Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [that] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , who was that I 'd got ta a statement about then ? |
| 2 | I wondered , since my mother was principally concerned for my health , and Lili only for my dress , why it was that I had felt secure until my mother arrived . |
| 3 | And how it was that I had rediscovered the gift in pubescence , as if prompted by my burgeoning sexuality . |
| 4 | Thus it was that I decided to give Edward Young a greater part to play in At Home in Thrush Green for , having burnt down the rectory in an earlier book , it seemed only right that I should hand over the job of replacing my act of arson to the architect I had created . |
| 5 | Even now , I 'm not sure what it was that I wanted to say , and talking to my new friend is the only way I am learning . |