Example sentences of "[pron] that [pers pn] were [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following a very rough crossing from Portsmouth during which I slept very little it dawned on me that we were on our own in a Renault van which was half a ton overweight , had a top speed of 60 mph , an up-hill speed of 40 mph provided you had a run at it , jumped out of fourth gear unless you held it in position and we had 1850 miles to go ! |
| 2 | Could n't you have come to me and told me that you were in debt , that you needed money ? |
| 3 | Our solicitors , therefore , wrote to the Department of the Environment informing them that we were considering seeking judicial review of the case . |
| 4 | It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master . |
| 5 | Just as they were puzzling over the next move the man rang back to tell them that they were on a wild goose chase . |
| 6 | We tried to tell them that they were in as safe a place as possible , that only reliable people knew where they were hiding , and that we would come again the next day . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State for Employment sought to protest when my hon. Friend the Member for Sedgefield suggested to him that we were near the bottom of the league tables , saying that we should not take too much account of them . |
| 8 | Was it possible , he wondered , that by breakfast time the two youngsters would be reporting to him that they were in love ? |
| 9 | I introduced your name in the conversation , said I was your Factor , told him that you were in the Lakes for pleasure but also with an eye to acquiring property , etc. , etc . |
| 10 | Out through the archway at the end of the mews , a couple of turns , and Josie told her that they were on Harley Street . |
| 11 | An increase in the noise level and glimpses of exotic vegetables told her that they were in a market street , and it seemed to the over-sensitive Meredith that Lucenzo was almost continually returning greetings and brushing off sympathetic offers of help . |
| 12 | I did explain to her that you were on this case — ‘ |
| 13 | Daylight showed us that we were in an idyllic sixteenth-century thatch-roofed cottage , set in the immemorial , rolling Wiltshire countryside . |
| 14 | It perplexed us that we were in such a remote spot . |
| 15 | They could n't prove nothing , but they warned us that they were onto us and , if they heard we was still dealing , they 'd be round like a shot , like . |