Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should have known we could n't prolong it once we 'd agreed that it had to end . ’ |
| 2 | One in five of the ‘ 303 Times Top 1000 companies ’ interviewed believed that it costs less than £4000 per person , one in three estimated costs in the range of £4000 to £6000 and a further one in three thought it costs over £6000 per employee . |
| 3 | He 'd hoped that it meant no more than that she was growing up and had become aware of herself as a young woman ; that as a consequence it was not quite the done thing for her to rush across a room and hug him like a kid sister , or trip him up in the haybarn and fling herself on top of him like a puppy spoiling for a game . |
| 4 | He had bought a bunch of parsley on his way in , because he had heard that it clears away the smell of alcohol . |
| 5 | He had protested that it did not have the money and had been told that ‘ the Minister would not wear a statement that funds were exhausted ’ . |
| 6 | The Colony , which had its legal status removed in February [ see p. 38002 ] , was still operating and former inmates had reported that it had been a centre for child sexual abuse and slave labour , and a torture centre for Pinochet 's DINA secret police following the 1973 military coup . |
| 7 | Word of total closure came just one week after the society had revealed that it had taken a controversial first step toward meeting its operating costs with a loan of $1.5 million from Sotheby 's secured by $3.5 million worth of works from its vast collections . |
| 8 | A spokeswoman for the ministry said that it had seen a draft of the report earlier in the year and had felt that it had made ‘ inappropriate use ’ of the generalised derived limits . |
| 9 | Years before , a wooden handrail , polished by generations of hands , had lined the high pavement , but the town council had decided that it served no useful purpose and detracted from the charm of the stone-walled cottages perched high on the bank above , and when the handrail had become shaky with age it had been dismantled , much to the annoyance of the Thrush Green residents . |
| 10 | Equally the press , almost as a whole , had decided that it liked the girl . |
| 11 | Opponents of the bill had argued that it amounted to " retroactive justice " by declaring illegal acts committed in another country and allowing the prosecution of people for offences committed before they became British citizens or residents . |
| 12 | These included advocacy of the Palestinian 's " right to an independent and demilitarized Palestinian state " and of participation by the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) in the peace negotiations , once the PLO had proved that it recognized Israel and had " ceased terrorism " . |
| 13 | She had done enough of that over the past few weeks , and had found that it led nowhere . |
| 14 | The men destroying the heap of stones in the woods , on the orders of the priest , had found that it covered a shallow grave . |
| 15 | Until he reached five degrees he had found that it turned easily , through long use … but now it became stiff and awkward . |
| 16 | In November Waterstones had declared that it had terminated the concession , giving six months ' notice . |
| 17 | I had assumed that it meant the characteristic of being alive , livingness , whatever it is that makes life life . |
| 18 | The Council issued a statement on 13 September , correcting some points in the press reports , emphasizing that the visiting party had indicated that it believed the Polytechnic had ‘ the potential to rectify the grave situation in which it finds itself , and stressing that the visiting party had not suggested that courses as currently taught were below an acceptable standard . |
| 19 | So much had happened that it seemed incredible that it was barely a week since she 'd crossed the bridge in the opposite direction . |
| 20 | Whereas Zen knew that the truth prevailed , if at all , only after so much time had passed that it had become meaningless , like a senile prisoner who can safely be released , his significance forgotten , his friends dead , a babbling idiot . |
| 21 | The IMF had stated that it anticipated that the balance-of-payments deficit would increase during 1989 and would be worsened by capital outflows from the country and a deteriorating trade balance . |
| 22 | Right-wing parties for their part had complained that it entailed the abandonment of the country 's constitutional claim to all territory within the German borders of 1938 , including lands east of the Oder and Neisse rivers which were now in Poland or the Soviet Union . |
| 23 | After Mr Runciman had complained that it appeared the firm was acting on privileged information , Mr Malcolm had instructed his salesmen not to initiate any further sales . |
| 24 | Gassendi had suggested that it shows improper pride for a person who has feet to take him where he wants to go to ‘ yearn to fly like the birds ’ . |
| 25 | She said Thresher was aware of the receipt for £18.37 and had established that it belonged to another customer . |