Example sentences of "[noun] that [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not wearing any special clothes , but this lady — she was from an old Lucknow family could see by my manners that I was not a common person . ’ |
| 2 | During his tours of the Middle and Far East Duncan Sandys was made well aware by British Governors , High Commissioners and Commanders-in-Chief of the political and military risks that he was taking ; and local political leaders , like the Tunku Abdul Rahman in Malaya and Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore , warned him of the dangers of creating power vacuums that could be exploited by the Communist powers . |
| 3 | This was an action that he was to repeat many times before any true subjugation of the Saxons was achieved . |
| 4 | A spokesman said Mr Wood had opened negotiations with Standard Chartered , a London-based overseas bank , as far back as January , but only told Mr Buxton that he was leaving last Monday . |
| 5 | It 's here , said wicked Elissia , with her light finger down Mademoiselle 's spine She gave a scream thinking that it was the spider running there . |
| 6 | And it were n't hurting him at all but it was making her feel sick thinking that she was hurting him like . |
| 7 | He shot a 69 , three-under-par , and although it was n't leading , it did n't change my thinking that he was going to be there at the finish . |
| 8 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 9 | So great was Rodrigo 's grief that he was almost paralysed for several weeks . |
| 10 | But one look at the lacklustre picture presented by the normally spirited Harriet convinced Meredith that she was not even aware the protesters were there , let alone that she had approached so close . |
| 11 | He had worked for so many nineteenth-century showmen that he was able to outdo them all . |
| 12 | Ross MacKay , director of the Institute of Economic Research at the University College of North Wales , Bangor , told the North Wales 2000 Prospects and Opportunities conference in Llangollen that it was much too early for the Government to consider scrapping regional aid to Clwyd and Gwynedd in favour of the South East of England . |
| 13 | ‘ And I gather from Jeff that I was right . ’ |
| 14 | For over twenty years I worked under the delusion that I was teaching maths . |
| 15 | One of the Great Danes was simultaneously clambering into my lap , trying to get all four legs fitted into the available footage , under the delusion that she was some other size . |
| 16 | Marshall boasted on his trade card that he was ‘ the inventor of true Spectacle Grinding & the only person that has , or ever has had , the Approbation of the Royal Society ’ . |
| 17 | It was cold , so cold in the jeep that it was with difficulty that Alexei kept his eyes open . |
| 18 | It was a continuation of her misguided perception that she was a world power and had to protect her Commonwealth and maintain an independent presence in the world . |
| 19 | The appellant , in evidence during the trial , had insisted that he had made it clear to Mr. Burt that he was not a fully qualified accountant , although he had passed some examinations . |
| 20 | Hodge hoped that the Joint Commission would resume its work and he did not wish to convey the impression to Koreans that it was American policy to prevent unification . |
| 21 | I knew that if the handle moved faster it would sound better , so I really exerted every ounce of my miserable muscle power and the handle jerked forward with such force that I was lifted clean off the ground . |
| 22 | In September Leslie 's 5th Brigade found itself part of the 4th Indian Division , and it was with this famous fighting force that he was to spend about the next nine months . |
| 23 | Trent shouted with all his force that he was going about . |
| 24 | ‘ And in this case , ’ said Dr Barton , ‘ you struck a man with such force that he was killed . ’ |
| 25 | His skill at hunting living prey increased each day until he could stoop on a hare from half a mile away , judging its path and speeding his attack so that he hit it with such force that it was dead before his talons fully closed on it . |
| 26 | A desperately disappointed Shreeves , currently in Cardiff helping Wales prepare for next week 's World Cup qualifier against Romania , was told on Tuesday that he was no longer required at White Hart Lane . |
| 27 | After being degraded to the level of a vegetable market , the Piece Hall was rightly recognized as an architectural and industrial monument that it was important to preserve , and part of it now houses the town 's Textile Museum , which is open throughout the year . |
| 28 | ‘ I gather from Noakes that it was crouching in a gateway . ’ |
| 29 | He looked vaguely at her , and quickly and intently at his watch ; but at least he had returned to the consciousness that she was present . |
| 30 | Daum said that he had thought before Wednesday 's 4-1 defeat that it was possible to field four non-German players . |