Example sentences of "[v-ing] that [pron] were [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | noticing that they were n't they get , I suppose you get to know who has what and that they thought |
| 2 | Squinting through my salt encrusted eyelids I had to agree her estimation was probably accurate ; affirming that we were well clear and would soon be safely around the point did n't seem adequate reassurance . |
| 3 | Because God does not require reminding that we were just as good Jews without ostentation . |
| 4 | Two patients had very high insulin concentrations before starting treatment ( 161 and 213 mU/l ) , suggesting that they were not adequately fasted . |
| 5 | In both cases the artisans who made up a high proportion of the arrested do not appear in the rate-books , suggesting that they were not among those tradesmen who could be considered part of the " middling sort " . |
| 6 | At the same time I thought how few people , apart from Eliot , could have sat and telephoned from that desk : meanwhile , reflecting that it were more proper to appear to be contemplating the exterior than to be glancing at Eliot 's papers scattered in front of me . |
| 7 | ( It might be noted in passing that there were scarcely any examples known to the social workers from any team of elderly people being referred from households where other family members were also clients . ) |
| 8 | It was as if the train journey itself , the old-fashioned intimate compartment in which they had found themselves , the freedom from interruptions and the tyranny of the telephone , the sense of time visibly flying , annihilated under the pounding wheels , not to be accounted for , had released both of them from a carefulness which had become so much a part of living that they were no longer aware of its weight until they let it slip from their shoulders . |
| 9 | By a statesmanlike not an enthusiastic appeal Buxton may have calculated on maximising pressure for policy revision and politically isolating the West Indian interest , believing that they were already on the defensive morally and ideologically . |
| 10 | On the issue of business confidence , the study revealed that economic confidence was returning , with 77 per cent of companies surveyed believing that they were well placed to lead the country out of recession . |
| 11 | After all , here you are in Nicole 's hotel bedroom , obviously believing that you were n't going to be finding a third party here as well . |
| 12 | I then burrowed into the cockpit to wrench the gear from its housing but in so doing I became unplugged and did not hear the pilot shouting that we were about to ditch . ’ |
| 13 | He had been handcuffed and was crying with the pain , shouting that they were too tight . |
| 14 | ‘ Middlesbrough Library came up with a decade of the Annual Register from 1790–1800 , which was wonderful , ’ she said , adding that they were so dirty it looked as if they had n't been touched since that date . |
| 15 | He looked around and saw a great many faces all wearing the same expression , an expression stating that they were never going to be surprised by anything in history and that they had already had every thought that was ever going to be in his head . |
| 16 | Considering that we were completely and utterly untrained at this stage of the war , this was no mean achievement . |
| 17 | In June the same year the Lytham line re-opened with forty electric cars , which was an act of faith , considering that there were only ninety-two houses between South Shore and Ansdell ! |
| 18 | A spokesman from BICC was dismissive of the large choice of search firms available , considering that there were far too many ; once he had learned by experience and found good firms , he would stick to those he knew best , regardless of their size or type . |
| 19 | Merrill returned , wishing that she were n't quite so transparent . |
| 20 | Merrill asked , fastening her seatbelt and wishing that he were n't so devastatingly attractive . |
| 21 | Knights naturally took precedence as the leading members of the class , and there is no difficulty about demonstrating that they were also the richest despite the existence of a good many whose incomes fell far short of £200 . |
| 22 | He placed the course in what was , to our minds , a very reasonable perspective , saying that we were here to teach our particular specialities , but obviously there would have to be give and take , in that we would adapt ourselves to the students ' needs , and they would adapt themselves in turn to the sort of thing which we felt capable of teaching . |
| 23 | Referring to falling numbers in the League , she reiterated the words of our foundress , Margaret Fletcher , saying that we were still ‘ a force to be reckoned with . ’ |
| 24 | Oracle Corp and US West Inc duly announced details of their alliance yesterday , saying that they were jointly developing a multimedia information server to enable access to information at any time from any place in any form — via personal computer , facsimile machine or a cellular or conventional telephone — and eventually via a screenphone , an interactive television set or a personal digital assistant . |
| 25 | Table 4.6 shows that worry and sadness were expressed by nearly half our samples of dementia sufferers at both time periods ; loneliness was less often admitted , though one in five to a quarter of the samples did admit it ; while saying that they were not very or not at all happy was the least common sentiment , this being expressed by approximately only one in six of the samples . |
| 26 | Her mother answered her , using a phrase that so many people unthinkingly use , by saying that they were not going to have another baby because ‘ After all , it nearly killed me having you . ’ |
| 27 | The judges would , in effect , be saying that they were not willing to sanction the disbarment of a barrister pursuant to unfair procedures , and would be insisting that the matter should be handled again more appropriately . |
| 28 | And you 'd pi be tempted into saying that they were probably not correlated , either positively or negatively . |
| 29 | ‘ You are saying that you were again relegated to second place , my lord ? ’ |
| 30 | Darren said you know the girls in the were saying that you were n't well , how was you and one of these days . |