Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [was/were] that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just possible that you standard because he obviously seemed to think that I was that I had some great possible qualities but |
| 2 | I was pregnant with Nicola and it was that we wanted to change the car , what did we have , a Metropole at the |
| 3 | This place had bred romance after romance , and it was as if it was that she had felt tingling in the air all night , like a presence … |
| 4 | ‘ And what was that you said earlier about Bernard . |
| 5 | It was n't exactly like he had to have an appointment , but it was that he did n't fit into the structure . |
| 6 | I can not explain this sentiment unless it was that I observed that the members of the household appeared not to have perfectly learned their parts and also that having seen and known the Emperor for so many years in such a totally different position , his present one looked like a dream or a play ; but when each actor becomes acclimatized by time it will be a magnificent Court , with a Sovereign who will command the attention of all Europe . |
| 7 | But whatever the reason , whether it was that everyone had been so busy reassuring everyone that no one had bothered to talk to the crematorium , whether they had got the time wrong , or whether the vicar had simply had a brainstorm , he now , you could tell , was dimly aware that he had not given an exemplary performance . |
| 8 | I do n't know whether it was that he wanted me to see my ‘ virtue ’ triumph over his ‘ vice ’ , or something subtler , that sometimes losing is winning . |