Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [that] it [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ingenuity of it was that it operated exactly like a Jacquard loom , which is a loom for weaving tapestries without human control no matter how intricate or varied the design . |
| 2 | The worst part about it was that it stopped right in the line of flight of some bees who were working the field of clover . |
| 3 | With the national debate over the proposals to privatize the electricity industry gathering steam we knew how important it was that it did n't fade away . |
| 4 | The main reason that he was carrying it rather than wearing it was that it did not belong to him . |
| 5 | the reason the world does n't know us is that it did not know him . |