Example sentences of "[verb] that something was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he was n't waiting for me , I would know that something was wrong . |
| 2 | In the sudden silence that followed , she realized that something was wrong . |
| 3 | When his laughter had gone , he realised that something was different : lights were showing in the windows . |
| 4 | Her mother , normally so detached , had inexplicably sensed that something was wrong . |
| 5 | He should have sensed that something was wrong , but he saw the thin trail of smoke above the trees and it hardly registered in his mind . |
| 6 | Pumlumon said in a voice of utmost astonishment , ‘ But has your honour never heard of the Draoicht Suan ? ’ and was instantly hushed by Bith of the Bog-Hat , who had by now sensed that something was wrong , being a gnome of more percipience than his fellows and who liked , no more than Fenella , the manner in which Goibniu was eyeing them all . |
| 7 | The offworlder seemed to sense that something was wrong . |
| 8 | Josie seemed to sense that something was wrong . |
| 9 | Palmer had noticed that something was wrong with the water , even before taking the sample , and volunteered the opinion ( subsequently confirmed ) that cattle had been drinking in it upstream . |
| 10 | The couple first noticed that something was wrong with him shortly after he was born in April 1989 . |
| 11 | No sooner had she started it , however , than she guessed that something was wrong . |
| 12 | After fifty yards or so he sensed that something was wrong . |
| 13 | The proposal was evidently servicing a deficit model of education , which diagnosed that something was wrong with teachers which industry could put right : this at a time when education was faced by changes of revolutionary proportions , new content through curriculum reform required by the Education Reform Act and GCSE , new models of learning , new forms of assessment e.g. Records of Achievement ; new organisations e.g. tertiary colleges ; new accountability , newly appointed parent and industrial governors , new professionalism through initial teacher education , and training reforms for employment training . |
| 14 | A sensitive child , she could tell that something was wrong with her father … with everything . |
| 15 | Looking at him now , Beth could tell that something was wrong . |
| 16 | ‘ As I padded down the passage to the kitchen , I felt that something was wrong . |
| 17 | Suddenly he felt that something was wrong . |
| 18 | I ca n't describe it , but I felt that something was wrong . |
| 19 | ‘ I came here tonight because I felt that something was wrong , and that you might need me . |
| 20 | Mrs Blakey , recognizing that something was wrong , rapped sharply on the landing window and beckoned at the children . |
| 21 | Once outside , however , I barely needed 30 steps to realise that something was wrong . |
| 22 | Fortunately , no one was trapped under the falling roof but experienced miners knew that something was far from right . |
| 23 | But as the cockboat went aground on the sandy beach and the six men heaved it above the high-water mark , Harry saw that Sam was not with them , and by the expressions on their faces , he knew that something was wrong . |
| 24 | As soon as he walked into the Green Room , he knew that something was wrong . |
| 25 | The moment Lindsey opened her eyes next morning she knew that something was different . |
| 26 | I asked , getting that first warning flicker that something was wrong or out of place . |
| 27 | First-hand experience suggested that something was wrong : in Birmingham , for example , the Vicar of redeveloped Ladywood concluded that ‘ we had forgotten the people ’ ( Power . |