Example sentences of "had [vb pp] that it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked if Hall had forgotten that it was intended eventually to extend the new buildings as far as Great George Street where they would be seen with the Abbey and the Palace of Westminster . |
| 2 | Pete had known that it was coming — the only question had been , when ? |
| 3 | On Aug. 9 the Israeli Justice Ministry had announced that it was preparing an amendment to the 1986 law outlawing contacts with the PLO . |
| 4 | On April 26 the Revolution Command Council ( RCC ) had announced that it was disbanding the Popular Army . |
| 5 | On Aug. 31 the World Food Programme , the main co-ordinator of the UN relief effort in Somalia , had announced that it was to double the volume of UN food aid from the original 68,000 tonnes to 140,000 tonnes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He says that the police were not chasing the car , but they had spotted that it was stolen . |