Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | As above , no comparative data were given but we found that cuckoos fledged more chicks both per nest and per egg laid at Santa Fe than at Guadix ( Table 1 ) . |
| 2 | The political ramifications of the case were highlighted after it emerged that two of the four co-operatives implicated were owned by members of Sharif 's ruling IDA and that substantial loans had been extended to a number of IDA politicians , including Sharif himself . |
| 3 | Mr. Clark had to get a bricklayer to repair the walls that were broken and he complained that although the schoolmaster was in attendance the whole time , the boys had made it worse than it was before . |
| 4 | He laughed and kissed her again , and somehow it was another hour before the last of the doughnuts and her third cup of tea were consumed and he decreed that the colour had returned to her cheeks and they could leave . |
| 5 | She said she 'd realised how tired your parents were becoming and she knew that if she wanted to remain at home on a long-term basis she would have to have some form of respite care . |
| 6 | You know , because I think we as parish council would have thought that we were interfering if we suggested that we should go to observe somebody 's group meeting . |
| 7 | Our plans were dashed when I learned that another British company , GKN , had already signed a deal with Unimation . |
| 8 | But the young mother 's plans were dashed when she discovered that Gilfoyle was still married and that his wife was expecting . |
| 9 | He thought that something more than automatic associations were made as he observed that the chimpanzees seemed to understand the principle in solving the problems . |
| 10 | I do n't know what they were doing and I guess that could be called an orgy . |
| 11 | A number of senior teachers and other staff were asked whether they acknowledged that an estranged relationship existed between the Afro-Caribbean pupils and teachers , and whether they attributed the nature of the relationship to negative racial attitudes projected by teachers towards these pupils . |
| 12 | I notice that a great many people were nodding when he suggested that , possibly including the hon. Lady , who should not be so argumentative because I am agreeing with him . |
| 13 | The learning difficulties being experienced by your child were discussed and you agreed that your child probably has a special educational need which requires further investigation . |
| 14 | The parents were removed and I estimated that I had over a hundred eggs . |
| 15 | From this period until the Bishopric of Gilbert de Glanville the buildings at Hailing were neglected and we know that Glanville carried out a great deal of restoration work here . |
| 16 | Signora Puglia was consulted and she suggested that she should give me private lessons after school to bring me up to the standard of the others . |
| 17 | My interest was aroused when he reasoned that it was his blackness which constituted the major drawback in his life at one level , but at another , proved an indispensable asset to his eventual success . |
| 18 | Th th when the house was built it was painted and I think that used to last it 's lifetime . |
| 19 | The guards knew full well what was happening and we knew that after a few days they were likely to get heavy about it . |
| 20 | ‘ However , in due course a few , a very few indeed , intelligent teachers came to take a cool look at what was happening and they realised that for the vast majority of children the majority of our educational processes add about as much to the mental stature of our children as a diet of sawdust would add to their physical stature … . , |
| 21 | The Queen returned , but it was said that she insisted that the Shah get rid of Gilda . |
| 22 | The adrenalin was pumping but I knew that I could control it , knew that it was necessary to a good performance . |
| 23 | The poet 's wife was told when they arrived that they would want to film her . |
| 24 | A chamber was opened and I realised that , like many wise householders , Santerre used one room to store huge vats of water against the very fire we were now fighting . |
| 25 | There appeared to be some problem with our papers regarding the tonnage we were hauling until a 20DM note was produced and we insisted that we did not require a receipt . |
| 26 | Colchester North MP , Bernard Jenkin , was speaking as it emerged that the Danes had approved the Maastricht Treaty in a referendum by 56.8 per cent to 43.2 pc . |
| 27 | According to Cyril Ray in his penetrating profile Bollinger ( 1971 ) , one house was spared and he records that fifteen years after the riots Madame Bollinger overheard a passer-by outside one of her windows say , ‘ That 's the Bollinger house , you know : we did n't touch it during the riots here — as a matter of fact , we lowered our flag to it when we passed ! ’ 'Probably the red flag , ’ Madame is supposed to have commented with pleased irony . |
| 28 | One of the girls , today , she wasn' say she was n't sure , but she was saying that she heard that perhaps the exam structure you have to incorporate all three phases of the |
| 29 | According to the NCC , the offer was refused and she claimed that the bailiffs told her that they would kick her door down . |
| 30 | Sukarno was rebuffed when he asked that there should be a Greater Indonesia including the British territories , Malaya , Singapore and North Borneo . |