Example sentences of "that it was [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edwin and Robert Grabhorn , who founded the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco in 1920 , worked so amicably together that it was said of them : ‘ When Ed 's away the shop goes to pieces ; when Bob 's away , Ed goes to pieces ’ ; but it would be a mistake to think that relationships between printers were always so harmonious . |
| 2 | For the drift of the argument was essentially that men did not assume leadership , but that it was granted to them according to criteria which took merit and experience , as well as birth and social standing , into consideration . |
| 3 | She knew that it was to do with her being pregnant , but that it was n't the simple fact of her pregnancy . |
| 4 | erm A lot of people gave as a reason for getting a particular piece of furniture the fact that it was given to them by their parents when they got married , or that a neighbour was trying to get rid of it , or that somebody from work had passed it on and they needed one . |
| 5 | That other people think the job has been well done is far more important to him , he says , than the fact that it was done by him . |
| 6 | It was a few seconds before she realised that it was coming from her . |
| 7 | He pressed her to agree that it was finished between them , but she merely shrugged . |
| 8 | He handed it across to the Colonel who noticed with some satisfaction that it was addressed to him by name and not merely as commanding officer . |
| 9 | He still could n't entirely believe it , In the sense that he could not believe that it was happening to him , that he was so vulnerable to such a common , almost hackneyed feeling . |
| 10 | The only company to have voiced an interest in ANDF recently , or to have hinted that it was negotiating for it , is Unix System Laboratories ( UX No 380 ) . |
| 11 | It had no eyes that Rincewind could see , but he was nevertheless sure that it was staring at him . |
| 12 | He did n't much approve of animal experimentation in the first place , so I 'd guess that it was forced on him by the sponsor . ’ |