Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] that it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot knew that Mrs Hollidaye would come to comfort her , to reassure her that it was n't her fault . |
| 2 | Franz Dornseiff — a German scholar who proved his courage and independence in difficult times — tried hard to persuade us that it was in fact authentic Greek poetry of the sixth century B.C. He also tried to show that a long description of the Jews attributed by Photius to Hecataeus of Miletus was really composed by this late sixth-century writer , and not ( as is generally admitted ) by the younger Hecataeus of Abdera who lived after Alexander . |
| 3 | Alarmed at this sight , and with the smell , which came principally from the cerecloth , they ordered the ground to be thrown in immediately without judiciously closing up the cerecloth and lead , which covered the face : only observing enough of the inscription to convince them that it was the body of Queen Katherine . |
| 4 | ‘ This was the problem that Glynne Wickham faced , but the only way he could get it past the Faculty at that time was to convince them that it was a separate package . |
| 5 | A comparative nothing' of a life , you might think ; and yet it did more to convince me that it was not my imagination at work than all the finery of a court lady could have done . |
| 6 | By the beginning of February 1989 he had enough to convince him that it was real , and he agreed to go public by talking about it at the American Physical Society meeting in Baltimore the following May . |
| 7 | That evening , a consortium of dealers led the slightly worse for wear director to a riverside wine bar in an attempt to convince him that it was worth staying with the company . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to convince him that it was n't that mob that took a shot at him . ’ |
| 9 | But it seemed the doctor could persuade Sarah to do anything , for it did n't take much argument to convince her that it was wrong to be ungracious . |
| 10 | And as it could n't be seen from the cockpit there had been nothing to remind her that it was still open . |
| 11 | You 're going to try to tell me that it was him , not you ? |
| 12 | She 's in the basement watching ‘ the telly ’ ' — he picked out the words sarcastically — ‘ though she did glance away from the screen just long enough to tell me that it was her mother 's bingo night . |
| 13 | Are you going to tell me that it was someone who came back on the train from London who gave you the key ? ’ |
| 14 | So I rang , I rang him last night and , they 're not away and they 've erm he was able to tell me that it was exactly a hundred pounds . |
| 15 | Often , troubled individuals will take action based , however loosely , upon your advice and return in triumph to tell you that it was completely unsuccessful . |
| 16 | a voice came er , from the , the back of beyond and Keith said , oh he said Sheila has just reminded me to tell you that it was my idea . |
| 17 | Julie had only been able to tell him that it was urgent . |
| 18 | Her eyes swept across his face , and suddenly she had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him that it was n't important at all , that she was , inside , what he 'd called a real woman , one who wanted a home and children to fill it , and most of all a husband , a man who would take her in his arms and kiss her until nothing mattered except him , kiss her as Nicolo had , make her want him as she 'd wanted Nicolo … |
| 19 | Nor to tell her that it was women like her who prevented girls doing well in sciences . |
| 20 | The divi was very important which is why I , as a Guild 's woman erm through I suppose the memories of mother , was so adamant in against the dividend stamps because to us , that woman who I 'd just been talking about , Councillor Mrs always , I 'm sure no one would mind me saying it , but she always used to tell us that it was her thrift and she saved and they brought their house through this , the Co-op you see . |