Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [that] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the treaties with the States-General of 1654 and 1667 the English government succeeded in having its claims accepted by its rival ; and so sensible a man as Sir William Temple felt that nothing had ever given him greater pleasure than forcing the Dutch to give way once more on this point in the peace negotiations of 1674 . |
| 2 | ‘ Monsieur Bonard knew that something very serious was on Alain 's mind , but he said he had no idea what it was . |
| 3 | Bushey Studios , in Hertfordshire , gave Crawford his first taste of acting for the big screen , although the thrills and spills in Soapbox Derby meant that plenty of fun was had at various locations in and around London . |
| 4 | Training all technicians throughout the country was an onerous task , but Sandra Hannington , Caroline Mytton and Anthony Dracott ensured that everyone received personal tuition , and the day that the various branches ‘ went live ’ the skills were all put to use . |
| 5 | Roadblocks were set up throughout Lima , and an estimated 15,000 people were reportedly arrested for questioning , although the Interior Minister Augustín Mantilla confirmed that none of these were suspected of direct involvement in the attack . |
| 6 | Despite the well-deserved victory against the Premier League outfit , Cambridge chairman Reg Smart said that nothing would be announced for at least another 24 hours . |
| 7 | When two of the Society 's officials visited Orkney for consultation with the Social Work Department , the Orkney grapevine ensured that everyone in South Ronaldsay knew they were there within a very short time of their arrival . |
| 8 | Mr Doblin claimed that no-one at the hotel seemed to know what the cost of a telephone call should be . |
| 9 | Mr Kelly said that everything would be strictly controlled in Cagliari . |
| 10 | Mr Williams predicted that everyone would be happy with the service provided on the ship which has been upgraded as part of a £6m investment throughout the line 's car ferry fleet . |
| 11 | Mr Williams predicted that everyone would be happy with the service provided on the ship which has been upgraded as part of a £6m investment throughout the line 's car ferry fleet . |
| 12 | A spokeswoman for the Savoy Group said that anything a concierge earned on top of his basic salary was ‘ entirely his affair . |
| 13 | But the next day Mr Clarke insisted that nothing had in fact changed from the NHS White Paper because it had not talked of cash limits , only of firm budgets . |
| 14 | Mr Major insisted that nobody was sent by the Tory Party to take part in last year 's presidential campaign and that two Central Office staff whose trip was funded by the Republicans had gone in their own time and paid their own personal expenses . |
| 15 | Mr Kerr added that none of the companies that had received the irregular payments had been required to repay money . |
| 16 | Ubaldo Valesio reckoned that someone in the family was passing on information . |
| 17 | A DEC spokesman said that everything was in the early stages , and that he would n't like to comment on numbers — not even the 6,000 proposed lay-offs , although software engineering staff would be among the casualties , he also could n't say if they would be part of the wave of redundancies mentioned above . |
| 18 | Ms Hargreaves admitted that one potentially lucrative source of sponsorship had dried up two days previously , when two-year-old Kate stepped out of nappies for the last time . |
| 19 | In 1767 Jonas Hanway thought that one in thirteen of London 's population was a domestic servant . |
| 20 | Hemming says that Brihtheah 's were made because he was from Berkshire and had no relatives in Worcestershire , and in Edward the Confessor 's time Bishop Hermann complained that nobody could hold the see of Ramsbury without the help of kinsmen . |
| 21 | Jared Tunstall thought that something more than hard work had brought his daughter fulfilment and a new maturity — and , with them both , a deeper beauty . |