Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [that] it [was/were] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pete had known that it was coming — the only question had been , when ? |
| 2 | On Aug. 9 the Israeli Justice Ministry had announced that it was preparing an amendment to the 1986 law outlawing contacts with the PLO . |
| 3 | On April 26 the Revolution Command Council ( RCC ) had announced that it was disbanding the Popular Army . |
| 4 | On April 3 the French government had announced that it was committing F4,000 million in new capital over two years to the loss-making computer concern Groupe Bull — which was 93 per cent state-owned — and making a F2,700 million contribution to its research budget over four years . |
| 5 | At first he had assumed that it was taking much longer than the boy had estimated or that his work on the Project was taking up his time , but this explained it all . |
| 6 | By 1985 Greenpeace was better organised and French intelligence had learned that it was planning to send out to Moruroa its larger 42-ton Rainbow Warrior , together with the Vega , and then to launch a number of small boats in which its members would try to elude the French Navy and penetrate the test area . |