Example sentences of "[was/were] that [pron] [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Erm , I ca n't remember the exact conversation but the basics of it were that we were looking for somebody called Lawrence and he was at the present time at erm and that he was in possession of a gun and that the caller was concerned for the safety of the occupants of those premises . |
| 2 | Suggestions were that it was to rendezvous with another English force crossing into the Middle March ; or to meet up with Dunbar on the East March and convince him to join Balliol actively . |
| 3 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 4 | What was interesting about the projects was that they were asked at the outset to establish their local objectives , and set criteria for success for themselves . |
| 5 | Their appeal was that they were conceived in Keynesian terms as helping to reduce the extent to which measures to alleviate unemployment , in a largely fully employed economy , created inflation . |
| 6 | The sequel , in which the young bloods of Derby and Oaks night received their rebuff , was that they were distracted from their other responsibilities by a four-day jury hearing which found them guilty of riotous proceedings , but not of riotous intent . |
| 7 | Perhaps the furthest idea from their hearts was that they were going to be attacked . ’ |
| 8 | It was a very difficult period in my career , and the problem with the transfer was that everything was done out in the open . |
| 9 | And the good news was that we were told of a live album for release early next year that should capture the music more honestly than either of his two studio outings have managed to do so far . |
| 10 | All he could say was that we were waiting for something to happen . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ All we knew was that we were walking down the street and people were throwing eggs . |
| 12 | My next thought was that there were going to be a lot of other pissed-off people . |
| 13 | The last thing she wanted him to think was that she was prying into that which did not concern her . |
| 14 | That evening , as her mother had stood at the kitchen door with the shadow of future old age lurking behind her , she had felt for the first time what it was to be a grown-up , what it was that she was missing in the never-never land of Fenna 's spell . |
| 15 | All she knew was that she was turning into McAllister again , Dr Neil 's pert and lively maid , and that this was the haven which she had unconsciously been seeking in the months since Havvie Blaine had assaulted her . |
| 16 | Marshall 's instant thought was that she was waiting to be picked up . |
| 17 | At the trial , the mother 's defence was that she was haunted by black magic and voodoo , and a voice had commanded her to ‘ Strangle ! |
| 18 | The fact was that he was soured by a murder case with no body , by family enmity amounting to hatred , by a surfeit of gossip and a veneer of superstition which was much more than half pretence . |
| 19 | The reason for this was that he was contaminated with radon decay products from his house . |
| 20 | What set Sadler apart from his contemporaries and rivals in Britain and France , was that he was acknowledged as the first to consciously apply science , to aerostation . |
| 21 | Ponting 's defence was that he was acting in the public interest since he felt that the government was trying to mislead Parliament . |
| 22 | What annoyed me when I saw Ochs on stage in productions at that time was that he was played as a grotesque , everything greatly exaggerated . |
| 23 | Perhaps it was that he was talking about now . |
| 24 | A difficult moment for me occurred when Phil Collins came on the show , simply because what I knew but he did n't , was that he was going to be my first guest on This Is Your Life the following week . |
| 25 | The next step in Hocazade 's career was that he was brought to Istanbul from Bursa by Mehmed II to dispute again with Molla Zeyrek , the latter having incurred the sultan 's displeasure by claiming one day in his presence that he — Molla Zeyrek — was superior to the highly revered scholar al-Sayyid al-Sharif al-Jurjani ( Seyyid Serif : d. 816/1413 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ All he told me was that he was working for the Sovbloc desk at Six , and they were looking for a deserter , but he did n't even have Blagg 's name . |
| 27 | What Ken did not tell was that he was sitting on a chamber pot when Sir Noel walked into the dressing room . |
| 28 | The original crucifix had been much smaller , too small in fact to contain whatever it was that he was cradling in his hand . |
| 29 | Immediately you should find this loud noise has interrupted your train of thought , often enough to make you forget what it was that you were thinking about . |
| 30 | Anyway , it was part of your task to appear interested in a woman who , if not boring , was lonely and — ’ she gave a high-pitched mirthless laugh — ‘ shall we say , slightly unbalanced — so as to find out … well , whatever it was that you were enquiring into . |