Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] that this was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having expected a casual Italian place , Belinda was a little perturbed to realise that this was L'Epoque , Brisbane 's newest and most talked-about French restaurant , which must surely have required a booking in advance . |
| 2 | For centuries we have tried to pretend that this was not the case . |
| 3 | No previous Scottish king had ever tried to claim that this was the age when his minority ended . |
| 4 | I have said that the anorexic starts from a position of helplessness and hopelessness , and I have tried to demonstrate that this was so in my case . |
| 5 | In all , 29 subjects were selected who claimed to have successfully controlled already what they were going to dream , and who were strongly motivated to prove that this was indeed possible . |