Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [be] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been amassing clothing coupons for the last six months and was determined that Constance would have a magnificent dress from one of the London stores . |
| 2 | 30 Received £360 from the liquidator of Bills Bikes and was advised that no more would be forthcoming . |
| 3 | She asked about its contents and was told that the terms merely protected the cleaners from liability for damage to sequins and beads . |
| 4 | This was a precious baby : four months earlier Fiona , then 31 , had miscarried at 13 weeks and was determined that this time things would go well . |
| 5 | The police then sought the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions and were told that such evidence would not be admissible in Irish courts , and that the Attorney General would be seeking an injunction to prevent termination . |
| 6 | In the street Dr Tervahauta saw many amputees and was told that two hundred amputations had been done within the town since the beginning of the siege . |
| 7 | Perhaps she 'd heard on the college grapevine that Barney had been getting an undue amount of visits from the police and was rejoicing that the heat was off her beloved Rodney . |
| 8 | On that , I think it is generally known , that we , that Telford was n't anywhere near the top of the list , and it had been taken purely on the question of the er , needs of the various areas , it 's unlikely that Telford would have succeeded , even with its reduced geographical area , but I made discrete enquiries and was told that the factor which tipped er , the Commission in favour of Telford , and this has an important bearing on what we 're going to discuss later , was the fact that Telford has been very good in taking up schemes and providing their section , and not just the Wreakin District Council , other area , other bodies in Telford , of getting good innovative schemes off the ground and providing the cash , they did n't , as some areas did , get the status , and then hardly do anything about it . |
| 9 | Parsytec reckons the system offers better performance than traditional high end workstations and is anticipating that it will be used mainly for graphics , design and animation ; technical and economic modelling ; manufacturing and office automation systems . |
| 10 | Parsytec reckons the system offers better performance than traditional high end workstations and is anticipating that it will be used mainly for graphics , design and animation ; technical and economic modelling ; manufacturing and office automation systems . |
| 11 | We sought advice on the matter from officers of the main teacher unions and were told that , although it was not the policy of any union to place an embargo on questionnaires from bodies separate from the LEA , nevertheless attitudes and morale might at that time be such as to produce little willingness to respond . |
| 12 | Another company has now bought the freeholds and is demanding that the money is paid — in some cases amounting to almost two thousand pounds . |