Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many officials and newspapers proposed that they be paid a modest salary , only the chief headmen received official remuneration . |
| 2 | Indeed , it proposed that they be retained and further , than in addition to this unpopular tax there should be a new unpopular tax local income tax — a prospect of little attraction to most politicians . |
| 3 | Russia proposed that it be regarded as the successor state of the Soviet Union in respect of the START treaty , but this was finally rejected by the others in April [ see p. 38890 ] . |
| 4 | In his will Captain Sykes left the School £1,000 , and his son proposed that it be used to build an extra classroom . |
| 5 | I shouted that I was going to call the police . ’ |
| 6 | In the 1870s he demonstrated that he was keeping abreast of developments in analysis too , with a paper on Georg Riemann 's new approach to integral calculus . |
| 7 | While accepting the Comintern classification of Latin American agrarian structures as ‘ feudal ’ or semi-feudal , he maintained that what was happening in Latin America was not that capitalism was superseding feudalism , but rather that the two systems tended to coexist . |
| 8 | He maintained that he was thinking about gold and the strange fascination this metal still exerts upon otherwise rational men grappling with the intricacies of international exchange rates . |
| 9 | They pretended that what was happening was not happening , and if it were to happen , it would certainly never happen to the likes of them . |
| 10 | He even pretended that he was having an affair with a younger woman . |
| 11 | Do you remember at the announcement of last year 's results we erm we mentioned that we were concentrating on four themes one 's cost reduction er driving for cash erm , improving our market share and investing for the future . |
| 12 | You mentioned that there is follow up testing taking place . |
| 13 | As I was floundering around trying to see a picture she mentioned that she was dreading a forthcoming holiday because of travel-sickness — the anticipatory fear would lead to headaches and frequent urination . |
| 14 | At a meeting last summer , he mentioned that he was suffering from a sudden bout of back pain and had just visited an acupuncturist . |
| 15 | Years later when I saw John Sayers of West New Houses for the last time before he unfortunately died , I mentioned that I was planning to start riding my bike again , and he was most amused . |
| 16 | But you see , I just went to the education officer and I say , he , he ran it , he , it , it was , it was his responsibility the Guild 's were and I went to him about a Guild matter and I said oh , erm how I mentioned that I was working and he said well where are you working ? |
| 17 | Normally he would n't touch a job as small as the cottage , but I once did a favour for his father , and when I mentioned that I was having trouble finding someone to do the job he volunteered . ’ |
| 18 | You never mentioned that you were watching us . ’ |
| 19 | The survey 's investigation of male drinking habits found that they are showing no signs of sinking fewer pints despite warnings that drinking more than 21 units a week is bad for them . |
| 20 | The ceramics particularly impressed her and she found that they were referred to in the catalogue as " agitational chinaware " . |
| 21 | I found that they were engaged in retailing rather heavy jokes ; and there came a point when Eliot , feeling perhaps that he ought to contribute , embarked upon a rather long story about George V. It ran somewhat as follows . |
| 22 | After having participated alongside the men — organising the peasantry , conducting a guerilla war , living in the dangerous and uncertain conditions of an ‘ underground ’ existence — the women found that they were expected to return to a supposedly normal feminine role after the struggle . |
| 23 | Some engineers and managers , especially those coming from municipal employment , found the new salaries they were offered higher than their pre-vesting salaries , but others found that they were expected to take a cut . |
| 24 | Then I found that something was nudging at my memory . |
| 25 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 26 | I found that I was trembling . |
| 27 | I found that I was trying to achieve two somewhat incompatible objectives . |
| 28 | I 'd had some sailing instruction before on Lake Bala , in a larger Wayfarer which has room for two people and an instructor , but I found that I was tending to leave the thinking to my partner and the instructor , and just doing what I was told without knowing why . |
| 29 | I suddenly found that I was losing my powers at a time when I needed them most . |
| 30 | To my surprise , I found that I was running towards the battle . |