Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the angel came to the rock he saw that it was covered by a lovely green creeping plant . |
| 2 | This followed next , the debate opening on 14 November with a speech from Ottaviani , followed by a presentation of the text which suggested that it was a dogmatic decree concerned with the defence of Catholic doctrine : the existence of ‘ two sources ’ of revelation , Scripture and tradition . |
| 3 | The policewoman shot her a look which said that it was not for her to say so , even if she , herself , had been thinking it . |
| 4 | None of his designs that we now possess was built , and my first thought was of regret that this should be so , but on reflection I knew that it was right . |
| 5 | She was elected , in part , on a manifesto which said that it was her intention to take Whitehall off the backs of the town halls . |
| 6 | With a shudder she realized that it was in the same block of buildings as Bartholomew Close . |
| 7 | It seemed to bow in the centre ; for one terrible second she thought that it was going to split . |
| 8 | On her return she knew that it was he who had plucked the sting but she was afraid that too demonstrative a show of gratitude might be misinterpreted . |
| 9 | Rather than looking at the proposal we decided that it was so that 's what we did really and that 's why , if you have a look down there right , so all we 're doing then we 're working through the resources and allocating them room numbers erm and then when that 's done so that 's what we did for each of the little rooms . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's not true , ’ Harry protested , although on reflection he knew that it was . |
| 11 | On recovery , Mr Hayden described the stranger to the porter who agreed that it was the same figure he had seen . |
| 12 | Let us go back to the moment you found the body , the moment you realized that it was a body . |
| 13 | It was just a place where she had been left , and as she grew out of infancy she knew that it was her mother who had left her there . |
| 14 | After the traumas of war , revolution and civil war he thought that it was necessary to have a prolonged period of social and political peace which would provide the correct climate for the economic growth that all desired . |
| 15 | At one point he indicated that it was in the best interests of the investigation . |
| 16 | The Italian movement for democratic psychiatry proved so attractive and drew such European interest purely because in its attempts to place services fairly and squarely in the community it acknowledged that it was essential to involve not just health and social services , but also employment , leisure , housing , the trade union movement , and the whole panoply of services . |
| 17 | Idealistic and romantic , Will Simpson responded to the beauty of nature almost as a duty and in strong contrast to his wife who found that it was always too cold and complained that the wind ruined her hair the moment she stepped out of the garden gate . |
| 18 | There was once a king who decided that it was time for his son to marry . |
| 19 | On the other he argued that it was " basically unhealthy " for the United States to continue to press the British to live beyond their means . |
| 20 | The collections are organised by John Cannovan , department supervisor who stressed that it was a team effort and that keeping the books straight was just a part of it . |
| 21 | But as they cuddled the dead baby they realised that it was n't their child . |
| 22 | But when they had a closer look they saw that it was frozen solid . |
| 23 | That night as I lay in bed I prayed that it was not our name , only one like ours ; I still could n't believe it . |
| 24 | On the same day , however , Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Kato issued a carefully worded statement on behalf of the government which claimed that it was in " deep reflection for having caused unbearable agony and sorrow to the peoples in parts of Asia and the Pacific in fighting started with the attack on Pearl Harbour " . |
| 25 | The group issued a statement which said that in view of the adverse publicity accorded to a vocal minority they felt that it was their duty in the interests of democracy and employment in the area to state that there is a silent majority in favour of the proposed Raybestos development . |
| 26 | Mr Trimble told the Speaker he appreciated that it was the normal practice not to have immediate statements on specific terrorist incidents ‘ because that amplifies the terror ’ . |
| 27 | When he came to the river he saw that it was much swollen . |
| 28 | Although his curtains were drawn , moonlight flooded his room and each time he awoke from an uneasy sleep he thought that it was morning . |
| 29 | Although Gary had recognised God 's calling he felt that it was important to get the timing right . |
| 30 | Through pressure and interest groups it could be claimed that the old democratic principle of participation was reinstated , but in a suitably modern form which accepted that it was not individuals but groups for whom this possibility existed . |