Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [was/were] that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People say how sad it was that he had no relationships . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We did not tell him how glad we were that he had stayed away from the moor ! |
| 6 | But I was in a foul temper , and Rebecca had n't made it any easier by going on about missing papers , and how urgent it was that we had them back . ’ |
| 7 | It contained four sheets of paper closely covered in unfamiliar handwriting , and it was a measure of how relaxed he was that it took him the best part of a minute to realise that he was holding a copy of the letter written by Ruggerio Miletti to his family three days previously . |
| 8 | And then , when he was about eighteen , reality of another kind intruded itself and he said aloud , ‘ I did n't do it for Alice , I did it for myself ’ , and thought how extraordinary it was that it had taken four years to discover that fact . |
| 9 | With the national debate over the proposals to privatize the electricity industry gathering steam we knew how important it was that it did n't fade away . |
| 10 | Ken Ward gave orders to bale out saying how sorry he was that he 'd got his crew into this mess ! |
| 11 | As she stared into her mother 's horrified face it came to her how strange it was that she had never liked her mother , because her mother had never liked her . |
| 12 | It made her feel that he did n't mind everyone knowing she was his girlfriend , and he was really sweet to her in bed , told her she had lovely hair and said she must never , ever cut it , it was so beautiful , and then he began to talk about Therese , saying how cruel it was that he had carried the company all these years and now , just because she was the Direktor 's favourite — he snorted at this point and said he really did believe Therese must have been old Franz 's mistress years ago in Vienna — he was being treated like a pariah , no consideration , everyone being rude and unkind to him , Therese allowed to do just what she liked on the stage even though she 'd been no-one before she came to Hochhauser . |
| 13 | Shortly after his father died the new Earl said how regrettable it was that he had died alone . |
| 14 | The general opinion was yes , but certain it was that no-one had ever seen her . |
| 15 | They would n't understand how earth-shaking it was that I 'd been dreaming at last . |