Example sentences of "that he [vb past] [be] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ¥7.5m ( $55,000 ) that he received was peanuts alongside the sums that Recruit doled out to many of the ruling party 's bigger names . |
| 2 | McLaren , the 22-year-old Hearts defender , told me recently that when he made his World Cup debut against Italy ( the game where he was asked to mark Roberto Baggio ) , the fact that he 'd been part of the squad at the European Championship finals , as well as playing a couple of games on the tour of North America last year , were of immeasurable assistance in making the step up . |
| 3 | Mr Robin Cook MP , objected to Lord Diplock 's suitability on the ground that he had been chairman of the Security Commission since 1971 , and had not formerly indicated any understanding of the concern for civil liberties and privacy which had given rise to public and press anxiety about the procedures of the security services . |
| 4 | It was known that he had been archbishop of Canterbury between 1006 and 1012 , and that he had been killed by the Danes for refusing to pay Danegeld . |
| 5 | Grant Fox , for instance , was sorely troubled by the allegations that he had been part of an Auckland spearhead which had had Shelford removed , and that his personal failings had been responsible for the indifferent play in Argentina and the loss of the Sydney Test to Australia . |
| 6 | Another reflection of this could be the twelfth-century belief in the abbey of Ely , where Brihtnoth was buried , that he had been earl of Northumbria . |