Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [noun] was [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He complained that Burt Lancaster was getting top billing . |
| 2 | Lady Usk watched him wend a hasty path towards his wife and turned back to the window to find that Miss Kyte was standing stock-still on the terrace , staring in at her . |
| 3 | ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , ’ said the Company Manager , ‘ you may already have heard that Miss Decker was taken ill at the end of the first act . |
| 4 | They also alleged that North Korea was developing new long-range missiles [ for US concern over North Korea 's nuclear programme , see p. 38819 ] . |
| 5 | Legend has it that Nigel Rudd was watching Magic Roundabout with his four year old son when he finally decided that the recession was too good an opportunity to miss . |
| 6 | Legend has it that Nigel Rudd was watching Magic Roundabout with his four year old son when he finally decided that the recession was too good an opportunity to miss |
| 7 | They should have declared a state of emergency and ensured that Bellwin money was made available to councils so that they could take emergency action . |
| 8 | Reports were carried by Agence-France Presse on May 1 of heavy fighting around Saa'da involving Moslem tribes opposed to unity , and by the UK newspaper the Independent on May 12 suggesting that Saudi Arabia was fomenting this resistance to hold up the unity process [ but see p. 37266 for official Saudi position welcoming unification ] . |
| 9 | Mr Kinnock , reaffirming his confidence that Labour was on course for an overall majority , dismissed reports that Mr Ashdown was seeking four Cabinet places in a coalition with Labour . |
| 10 | He could have had no idea that Mr Waterhouse was to become one of the greatest civic architects of the north , for in 1856 , when Hinderton Hall was built , he was still at the brink of his career . |
| 11 | I love mince pies ! ’ begged Belinda , seeing that Mrs Porter was feeling unappreciated . |
| 12 | Her doctor told Swindon Crown Court that Mrs Fribbens was registered blind and suffered frequent bouts of confusion , and Judge John McNaught said it was important not to attach too much weight to a statement she gave to the police . |
| 13 | ‘ Just that Fraulein Winkelmann was keeping some papers for him . ’ |
| 14 | The court was told that Lord Apsley was arrested last November when he arrived for a function at Gloucester Barracks in South Cerney . |
| 15 | The inquest heard that Ms Griffin was visited six times by health visitor , Deborah Sherr , who first felt real concern during her visit on 4 September . |
| 16 | It was in the year of Easy Rider that Nick Adams was found dead . |