Example sentences of "[vb past] be [vb pp] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , as soon as he did turn up , Maradona unwisely told the expectant press corps that he thought the World Cup draw had been fixed so that Italy would find itself in an easy group . |
| 2 | Furthermore , as soon as he did turn up , Maradona unwisely told the expectant press corps that he thought the World Cup draw had been fixed so that Argentina would be in a difficult group and Italy in an easy group . |
| 3 | The top of it had been raised so that Bella , propped up against two pillows , her face grey against their whiteness , was almost in a sitting position . |
| 4 | Was it possible that the letter had been written simply that Aunt Louise might use it as use it she had ? |
| 5 | The activity had been planned so that when children helped one another they would be using principles applied in problem-solving on one of the tasks and applying them in a new form on the other . |
| 6 | He also explained to us that our stay in China had been planned so that we should spend 4 weeks in Peking , and 3 weeks in the other three cities . |
| 7 | It had been announced earlier that Lilley would not take action against the national brewers if they still controlled a few pubs in excess of the number allowed under the Beer Orders legislation . |
| 8 | The rule had been amended so that nominations for the Committee were restricted to full male or female members of five years standing , and where ladies are concerned , were not to exceed in number the direct ratio to the numerical strength of their respective section . |
| 9 | And since that state of stability had been calculated so that it would not commence deterioration until the next inspection had been completed , Rostov had delegated command of the bridge to Yuan , and had elected to watch the performance of his technical officers at close quarters . |
| 10 | The obvious thing was to jot down quickly what had been said so that the speechreader would be ‘ on beam ’ and laugh too . |
| 11 | In the second painting , every irregularity in her figure had been emphasised so that the girl stretching outwards from a balcony to pick a ripe , hanging fruit appeared as misshapen as a fairy-tale goblin . |
| 12 | To Harriet Sally had become a surrogate mother and after she had married Hugo that position had been strengthened so that Harriet had felt secure and loved , never questioning her importance to the people who were important to her . |
| 13 | He did not as yet know all the details of how they had died , and what had gone before , but rumour had it that no great physical strength had been involved so that you could not rule out a woman as the killer . |
| 14 | The task required the child to select one of a series of plastic pieces varying in form , size and colour , and to tell the adult which one had been selected so that he could select the identical piece . |
| 15 | Without justice there could be no peace ; a knight was in honour bound to strive for justice , and at the ceremony of his dubbing his sword had been blessed so that , with the approval of the Church thus clearly implied , it might become a sword for justice . |
| 16 | In November of 1968 , he responded to the demands of Derry Catholics by proposing that the Londonderry City Corporation ( which since partition had been gerrymandered so that the Protestant minority retained control ) be replaced by a nominated body , that housing allocation be removed from political control to be administered on a fair ‘ points for needs ’ system , and that the Special Powers Act be re-examined . |
| 17 | It had been thought here that Mr Lawson might at least repeat the formula of the Madrid summit , which defined when the time would be ripe for the pound to join with the words ‘ once inflation is again on a downward path and we have seen the removal of exchange controls by our Community partners ’ . |
| 18 | The whole elaborate farce had been staged so that it would seem that the wanted miscreants had been arrested , whereas in fact they were still free . |
| 19 | ‘ The engine then answered so much better than anything which had been tried before that the same principle has been followed ever since . ’ |
| 20 | It had been agreed beforehand that they would refer to him as Shih Scott . |
| 21 | It had been reported earlier that Kim had offered to resign in order to facilitate the creation of a broad-based opposition grouping which would be capable of defeating the DLP at the 1992 presidential and legislative elections . |
| 22 | By this time the cutters were being kept in commission throughout the year , the practice of laying them in winter had been abandoned so that more crews were needed to maintain continuity . |
| 23 | Just as I had been told repeatedly that I was destined to ‘ do well ’ , so then I was being told that I was destined to be ‘ stout ’ . |
| 24 | On the other hand he suggested that no proof had been brought forward that the forms proposed by the Puritans were founded on any ordinance of Christ . |
| 25 | As early as 1973 , community service orders had been introduced so that offenders could work in the community for up to 240 hours . |
| 26 | Anne Dickie , Manager Royline Sales , said regional awards had been introduced so that the efforts and results of branches could be better highlighted and rewarded — and she praised the first three winners . |
| 27 | She resented being told constantly that she was ignorant and stupid when she knew she was n't . |
| 28 | At Ryswick in 1697 the building in which the two sides met was arranged so that the Swedish diplomat who acted as mediator had a central position , with the French representatives and those of the anti-French coalition each occupying an identical wing . |