Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the beginning of October , Kathy , who had again been invited for supper , arrived at Clare 's apartment to find that nothing had been cooked . |
| 2 | It became clear that nothing had been gained by removing the prince , especially as another ruler had now to be found . |
| 3 | His village was at the upper end of the valley in which the woman of Lohali had been killed the previous week , and he told me that nothing had been heard of the man-eater since , and added that the animal was possibly now at the other end of the district . |
| 4 | He appealed for leniency on the grounds that nothing had been touched . |
| 5 | Yet I discovered that nothing had been disturbed . ’ |
| 6 | There had been no word from Steve or Maria Lisa and though there was no time element concerned with this contract she was still a little worried that nothing had been accomplished with the airlines and tourist board in Palma . |
| 7 | Once we 'd established that nothing had been left behind Emily went off to catch a bus and I decided that no one would mind if I popped my head round the doors of the suite of rooms which George had occupied . |
| 8 | He wanted to make certain for himself that nothing had been overlooked . |
| 9 | He replied that nothing had been put forward concerning a trust . |
| 10 | The racegoers from the train were on the whole easily identifiable as they all seemed to have been issued with large red and white rosettes with Race Train passenger emblazoned on them in gold : and the rosettes proved not to be confined to those in the front half of the train because I came across Zak wearing one too , and he told me that everyone had been given one , the owners included , and where was mine ? |
| 11 | The Poles took the matter seriously , but the League of Nations , saying that no-one had been hurt and perhaps the revolver had not been loaded , took no action . |
| 12 | All that I saw was seen also by Hugh Beringar , but after what has come to light this morning these details fall into place . ’ |
| 13 | It was also clearly evident , in the groups that I saw being taught , as well as from my own personal experience , that the GCSE has improved children 's motivation . |
| 14 | Only to wish that I 'd been born a boy . ’ |
| 15 | Big Lou came out with a story that I 'd been fired — but I resigned . ’ |
| 16 | The Israeli Mossad would have confirmed that I 'd been killed in Damascus . |
| 17 | That I 'd been abused by my brother too . |
| 18 | I 'd been excited about Brownies for so long that I 'd been warned about wishing my life away nearly a hundred times by the week of my first Pack meeting . |
| 19 | Had been appalled to discover , through the industry grapevine , that I 'd been allowed to continue with the assignment after taking such a beating from ben Issachar . |
| 20 | On the handshake it was only when I got notified that I 'd been awarded the gold badge , I realized I never got my hand back that day . |
| 21 | I was flattered that I 'd been chosen , but at the same time pretty scared . |
| 22 | But what should I do now that I 'd been told about Belinda 's feelings ? |
| 23 | She said : ‘ Claire did not show me the power of attorney … nor did she tell me that I had been made Michael 's attorney . ’ |
| 24 | It seemed to me that the stench of Billingsley 's cigar smoke clung to the boat like the sulphurous reek of the pit , and with it lingered the realisation that I had been twisted into dishonesty as easily as a length of rope could be coiled into hanks . |
| 25 | I also explained to him myself that I had been abused by my father , who was a doctor , and that I did not wish to be examined by a man . |
| 26 | I would have to go to my constituency and say that I had been outbid by Tory Ministers , and that after complaining for all these years about their accruing power to themselves I had found that I had been wrong all the time . |
| 27 | And it brought home to me with a rush something which had been slowly dawning on me ever since I joined the Air Force ; that I had been spoiled for quite a long time now . |
| 28 | Instinctively I went into a steep spiral dive , furiously angry that I had been beaten at my own game . |
| 29 | Typical of the man , Ashe seemed more concerned about my welfare , hearing that I had been beaten up outside the stadium by a stick wielding Army officer , than his own . |
| 30 | The extraordinary piece of good fortune that I had been given was the opportunity to fight it my way . |