Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] that [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be sensible to cut off most of her hair , but so much of it had grown when her parents were alive that it seemed somehow unfaithful to their memory to scissor it all away . |
| 2 | Among them were those who were convinced that he had secretly been in league with the employers . |
| 3 | When we came away from the chapel I asked the boys if they were pleased that they had all gone to say goodbye to their grandpa . |
| 4 | It was strange that she had never thought of him before , for she now remembered how quickly he had learnt poetry when she was helping him learn to read . |
| 5 | Grainne thought it was strange that she had never before realised how many Kings of Ireland had been exiled and had later returned . |
| 6 | Already known to have a weakness for a pretty face , it was understandable that she worried now he chose to teach attractive young girls . |
| 7 | It was odd that it lay so far from the house . |
| 8 | Using my normal methods , I hypnotized Clive ; he was such a tense young man that I was grateful that he had already experienced regression . |
| 9 | Sharp as sunlight on zircon was time-sense that she had never known before . |
| 10 | It was interesting that it had once belonged to the Ballaters . |
| 11 | When we played at his club in Westwood and I beat him comfortably , he discussed the result with his friends in such a way that it was clear that he had deliberately thrown the match in order to contribute to our personal relationship . |
| 12 | She was not going to fall in love with him , but even as she said this vehemently to herself , Sara was afraid that she had already gone over the precipice she had been conscious of this morning . |
| 13 | By now he was convinced that it had merely acquiesced in the frame-up after his arrest . |
| 14 | It was obvious that the sight of him had been a shock to Tamar 's brother , but Davis was convinced that he had never encountered George before . |
| 15 | It was amazing that he got away with it . |
| 16 | It was fortunate that they 'd both driven back to the farmhouse after leaving the nightclub , before carrying on to the forest in Adam 's car , so her own vehicle was parked outside in the courtyard . |
| 17 | Her agent had all but ordered her in front of a firing squad when she had broken the news to him — it was fortunate that she had already pencilled a six-month-long break into her diary , intending to spend the time writing new material . |
| 18 | Actually it was lucky that we went right over all three lanes of the motorway , there was a lot of people behind us , but luckily they saw the tyres , and they backed off , but we could have finished up in a real |
| 19 | He was glad that they 'd all decided to come . |
| 20 | But I was glad that I 'd finally had sex — it was a way of proving that my parents and Uncle Joe had n't destroyed my life . |
| 21 | I was glad that I knew exactly where Nigel was . |
| 22 | Sam was glad that he 'd never invited him to share Evelyn 's secrets . |
| 23 | But , after nearly an hour , it was obvious that she had simply been brought to this near-empty building and left for the police to find her . |
| 24 | Derek was confident that she had never been involved in anything subversive in her life or , for that matter , anything which was not completely dignified and fully reputable . |
| 25 | When I published this group , with an enormous amount of help from Philip Corder ( Webster , 1947 ) , I was confident that it fell well into the fourth century . |
| 26 | After this third attempt the plane disappeared , but I did n't move until I was sure that he had really gone . |
| 27 | He inherited a regular staff meeting and was penitent that he had never invented such a meeting in Durham . |
| 28 | Working with creatures of such speed it was important that he used exactly the right type of camera . |
| 29 | From the beginning she had never tried to pretend that she was in love , although she was very fond of him , and Fred had told her he was happy that she cared enough for him to become his wife . |
| 30 | they did n't think it was advisable that she came home |