Example sentences of "[pers pn] [v-ing] that [pron] [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave Doddie Weir a whack and he 's vilified by the press for three weeks afterwards , some of them suggesting that he was not fit to be a policemen . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure my husband wo n't mind me saying that it was not his wealth which made us all respect him — although I 've heard my husband say many a time that the wealth of Mr D'Arcy of Moss Side by Manchester was of an enormity to make the sultans and pashas of the East take note — but it was not for that , not at all , that we , all of us who knew of him … ’ |
| 3 | He wrote to her pleading that it was up to ‘ the young generation to rebuild what Nazism has destroyed ’ , but Edith was not to be diverted from what she believed to be her only chance of happiness . |
| 4 | This letter had purportedly been written by his wife to him saying that he was not the father of the child and she had been having an affair with a man called Nigel , ’ said Mr Klevan . |
| 5 | He did n't want them to follow him thinking that he was just a free ride , a free ticket for all their problems a and difficulties . |
| 6 | Frank 's door was closed when he got back and there was a notice on it saying that he was not to be disturbed . |
| 7 | Brutus had said that he killed Caesar for the general good but Antony is now saying that he did n't know why they killed him , otherwise he saying that it was n't for the general good . |
| 8 | To do what I do well , be proud of it , and watch it knowing that it was bloody good and entirely born of me . ’ |