Example sentences of "[noun sg] was that i [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only disappointment was that I never did see them feeding , for I could have learned such a lot in those short but interesting hours . |
| 2 | The immediate outcome was that I now had someone to take me around , and I used to brag a bit about ‘ my ’ Corporal . |
| 3 | The psychiatrist 's theory was that I simply had to come to realise that becoming a ‘ complete man ’ ( which presumably included being heterosexual ) would not involve any risk to life or , more importantly , limb , that I was a ‘ complete man ’ . |
| 4 | My other main concern was that I really felt that I would not be able to do my job any more once I went back . |
| 5 | The problem was that I still had a Jamaican passport and to run in a major meeting like that it was necessary to become a British subject . |
| 6 | The fact was that I just did n't know . |