Example sentences of "[pron] that [pers pn] [was/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 | Since then , four telephone calls and two letters have failed to elicit from the sheriff officers the basis of this arrestment , beyond informing me that it was for a sum of £50.59 , but without specifying why or how this sum was allegedly due . |
| 3 | that intrigued me because it did n't seem to me that it was to be eligible |
| 4 | They told me that it was of no use to me any more and that I 'd be better off letting them have it . |
| 5 | Ellen Orford in the poem is a middle-aged woman and it was fortuitous for me that I was about the right age — it 's not a part for a young soprano . |
| 6 | Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing . |
| 7 | I remember many occasions when friends would reassure me that I was like them , there were n't any differences . |
| 8 | I hardly knew how I was able to face it , either then or at any other time of my life in this mocking world , but I did , though it did not seem to me that I was in any way heroic — just the opposite , in fact . |
| 9 | It proved to me that I was in earnest , that I was truly resolved . |
| 10 | It did n't occur to me that I was in labour because it was too early . |
| 11 | Could n't you have come to me and told me that you were in debt , that you needed money ? |
| 12 | Our solicitors , therefore , wrote to the Department of the Environment informing them that we were considering seeking judicial review of the case . |
| 13 | It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master . |
| 14 | Just as they were puzzling over the next move the man rang back to tell them that they were on a wild goose chase . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If they hesitated , he could show them his revolver and his stick to convince them that he was in earnest . |
| 17 | Their mother seemed to rally as she always did for her children but no matter how she tried to conceal it , it was clear to all of them that she was near the end of her strength . |
| 18 | It did n't take long to find out Nicola had told them that she was in line to take over my job . ’ |
| 19 | Although he had four years of orgies with Debbie Harry and Joan Jett at the paper between 1978 and '82 , he never kidded himself that he was on first-name terms with pop . |
| 20 | He flattered himself that he was in some small part responsible for such blissful bizarrities , given that over the years he 'd brought all manner of influences through from the Succulent Rock . |
| 21 | He liked to flatter himself that he was in love with me ; but I never knew a less impatient love . |
| 22 | A British undercover agent in one of David Cornwell 's [ John le Carré 's ] novels is so exasperated by platitudes by a superior that he exploded within himself that it was like working for a bloody clergyman . |
| 23 | Did I tell you that I was at Belsen just after it was liberated ? ’ |
| 24 | You did n't give your mum any money to get that C D did you that I was after ? |
| 25 | Er I might also say , on open access which is something that I was at a meeting for yesterday in London . |
| 26 | Arthur told the lordly one that it was to be sent to Mr and Mrs Stokes , but Fred knew whom it was tacitly meant for , because he had read in newspaper gossip columns about dukes laying down pipes of port when heirs were born . |
| 27 | But there were very few people who could sympathise with her — the presumption was that she was fiercely cold-hearted , driven by greed and shallowness , a woman who had convinced herself that she was above the law . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Was it possible , he wondered , that by breakfast time the two youngsters would be reporting to him that they were in love ? |
| 30 | That evening , a consortium of dealers led the slightly worse for wear director to a riverside wine bar in an attempt to convince him that it was worth staying with the company . |