Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [adj] that it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harold was pleased that it had been arranged , but he did not arrive unaccompanied since Haines was with him . |
| 2 | At independence in 1961 and during the period immediately afterwards , the new TANU government was concerned that it had no direct voice in the press . |
| 3 | It was cold inside but the friar was pleased that it had lost its musty smell . |
| 4 | The speed of change was such that it had become difficult to keep up with developments of which perhaps ‘ we have not yet seen the end ’ . |
| 5 | Cabinet members were tight-lipped and unsmiling as they emerged from Downing Street , but MPs were convinced that it had been a stormy session , with ministers bitterly fighting their corners in what has been described as the most stringent public spending round for years . |