the theory that they were killed by someone from the neighbourhood who resented them and their prosperity . ’ |
| 11 | The fact that he does not explain anything about them probably means that they were known to his audience . |
| 12 | That they were left to themselves is evident , for Eusebius of Nicomedia , who was close to Constantine , found himself on the losing side in the debate about the relationship between Father and Son , defeated by a group led by a mere deacon ( though soon to be a bishop ) , Athanasius of Alexandria . |
| 13 | In a recent study by Willis and Nutter ( 1990 ) of 136 publicly funded utilities and municipalities in the UK 57 per cent stated that they were inhibited in their GIS developments by ‘ a lack of staff with the right expertise ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , the only conclusion is that they were lured to their deaths . |
| 15 | The sequel , in which the young bloods of Derby and Oaks night received their rebuff , was that they were distracted from their other responsibilities by a four-day jury hearing which found them guilty of riotous proceedings , but not of riotous intent . |
| 16 | In fact , she felt that they were deterred by it as they left quickly with no attempt at explanation . |
| 17 | At least the politicians who told the story can hardly have believed it , and it seems unlikely that people swallowed whole everything that they were told by their masters in antiquity , any more than they do now . |