Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [was/were] [noun pl] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wingti dismissed the statement as an empty threat , although there were reports that it was being investigated to determine whether or not it constituted sedition , as defined under section 44 of the country 's criminal code . |
| 2 | On Feb. 28 she joined the Supreme Council 's economic commission , although there were suggestions that she intended to stand in opposition to the administration of President Vytautas Landsbergis . |
| 3 | ( Cabrera withdrew early from the campaign itself , on Oct. 29 , ostensibly because he was suffering from acute pancreatitis , although there were rumours that he had been shot . |
| 4 | It was a puzzle , really , how he had ever risen as high as assistant bank manager , although there were rumours that his immediate superior , Mr Quigley , had been confined to a lunatic asylum after claiming that aliens were about to take over South-West London . |
| 5 | There were things that you knew , and there were things that you only thought you new ; and when something happened to shock you out of your ignorance , then the change in your perceptions could never be reversed . |
| 6 | There were reports of Diana playing tricks on Charles too — changing jackets with a friend , so he would attempt to take home the wrong woman ; and there were reports that he spent his evenings at home in the chalet while Diana danced the night away with friends in a disco . |
| 7 | She stayed away for two weeks , and there were reports that she had been seen in Bath with Sergeant Troy . |
| 8 | The Supreme Court had been increased in size from five to nine judges by President Carlos Saúl Menem in April , and there were accusations that it was biased in favour of the government . |
| 9 | Crane was sent first thing in the morning into the forest to find out if there were signs that anyone had passed during the night between the ride and the Swamp . |
| 10 | Letters of her own to a friend had been pulled out of a waste-paper basket by the friend 's husband , who did a jigsaw puzzle of the bits to find if there were signs that his wife had complained of him . |
| 11 | But there were fears that it would soon lean too far to be corrected . |
| 12 | But there were warnings that nobody should make any firm investment decision until just before the actual float as any fall in the market could wipe out chances of an opening premium . |
| 13 | I have just met some colleagues in the House — and I do not dare to name the Opposition Members — who asked me questions about the amendment because there were points that they could not understand or that they had not seen before . |