Example sentences of "there was [adv] [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no denying that the Soviet Embassy was large , enormous , one might say , making lilliputian a convoy of Russian lorries parked outside from which , mysteriously , soldiers in olive green and red were taking canteens of food . |
| 2 | He came to spend the night , by agreement , twice a week and she saw him every day but there was no denying that he seemed a visitor and never a member of her household . |
| 3 | Clint Schneider had style , there was no denying that and Adolf Hitler was his dad . |
| 4 | Paul wanted to retch , and at the same time felt his member thrusting against his clothes ; there was no denying that he had wanted this , when all was said , for a long time . |
| 5 | But there was no denying that today his wife was better than he had known her for many many months . |
| 6 | There was no denying that his penetration of my mind , using my eidetic memory to distort the relation between representation and that which was represented , was strident , aggressive even . |
| 7 | There was no denying that the new corset had an impressive effect on her waist , but the dress disconcerted her — the first true evening dress she had ever had — because it left her shoulders quite bare as well as a considerable amount of — of , well , upper bosom , and all her arms . |
| 8 | There was no denying that she 'd caught his interest . |
| 9 | She was awfully fond of her husband , of course , but there was no denying that their own lovemaking had become just a little predictable . |
| 10 | There was no mistaking that I was a very sick man . ’ |