Example sentences of "[adj] that there was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is quite clear that there was nothing in any way divine about Cortés . |
| 2 | And do you erm thought it at least very possible that there was someone with a gun the other side of the door . |
| 3 | The little girl was not worried or frightened , being unaware that there was anything unusual in her relationship with her cousin . |
| 4 | They then sold the car to W , another dealer , who , although he inspected it , remained unaware that there was anything wrong with it . |
| 5 | He was still convinced that there was something wrong and said that he had noticed some urethral discharge first thing in the morning and also a slight ‘ tingle ’ when he first passed urine in the day . |
| 6 | And yet , as she kept repeating , she was convinced that there was something that no one was telling her . |
| 7 | We engaged a solicitor to look into the matter and he became convinced that there was I wo n't say a loophole , that there was a reason why this should not be done and er requested the Committee of Management to Court for advice . |
| 8 | Nenna felt sure that there was no-one that it could be but Edward . |
| 9 | The responsibility for bearing human beings was too great for a human being to bear : to bring a child into the world was a terrible thing to do unless you could be sure that there was someone at the end to take it out with at least as much love and care as you had brought it in with . |
| 10 | ‘ He was quite temperamental because of his perfectionism , and he was always concerned that there was something he was not doing with the material ; in other words , he blamed it on his delivery . ’ |
| 11 | Being a single mum is not very easy and it was important that there was lots of people to contact to encourage you in difficult times . |
| 12 | It was unlikely that there was anything of importance in the desk , for none of the drawers was locked . |
| 13 | He shared his pupils ' impatience with the history side but he was far too polite ever to express this prejudice in my presence — and he was pleased that there was somebody else in the department who was prepared to cover that part of the teaching . |
| 14 | The neighbours of the four involved families were vehement that there was nothing like this going on . |
| 15 | We only knew for certain that there was something strange afoot when we heard the sounds of a train being marshalled and it started coming towards the hostel , what is more terrifying was that it was coming on a non-existent track ! |
| 16 | The leading frog , however , was dimly aware that there was something wrong with the moon . |
| 17 | The aim of this simple exercise was to get her to move her feet and become aware that there was something tasty right under her beak , as it were . |
| 18 | Suddenly he became vitally aware that there was someone in the hall with him . |