Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clerk argued that it was not a " competent application " . |
| 2 | Lange admitted that he had " been over a barrel " after the French government had threatened that unless the accord was accepted , New Zealand would be denied access to French markets for its agricultural exports , the mainstay of its economy , |
| 3 | Parliament announced that it would hold an emergency debate on the accidents . |
| 4 | The investigations revealed that there were , in fact , no clear trends . |
| 5 | Distressing as it was for the Victorian establishment to contemplate having descended from monkeys , it would not be long before new advances in physiology and biochemistry revealed that we virtually are monkeys — differing from the chimpanzee , for instance , by a single chromosome in our genetic code . |
| 6 | On May 15 , 1990 , the Vatican announced that it was re-establishing diplomatic relations with Romania , broken in 1950 . |
| 7 | do you think that was a deliberate decision made that it should be part of the flats rather than somewhere outside , |
| 8 | In a joint statement issued on Sept. 25 Meyer and Ramaphosa announced that their talks had progressed sufficiently to allow President de Klerk and Mandela to meet the following day . |
| 9 | He wrote in the Times : ‘ Last night in Sheffield , image throttled intellect and a quiet voice in every reporter present whispered that there was something disgusting about the occasion . |
| 10 | Fretilín announced that it would boycott the investigation , dismissing military guarantees of safety for those giving evidence to the commission . |
| 11 | In the end Flimnap realized that his wife was not in love with me , and had not done anything wrong , but he was still angry with me . |
| 12 | William realised that he should feel contented with his lot , but he was not . |
| 13 | Ms Hargreaves admitted that one potentially lucrative source of sponsorship had dried up two days previously , when two-year-old Kate stepped out of nappies for the last time . |
| 14 | Doyle realised that there was just the hint of a smell of animal about the man . |
| 15 | Initially , some progress appeared to have been made at the Jakarta meeting when Sihanouk and Hun Sen announced that they had finally agreed on a compromise formula on the issue of the SNC chair ( Sihanouk as chair , Hun Sen as vice-chair ) . |
| 16 | The three hour the recreation chairman asked that we er , standard bills for garage for petrol and Centre for the standard items , . |
| 17 | In late September , soon after Mussolini 's escape to Germany , the Standortkommandantur on Piazza Garibaldi announced that there would be a reward of 1800 lire — then approximately the equivalent of £25 sterling — for every prisoner-of-war denounced to the authorities . |
| 18 | Whittle agreed that it was a typical Mumby joke . |
| 19 | Pamela agreed that she would benefit from having new friends and said she would find out about youth clubs that existed in her area . |
| 20 | ‘ The police and ambulance arrived on the scene very rapidly and the other driver admitted that it was her fault . |
| 21 | Recruitment personnel agreed that there was a need for an attitudinal change in this area of business and suggested that educational establishments had a responsibility to help achieve this . |
| 22 | Oct. 1 had been the date set for signature of the accord , the main points of which had been agreed on Aug. 7 [ see p. 39039 ] , but on Sept. 29 Dhlakama announced that he would not sign as a number of issues remained to be resolved to his satisfaction . |
| 23 | During the trial , Lord Maclean heard a taped confession where MacIver admitted that he suggested which lorry to hijack and drove to Inverness a week before the robbery to check the vehicle 's routine . |
| 24 | As a contribution to the reconciliation process , the FMLN announced that it would release two combatants on March 16 to stand trial locally ( rather than in the USA , as the US government had previously insisted ) on charges of murdering two US advisers whose helicopter was shot down in January 1991 [ see pp. 37956-57 ] . |
| 25 | After the meeting the FRUD announced that it was quite prepared to open a dialogue on the basis of an immediate bilateral ceasefire and reforms announced by Gouled Aptidon . |
| 26 | In mid-July the Croatian authorities announced that they did not have the resources to cope with any more refugees unless substantial help from abroad was forthcoming . |
| 27 | The German authorities announced that they would request his extradition in connection with his alleged collaboration with international terrorists and in particular the 1983 bombing of the French consulate in Berlin [ see p. 33039 ] . |
| 28 | Relations with South Africa deteriorated further [ see p. 39178 ] when on Dec. 1 the Angolan authorities announced that they were holding the crew of a South African plane which had made an emergency landing in Luena , Moxico province . |
| 29 | Riley swore and Linley drawled that there was nothing to get upset about , because Harbury had himself cleared the way for the man Riley wanted appointed . |
| 30 | Bernard announced that he wished to be known as an uncle , not a grandfather . |