Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] is [that] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 I was too far away to observe what colour Enid Starkie 's eyes were ; all I remember of her is that she dressed like a matelot , walked like a scrum-half , and had an atrocious French accent .
2 The long and the short of it is that he came in to replace Andy …
3 The only difference with you is that I used two grains of gunpowder and no oil .
4 Only information I gathered from him is that he abandoned his yacht because he thought his spare fuel tank was going to blow up .
5 what we 'll say to you is that you got that parcel on Tuesday
6 And then after a brief explanation , ‘ The only reason I write to you is that you warned me this would happen . ’
7 The only interesting thing about it is that it happened at all .
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