Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun pl] that [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 21 Collor warned employers who dismissed workers that their books would be subject to " hostile inspection " and that they would be considered " unpatriotic " and guilty of " sabotaging " the economic programme . |
| 2 | Dr Toyoda dismissed fears that their dream of conquering the European market could be destroyed by the recession . |
| 3 | Dr Toyoda dismissed fears that their dream of conquering the European market could be destroyed by the recession . |
| 4 | In Bonn yesterday , the CDU 's Secretary-General , Mr Volker Ruehe , dismissed suggestions that his party was interfering in East Germany . |
| 5 | THE Prime Minister yesterday dismissed charges that his rejection of Margaret Thatcher 's industrial policies of the 1980s was an attack on his predecessor . |
| 6 | He dismissed reports that his party was divided over tactics and personalities . |
| 7 | FILM director Woody Allen 's young lover yesterday dismissed rumours that their affair was on the wane . |
| 8 | As a result the impression has grown up that Wordsworth was rather a simple soul — an impression aided and abetted by the maid at Rydal Mount , who told visitors that her master 's study was ‘ in the fields ’ . |
| 9 | He told Italians that his resignation was a response to " your vote , the disastrous financial situation and the Maastrich deadline , the prominence of bad in our society , public disservice and institutional paralysis " . |
| 10 | He told officers that his friend had been looking for Carol in Bristol on the Friday before she died . |
| 11 | The girl , who can not be named , told police that her stepfather had taunted her by saying he fantasised about her lying dead in a ditch , said prosecutor Robin Spencer , at Chester Crown Court . |
| 12 | He rejected claims that his son Arthur attempted to continue his drugs trade from inside prison and had tried to do so through him . |
| 13 | Mr Salmond emphasised that the only correspondence surrounding the deal had already been published and rejected claims that his party had broken its side of the deal . |
| 14 | Yesterday , it emerged that members of his union and the National Union of Civil and Public Servants who work in the government 's Business Statistics Office in Newport , Gwent , expressed worries that their work could be ‘ prostituted ’ and ‘ manipulated ’ by politicians after the CSO was moved from the control of the Cabinet Office to the Treasury . |
| 15 | But when he arrived there the British embassy expressed fears that his scarred features would only reinforce anti-involvement sentiments among American parents . |
| 16 | In the spring of 1932 , when I was ten years old , we heard rumours that my father was to be transferred to Italy . |
| 17 | They heard accusations that his manner of life in public and private affairs was secular . |
| 18 | In 1991 the girl made allegations that her father had abused her sexually . |
| 19 | He disputed suggestions that his own redistributive mock Budget at the outset of the election campaign may have contributed to the party 's defeat and expressed concern that those who would have gained from it had apparently failed to heed the message . |
| 20 | MIRROR Group Newspapers yesterday repeated assurances that its titles backed the Labour party — and chief executive David Montgomery 's changes at the daily newspaper . |
| 21 | Richard Solomon , US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the South Pacific , repeated assurances that his country was committed to easing the environmental concerns highlighted by the Forum in its final summit comminuqué : the greenhouse effect , driftnet fishing and chemical weapons incineration on Johnston Atoll . |
| 22 | He waved his arms about a lot , wore suits that my mother 's old friend Little jimmy would n't have been ashamed to be seen in — barring the size problem — and generally did his best to appear flamboyant . |
| 23 | Even during the height of enthusiasm for the monarchy in the first half of the 1680s , Anglican polemicists offered hints that their loyalty to the Church came before their loyalty to the Crown . |
| 24 | Joan Daniels reminded teachers that their fees were due and that prompt payment would be very helpful . |
| 25 | Hastily leaving Limoges on the pretext of a hunting party Henry gave instructions that his castles should be put in a state of war-readiness . |
| 26 | After watching film of the captured pilots , Bush condemned their " brutal treatment " but gave assurances that their possible presence in target areas would not affect the prosecution of the bombing campaign . |
| 27 | When I asked her what she wanted for Christmas she said things that her seven-year-old brother Simon could have . |
| 28 | On Aug. 3 Prime Minister Narasimha Rao denied allegations that his office had asked Madhavan to " go slow " with the investigation of government ministers and senior officials . |
| 29 | They denied suggestions that her account of a 36-hour blindfolded ordeal was copied from a bogus case in Australia , which was reported while Joanna was working there . |
| 30 | He denied suggestions that his action was a protest at the failure of the United States government to supply promised emergency aid following its invasion in December 1989 [ see pp. 37112-13 ] . |