Example sentences of "[that] [noun prp] [verb] [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was widely believed that Churchill had been converted to the European cause during the war , and that he had kept the flame of union alight . |
| 2 | It is quite true that Corbett has been applied to situations outside marriage , eg. , the alteration of birth certificates , unfair dismissal ( White v. |
| 3 | As soon as they knew that Bella had been assigned to her , the other two trainees cornered Marie in the canteen and briefed her on what to expect . |
| 4 | The final position , therefore , was that Wilfrid had been restored to York and had regained control of Ripon . |
| 5 | What he does n't seem to know is that Albie had been talking to Carmichael . |
| 6 | It was the first time that Ethel had been summoned to her form-mistress for any reason other than praise . |
| 7 | Gervase of Canterbury tells us that Edward objected especially to Henry 's renunciation of his rights to Normandy and to the infeudation of Gascony : although Edward had agreed to its terms by 25 July 1259 , he was to change his mind in 1260 and allege that Normandy had been sold to the French . |
| 8 | There was at an early stage evidence that D. had been subjected to violent injury . |
| 9 | She also knew that Bertie had been lying to her over ‘ discontinuing ’ the post . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , considering that Siban has been ordered to Kinsai , I think the Kha-Khan might be indicating a preference , do n't you ? ’ |
| 11 | We know that Monotypes had been introduced to R. & R. Clark 's , as early as 1901 or 1902 . |
| 12 | Puzzling — since it seemed that Yorke had been listening to information he 'd specifically asked for . |
| 13 | Following on from last month , It seems that GeoWorks has been talking to Casio and Tandy about putting its graphical front-end on hand-held computers , slated to compete with the so-far non-existent Apple Newton . |
| 14 | The counter-argument rests on the Bruges Group 's proposition that everything important is now decided in Brussels , and that Westminster has been reduced to the status of a rate-capped local authority . |
| 15 | It is very unlikely that Francis had been summoned to Rome : much more likely that he brought himself there seeing the opportunity of such a gathering . |
| 16 | About a year ago came the news that Cantona had been sold to Man Utd . |
| 17 | He confirmed that Major had been invited to South Africa and that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd would be visiting shortly . |