Example sentences of "[pron] were [vb pp] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might be sensible if you were advised that your claim would be better presented in the formal atmosphere of the civil courts , or that your wrongful dismissal claim is so much more substantial that it will lead almost inevitably to a settlement of the lesser , unfair dismissal claim . |
| 2 | My word but you were n't frightened of him because you were told that he was an old man and one of the road men of the road . |
| 3 | How would you allocate the treatments to the plants if you were told that the temperature gradient along the bench was |
| 4 | Love managed his second successive 68 , adding : ‘ We were warned that play would be slow here but I could n't believe it would take six hours . |
| 5 | We were taught that , and we believed that then — — and we still do . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We were assured that the area was ready for carpeting . ’ |
| 7 | Graham says : ‘ We were assured that we would have the top 20 referees in the country taking charge of our games . |
| 8 | Before leaving we were assured that the baggage conveyors , fully automated with multiple bar code scanners never make a mistake . |
| 9 | The disappointed mother said : ‘ We were assured that there would be no problem . |
| 10 | Shanti was eight years old and we were determined that her childhood was not going to be spoiled by this disability . |
| 11 | ‘ The fair is the highlight of our week long festival and we were determined that it should go ahead , ’ he said . |
| 12 | They seemed unconcerned by our presence , and the ranger said they were probably deliberately moving out of our way , but once again we were reminded that , even though this part of Elgon might look like Scotland , we were still most definitely in Africa . |
| 13 | We were reminded that before he became party leader , Neil Kinnock had said , in relation to Peter Tatchell , ‘ I am not in favour of witch-hunts but I do not mistake bloody witches for fairies . ’ |
| 14 | The next day we were informed that we were n't allowed to use the huts again . |
| 15 | First , we were informed that the train would be delayed for two minutes — it was another 10 minutes before we got going . |
| 16 | Shaun Spencer , prosecuting , said : ‘ It was a complete bombshell when we were informed that the officer had , for a number of months , an affair with the defendant 's former wife . |
| 17 | We were informed that the Prime Minister had set aside an hour for us , and she arrived on the dot , nicely accoutred and coiffeured and saying she was ready to go when we were . |
| 18 | During the journey we were informed that tomorrow , we were going to go and see the Queen who was coming to the small town to visit the hospital . |
| 19 | In the autumn , we were informed that ’ the green shoots of economic spring are appearing once again . ’ |
| 20 | At any rate we were informed that the Chief Whip had carried a document to the sick Prime Minister showing the majority preference . |
| 21 | Afterwards , we were informed that , in fact , this was a mediocre French team and that the reports suggesting Irish rugby was terminally ill were rather exaggerated . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ At 11.30am we were notified that Tony Adams was out . |
| 23 | As usual we were advised that they were ready to do anything . |
| 24 | In the spring , we were promised that the recession would be ’ short-lived and shallow ’ , and that growth would begin again towards the middle of the year . |
| 25 | Yes , but why they got the to offer it , because we were promised that this , this event would be decreased . |
| 26 | ‘ The flats were flooded two and a half years ago and we were promised that it would never happen again . ’ |
| 27 | Thus we were told that , since the timetable was only used ‘ by enthusiasts and the travel trade ’ , it was pointless to indicate which trains had meal service , and while vital to show which services were operated by Sprinters nobody was interested in which were HSTs . |
| 28 | We were told that previously , when dogs were allowed , there 'd been problems , so they decided to stop letting them in . |
| 29 | When we were children we were told that we would be sent there if we were naughty . |
| 30 | We were told that not only had the Argentinian fleet continued on their route to the Falklands but there was now every reason to believe that Argentinian troops had landed . |