Example sentences of "[pers pn] that there [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mentioned this to a Fetlar man who used to hunt otters for their pelts , as many crofters did and he could tell me that there had been pale-coated otters in that area for at least fifty years . |
| 2 | She also told me that there had been no evidence of evictions , but , however hon. Members interpret it , the evidence given to the Select Committee by Mr. Harris of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities was clear . |
| 3 | And it seemed to them that there came against them on the part of the Christians full seventy thousand knights , all as white as snow : . |
| 4 | ‘ You did n't ask , you did n't want to be told until Florian convinced you that there 'd never been anything between us . |
| 5 | Then the fear reached him that there had been an assault — a ship had been seen , moored , the men had been observed returning with limbs dressed for wounds . |
| 6 | She was n't cruel enough to tell him that there had been times when she had almost wished he had . |
| 7 | I could honestly tell him that there had been improvements . |
| 8 | Owen 's reaction touched him on a sore spot ; and it was made all the sorer by an angry feeling inside him that there had indeed been incompetence , Egyptian incompetence , that he , Mahmoud , was ultimately responsible for it — and that there was absolutely nothing that he could in practice do about it . |
| 9 | It came from a scene set in a bar not unlike ours , and was said just after everyone in the bar had turned pale at the sight of a particular young man , a regular , entering the bar after a week 's absence ; the thing was , they were all wondering how they were going to break the news to him that there 'd been a terrible suicide , they were all wondering who was going to be the one to take this boy to one side and tell him what had happened to his friend , and why . |
| 10 | Then her friend told her that there had just been an earthquake , so the woman concluded that it must have been that good . |
| 11 | Trying to explain her husband 's loathing of the Allies and all they stood for , Giovanna had told her that there had in fact been no German or even Italian troops in the monastery and that its destruction had been unnecessary . |
| 12 | Her mother told her that there had been nothing on the wireless all day except music and news bulletins . |
| 13 | This time the red that flooded Folly 's face was of annoyance — until the thought occurred to her that there had been several other sets of serviceable underwear she could have chosen . |
| 14 | Racecourse rumour , as reported by Annie , had it that there had been a big gamble on Pendero , that a professional gambler stood to gain a fortune if he won . |
| 15 | The Secretary of State did not tell us that there had been a change in circumstances since the Government rejected the Prior report . |