Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] then that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 32 | It was then that I knew I could have a fight on my hands : If the manager sided with him and asked me to move a few feet away then I 'd have no choice but to join in the squabble . |
| 33 | It was then that I resolved to enjoy the rest of the year , accept that I simply did not have the talent to make the professional grade , and find a job . |
| 34 | And it was then that I touched flesh . |
| 35 | It was then that I went to school for the first time , to a Roman Catholic convent in Ealing , not because of my parents ' religious beliefs but because it was thought to be educationally superior to any of the state-run schools in the locality . |
| 36 | ‘ It was then that I realised what a lovely person he was , ’ says Avril . |
| 37 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
| 38 | It was then that I realised I needed some first aid training . ’ |
| 39 | For it was then that I felt the first healthy flush of anticipation for the many interesting experiences I know these days ahead hold in store for me . |
| 40 | And indeed , it was then that I felt a new resolve not to be daunted in respect to the one professional task I have entrusted myself with on this trip ; that is to say , regarding Miss Kenton and our present staffing problems , But that was this morning . |
| 41 | It was then that I felt the first cobweb — one sticky tendril , unbelievably strong , across my right eye and the bridge of my nose . |
| 42 | It was then that I became fully aware of how your personality is really at stake . |
| 43 | It was then that I noticed something suspicious . |
| 44 | It was then that I realized that he was going to leave me on my own . |
| 45 | Andrew Stavanger was compelled to turn to the bank for help after the dock strikes , and it was then that I got to know him . |
| 46 | ‘ It was then that I got to realize Ken 's great knowledge of London and of history . |
| 47 | It was then that I discovered that they had been keeping our group under surveillance and noting down the registration numbers of cars parked outside the meeting place . |
| 48 | Looking back I suppose it was then that I started to brood about a problem that grew and grew until it burst out into the open at the World Championships . |
| 49 | I stopped going to school when I was thirteen getting on fourteen , and it was then that I started getting into trouble , running away from home and thieving . |
| 50 | I was no more alert to my environment than a sick animal and I must have somehow been aware of that , because it was then that I remembered the starveling cat . |
| 51 | In return she sent me her third and latest novel , A View of the Harbour : and it was then that I recognized her as the author of At Mrs Lippincote 's . |
| 52 | It was then that I conceived the idea of getting a few fans that he had in those days to walk around the television company with placards saying Lets Be Fair To The Long Hairs , which did get press publicity , and in the end , the producer relented and he did his first TV show . ’ |
| 53 | It was then that I decided to learn more about what had happened to the ‘ Children of the Mist ’ by the shores of Loch Tummel , and during my research an amazing possibility dawned . |
| 54 | It was then that I decided to help myself , so I went along to the local college and enrolled in what appeared to me to be ‘ a way to relax ’ — the Alexander Technique . |
| 55 | It was then that I decided to tell each woman in my own time , taking each one in turn — I could n't tell them all at once . |
| 56 | It was then that I decided to invoke the help of the Commissioner . " |
| 57 | ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try . |
| 58 | It was duly arranged that we should meet after work , and it was then that I gave him further details about my ‘ sponsored ’ trip to Paris and about my much more ambitious idea of a trip to Libya . |
| 59 | So I closed all those books and it was then that I opened up my eyes and looked around me and said , ‘ Now I 'm reading ’ . ’ |
| 60 | Edouard heard it too , and it was then that he became almost certain that the dropping of the cup had been no accident . |