Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [vb past] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had missed another call while out , and they had heard that Whitechapel had been sealed off . |
| 2 | Before long , Maudie had a baby — and soon after that , a telegram arrived saying that Arnold had been killed in action . |
| 3 | They made up the double bed in William and Kate 's room , which was the best room in the house , overlooking the back garden and mercifully free from images of death , destruction and eternal torment , which presumably meant that William had been kept out of it , at least so far as the decor was concerned . |
| 4 | But it was impossible to forget entirely the rumours that William had been involved with some very undesirable people over the last few years . |
| 5 | Tact and discretion he had used , and he dared say that Dierdriu had been told who had been at the back of it . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh dear , you and your girlfriends … well , perhaps Tory could come too ? ’ she looked enquiringly at Marie , who admitted that Victoria had been considered too young to ride by her parents . |
| 7 | Bernice decided that Ell had been watching too many films . |
| 8 | The row over Digital Equipment Corp 's decision to end manufacturing in Galway and try to find a new tenant to take over the manufacturing plant — which DEC owns , will not die down , and now the European Commission is to investigate Irish allegations that the UK government lured DEC into keeping its Ayr plant open at the expense of Galway : Commerce & Technology Minister Seamus Brennan , in Brussels for a meeting of European Community industry ministers , said Dublin had asked Competition Commissioner Karel van Miert to probe media reports that DEC had been offered inducements to keep the Ayr plant open — but no-one seems to have said just what these alleged inducements are ; the UK government on Friday denied the allegations , saying any assistance it might or might not have given would have been fully in accordance with Community rules , and invited Community auditors to ‘ come and look at the books any time ’ . |
| 9 | Kochen maintained that DEC had been taking a worldwide census of ‘ hundreds of customers ’ recently to ascertain whether OSF/1-on-MIPS was a viable policy . |
| 10 | While the specialist was examining her legs , Janet mentioned that Lisa had been suffering from aches in her neck . |
| 11 | But the only reason for that relatively peaceful state of affairs was , quite simply , that Lisa had been so busy that their paths had very rarely crossed . |
| 12 | Although no evidence had been found that Gnassingbe had been present during the attack , the report said he had been at the scene of the attack " immediately beforehand " . |
| 13 | Whenever anybody started to make fun of Lennie , calling him cuckoo or crazy , George jumped straight to Lennie 's defence and said that Lennie had been kicked in the head when he was a little boy . |
| 14 | Police said that Kelly had been shot in the head by Bastian who then turned the gun on himself . |
| 15 | Brewster demonstrated that Newton had been a ‘ searcher in the scriptures ’ throughout his life . |
| 16 | The ironic , cynical tone that Nizan adopted was the visible sign of an effort to master a situation which was otherwise uncontrollable . |
| 17 | Chairman Garry Gibson revealed that Murray had been in touch with a string of top clubs looking for pre-deadline newcomers . |
| 18 | The court had heard evidence from Kelly , who said that Blissett had been involved in an ‘ ordinary aerial challenge ’ . |
| 19 | He believed , and Irina confirmed this , that Marcus had been , though initially hostile , glad to see him at Red Cottage because he was an acquaintance and someone to talk to . |
| 20 | Hari half lifted half pushed him through the window and then she waited breathlessly for any sounds that would indicate that Will had been discovered , but when there was nothing , she moved to the door and to her relief , she saw it swing open . |
| 21 | It was worth knowing that Edwin had been right . |
| 22 | Franca explained that Alison had been quite overcome by seeing the familiar school scene and the dancer , some of whom were professionals whom she knew . |
| 23 | The inquest heard that Leonie had been seen regularly by her GP and had been referred for psychiatric treatment . |
| 24 | In the increasingly murky circumstances surrounding the trial , two senior Conservative Party officials were subpoenaed on Feb. 19 to appear before a magistrate after refusing to disclose the sources of their allegation that Mekgwe had been kidnapped by the state intelligence service . |
| 25 | She wondered what Spiderglass would do to Chesarynth when they found out that Jezrael had been trying to free her . |
| 26 | He said that Dodman had been suffering from a mental illness which could have affected his behaviour . |
| 27 | He said that Dodman had been suffering from a mental illness which could have affected his behaviour and asked that Dodman be sent for psychiatric help . |
| 28 | Burun guessed that Kiku had been no more than a hair's-breadth away from being impaled on the st'lyan 's gilden horn . |
| 29 | The award was criticized by the Guatemalan government which claimed that Menchu had been " supported by the enemies of Guatemala " . |
| 30 | I did n't know that Ben had been following me around for the last five years ! |