Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] that be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little did they know that that was the last thing the kickers were intending to do , for what is the point of conceding a lineout that the opponents will probably win ? |
| 2 | ‘ She knows my name ! ’ he commented wryly , and at that moment Leith realised that that was the first time she had used it . |
| 3 | But it behoved her to tread warily if she did n't wish to find her new-found freedom curtailed and that was the last thing she wanted . |
| 4 | I do remember that that was the first time I wondered if I could bring myself to retire … |
| 5 | I suspect that that was the last time that he will make a speech as Minister for the Arts , and I do not think that the House would begrudge him a longer time to say his farewells . |
| 6 | Fifteen years I 've known and that 's the first time I 've ever heard him swear . |
| 7 | Of course the damn thing would n't start and that was the last straw . |
| 8 | There 's the old seat up that they seem to discard but that 's the last old seat of Council , the old fashioned seat . |