Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] that this was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karl Leyser has shown that this was a ‘ patrimonially ’ , not a ‘ bureaucratically ’ , governed society ; rule was by the personal presence of an itinerant ruler , the exercise of his patronage , the close bonds which he could establish with his followers , and the ceremonial projection of his sacrality . |
| 2 | Immediately she 'd sensed that this was wrong , that there was nothing for her in this office , and that she 'd be at risk if she stayed around a moment longer than was necessary . |
| 3 | And she had n't honestly thought he had — until just a few hours ago on the beach when he 'd said that this was goodbye . |
| 4 | He 'd replied that this was n't a sound reason , and anyway he 'd only die on her . |
| 5 | Not many viewers can have realised that this was a deft parody of the catastrophic visit of Mike 's ‘ uni-mates ’ a week or so ago that ended in Bron cruelly dumping him just before his psychology exam . |
| 6 | We should have realised that this was a sign of things to come . ’ |
| 7 | When asking for his correspondence with the Treasury to be published , Hall could hardly have suspected that this was to be one of his last official acts . |
| 8 | As in divided Germany and divided Korea , Ho Chi Minh and his comrades might have accepted that this was the reality : especially as it became ever more clear that the United States intended to uphold the status quo with all their power . |
| 9 | Having agreed that this was a good idea , David and I went down to a pub called The Three Tuns , which is in Beckenham High Street . |
| 10 | As PostScript is something of a second fiddle to Hewlett-Packard 's PCL in the PC world you might have thought that this was nothing to do with you . |
| 11 | Dark brown hair , dark brown eyes , and slightly sallow skin which the photographer had not bothered to disguise or retouch , having understood that this was part of her charm . |
| 12 | Kafka 's genius lies in his having grasped that this was much more true to experience , much more realistic , than the rich sensuality and feeling for the individual etc. etc. of Lawrence and his much more pathetic followers . |
| 13 | Having concluded that this was not a contract for the sale of goods by description … |
| 14 | A large group seemed to have agreed that this was a good idea . |
| 15 | Middlebrook said that the campaign amounted to a direct and therefore unlawful interference with its contracts of supply with supermarkets , but the Court of Appeal seems to have thought that this was overridden by the right of freedom of speech . |
| 16 | Various Parliamentary Committees and the Royal Commission of 1906 seem to have believed that this was possible and ought to be encouraged . |
| 17 | By now the Boeing company had realised that this was a matter of fundamental importance to one of their primary aircraft types and they sent their top rank engineers and metallurgists to participate , under the supervision of American investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board , in the UK investigation . |
| 18 | He told me that his civil servants had said that this was impossible , and adumbrated the problem to me . |
| 19 | Returning to my seat after the second interval , I had decided that this was a first night which had somehow not ‘ taken off ’ and that all kinds of good intentions had somehow failed to coalesce , though they probably would later in the run . |
| 20 | They were sheep who had decided that this was no time to waste energy panicking when it could be used for galloping away as fast as possible . |
| 21 | I had known that this was pending but when , over the last few weeks , I had enquired when they were going to start out , the reply was always the same , ‘ Oh , I think we 'll wait a bit and hope for some warmer weather . ’ |
| 22 | The rector , as he had intended , found Dimity alone in the house , for he had observed Ella striding towards Lulling Woods , basket in hand , and had remembered that this was the day on which the eggs were collected . |
| 23 | The report said the department had acknowledged that this was a technically high-risk project . |
| 24 | In answer to questions the Home Secretary at this time had stated that this was an issue for individual courts to make requests of the press , not a matter for legislation . |
| 25 | Some commentators — particularly Cockburn and Dearlove — have argued that this was a period of structural change in which local government became more clearly tied to the interests of capitalism and closer to business interests . |
| 26 | Some of the earlier references to the area have confirmed that this was near the site of the 17th century Kings Forge , where iron produced in the Kings Furnace , a mile away , was refined . |
| 27 | A police spokesman said : ‘ We have established that this was a deliberate act and we are investigating . ’ |