Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] that [pers pn] have [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Those solicitors , in their turn , caused or thought that they had caused the documents to be dispatched direct to the father and the mother with a covering letter specifically directing attention to the desirability of obtaining independent legal advice .
2 He looked at the number plate and realized that he had found the sole piece of ostentation Miss Morgan had allowed herself ; she had been Angela Jane Morgan and the car was AJM 563 .
3 I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one .
4 Having stopped a couple of times for refreshment , Fabia returned to her hotel around six o'clock , and realised that she had found Mariánské Láznë quite enchanting .
5 In July the prime minister of Belgium and a committed Europeanist , Paul-Henri Spaak , stated that he supported a European Assembly and announced that he had asked the European Movement to consider plans for such a body .
6 Charity glanced at the clock as she poured and announced that she 'd missed it , Peregrine asking if it mattered a hoot anyway , the wireless these day being so hopelessly uninformative , with nothing more important to impart than news of patrol activity on the Maginot Line .
7 The proposed closure was confirmed just twenty four hours after British Coal announced the pit was to go into the review procedure and revealed that it 's lost more than six million pounds in the last six months .
8 The closure has been confirmed twenty four hours after British Coal announced the pit was to go into the review procedure and revealed that it 's lost more than six million pounds in the last six months .
9 He went all quiet and un-Oliver-like and admitted that he 'd got the sack .
10 Following his comments Shoob on Oct. 5 acceded to requests by the authorities to withdraw from the case and admitted that he had reached " certain preliminary conclusions " concerning the evidence .
11 He said he knew the tablets would not have harmed him and admitted that he had taken them to make his wife see how much he needed her .
12 Tony came back 10 days later looking happier , and reported that he had checked the newspapers regularly and had sent off several applications for jobs .
13 Today he made a humiliating climb down in the Commons and demonstrated that he 'd lost his political touch — that he did n't realise how upset the voters would be if he put 30,000 — going on 100,000 — people out of work .
14 After the Fleischmann and Pons press conference in 1989 Jones recalled this early achievement of ‘ breakeven ’ in muon catalysed fusion and joked that they had wondered whether to call a press conference in 1982 and announce that energy output from fusion had been accomplished .
15 Associates were shocked by the transformation , and joked that he had become a plain-clothes policeman .
16 The two men exchanged experiences and found that they had heard the same noises of heavy breathing and the kick on the door .
17 I got my staff to check on the Charlotte T. , and found that she had sailed the day after Andrew Stavanger wrote his letter .
18 We made enquiries and found that she had helped her mother to carry water every day in Bangladesh .
19 He then complemented these observations by giving the appropriate remedy to patients who displayed similar symptoms and signs , and found that he had discovered a therapeutic tool eminently superior to any in use at that time .
20 and found that he had hardened his views and was most obstructive and unhelpful .
21 Remember that he says he then , in his fright at what he had done , went to peer at his victim , and found that he had struck down the wrong man .
22 I went to see Eric to tell him about this conversation and found that he had come to the same conclusion .
23 When on Monday before Christmas 1991 I stepped on the scales and found that I 'd done it , I almost died of happiness .
24 Roger , an art historian , had first gone to the Mansions as Margaret 's friend , and maintained that she had said : ‘ Of course I never read Ivy 's trash . ’
25 He fired and believed that it had gone down .
26 He did n't want to talk about it , and muttered that he 'd resigned over a matter of principle concerning next year 's timetable .
27 Even Stella , McIllvanney 's long-suffering secretary , had taken the day off , leaving the office locked , which meant I had to walk into town to find a public telephone from which I called the Bahamian Police and told them about Hirondelle , and added that I had rescued a chart and a handful of cartridges from the stricken boat .
28 On one occasion we bought two from a toothless ancient , whose family claimed he was a hundred and twenty years old and boasted that he had killed a hundred and forty men in his day .
29 In January 1982 , Malawi Radio announced that the Chirwas had been arrested with their son on Christmas Eve , and claimed that they had slipped back into the country to incite opposition to Banda 's Government .
30 Reports on Jan. 30 said that two military judges in Padua examining the legality of " Gladio " had , in an interim indictment , charged the organization with " possible acts of terrorism " and claimed that it had maintained close links with the fascist " Marine Star " established after the Second World War .
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