Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [be] [vb pp] that " in BNC.

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1 told that it has changed , but at that time , and I know my feeling was left that if I was raped I would n't never go to the police .
2 Whether or not he could hear much of what she said , she did not know , but her heart was saddened that he should be here alone in his last hours .
3 She left it until after ten to phone Reception to get her call , hoping with all she had now her decision was made that Lubor was so busy that he would be working this Sunday .
4 ‘ She is so tired when her work is finished that she just sits still and rests .
5 Sarah overhears her husband being told that she will have a son in the spring .
6 Miss erm whatever her name is said that erm people have been in there .
7 The Bursar , Lesley Webb , had on her appointment been told that she was a member of the senior management team .
8 In the story of Aladdin , his beloved is told that the wonderful palace he has got the genie of the lamp to build for her will only be complete if a roc 's egg is suspended from the dome , DC 3 .
9 Taking the question of the origins of the office first , one may adduce one important piece of negative evidence against the claim that Hizir Bey became Mufti of Istanbul , namely the fact that , with one possible exception , none of the important Turkish sources relative to the ulema in general-including Katib Celebi himself , in his — or to the Muftilik in particular mentions that Hizir Bey became Mufti of Istanbul , although such as deal with his career are agreed that he became kadi of Istanbul at the conquest .
10 Incautiously taking what seemed a marvellous idea from a friend , the notion of two people who each wished to get rid of someone swapping victims , he discovered when his book was written that this was precisely the plot for a novel by Patricia Highsmith , Stranger on a Train , which neither he nor his friend knew of .
11 ‘ He had a brother like Angharad and his mother was determined that Wyn should help look after him .
12 The Lord Mayor of Dublin , Gay Mitchell , said today that his office was informed that the Nobel Prize winner , renowned for her work with the poor , will travel to Dublin next month .
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