Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went straight out and broke a window , I was that impressed … ’ |
| 2 | By my first weekend at the Centre I was that very dangerous creature , one worse than a missionary , a convert . |
| 3 | Er no cos I realized that I was that it was totally wrong so I just gave it a miss and went on to something else . |
| 4 | I am sure that he was as pleased as I was that the Parliamentary Secretary , my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon ( Mr. Curry ) , spent some time last week promoting British lamb in the middle of France . |
| 5 | Thank you for secondly I was that the decision now is left to the the District Council er have you not discuss some parts of elements er could be addressed in the short term . |
| 6 | Just possible that you standard because he obviously seemed to think that I was that I had some great possible qualities but |
| 7 | I 'll now tol t no I know I told you that I was that I was feeling |
| 8 | I was that knacked not her , bright as a button , she still did n't sleep that bloody night , she 's a swine , Linda was n't very old when Pam was born was she ? |
| 9 | I was that shocked I could n't he myself ! |
| 10 | I was that because |
| 11 | A more revolutionary proposal of his was that England players should train together regularly , an idea derived from his visit to Holland , where the national players came together for coaching once a week , and were given lectures and ‘ homework ’ exercises . |
| 12 | ‘ Before she left , the PM told me how pleased she was that you were so frank . |
| 13 | The first thing we talked about was how wearing the camisole top had made her feel self-conscious , and how glad she was that she had put a shirt over it . |
| 14 | A few yards on and she saw there was no answering wave and she faltered , uncertain if this was Ferdinando or some other lone horseman before whom she would make a fool of herself , but the closer he came the more sure she was that this was her husband and then she chided herself for thinking he had hands free to wave when one was needed for the reins and the other to hold the child . |
| 15 | She put my book down , said for about the fourth time how sorry she was that she 'd missed my reading , but she 'd simply felt too shaky . |
| 16 | She dreaded the inspector coming because he always asked a lot of questions , and told her how lucky she was that she would soon be able to go to a big place in London where there were lots of other girls and boys . |
| 17 | She simply told me how relieved she was that her husband had not put to sea that day . |
| 18 | She was that looking forward to living in the Daye House , once they 'd got planning permission . ’ |
| 19 | She wanted to thank him for his kindness , to tell him how grateful she was that he had offered to help but the words would not come . |
| 20 | How glad she was that Tom had finally badgered her into going . |
| 21 | I do n't think she was that bothered , I 'd be annoyed , like ! |
| 22 | ‘ Well , all I came to tell you was that Matilda has a brilliant mind . |
| 23 | It was clear the reason he was happy to go on discussing Cecil King with you was that you had taken and shown a genuine interest in his regional tour … |
| 24 | What I attempted to tell you was that there is essentially no region that in respect of any land which lies within the general area of the statutorily approved greenbelt , its mere existence within the greenbelt must be taken to mean that it has a greenbelt function . |
| 25 | The reason I knew it was n't you was that I could hear a man 's voice . |
| 26 | Khan that before this meeting ‘ all we knew about you was that you were a member of certain pacts — even though paper pacts — and we were doubtful and cautious about you ’ . |
| 27 | If we 're talking about the same phone call , the reason it was a woman who spoke to you was that we were both travelling in my car at the time — and I was driving . |
| 28 | ‘ The issue for you was that you thought I was after his money . |
| 29 | The worst of being in a job which the world regarded as not the right place for him was that the world would not leave him alone . |
| 30 | The message Fernando Collor de Mello brought with him was that Brazil , where he would take over from President Sarney in mid-March , no longer wanted to be tagged as a Third World nation . |