Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] that [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We filled that and while they were eating that we kept the hay , hay , cut it through a rick , a big thin knife , you know , fill the remainder of the racks with the hay , so that by the time they 'd gone and finished that they 'd gone in to eat the hay , then we 'd got the yard free to litter it out , and to straw it on both sides , one would be on the , one down on the bottom to pull straw down into the yard , and that was . |
| 2 | And there we were thinking that it passed the 2m mark at the end of last year : IMB Corp says that on the first anniversary of the launch of OS/2 2.0 , it has shipped more than 2m copies , has more than 80 agreements with hardware vendors to package OS/2 on their systems , and that there are now 1,200 applications specifically written for it . |
| 3 | Instead , for instance , of saying a plant was ‘ biennial ’ , it was explained that you plant the seeds this year and they will flower next year . |
| 4 | It was reported that she disturbed the prowler when she arrived back unexpectedly at her family 's Melbourne home . |
| 5 | It was felt that they enjoyed the support of both Israel and Jordan , neither of which welcomed a growth in the economic power of an increasingly politicized peasantry . |
| 6 | Although hurriedly completed for the presentation , it was felt that it embodies the Jaguar spirit better than any of the others . |
| 7 | It was alleged that he touched the boys ' genitals , put his arm around them and kissed them on the lips . |
| 8 | The pilot , David Moore from Horsley in Gloucestershire was an experienced display flyer , but the inquest in Manchester was told that he misjudged the height of the Spitfire during the loop . |
| 9 | But his joy soon turned to anger when the excited teenager was told that he broke the licensed premises ' over 18 rule . |
| 10 | It was ordained that anyone hunting the deer in that forest without royal licence was to pay a fine and suffer three years imprisonment . |
| 11 | It was not until I was at a conference at which Jean Darnall was speaking that I saw the need to ask others to pray for me . |
| 12 | At eleven it was understood that I washed the breakfast things and scrubbed the kitchen floor before I started my homework . |
| 13 | Najibullah refused to identify the opposition leaders he had met , but it was believed that they included the leading National Islamic Front ( NIF ) moderate Pir Sayed Ahmed Gailani and Seghbatullah Mujjaddedi , the president of the Pakistan-based Afghan Interim Government ( AIG — see p. 36449 ) , as well as two men linked with ex-king Mohammad Zahir Shah , namely his close confidant and former Prime Minister Mohammad Yusuf and the ex-king 's son-in-law , Gen. Abdul Wali Khan . |
| 14 | It was suggested that they call the police , and they did . |
| 15 | It was suggested that she hated the wet and dreary Balmoral holidays , that she suffered from anorexia , that she had quarrelled with a number of the Prince 's household and staff , that she was only interested in clothes , that she was a lover of discotheques and neglected her husband . |
| 16 | It was suggested that he contact the newspapers . |