Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] that [pron] was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he remembered the copy of Ruggiero 's letter , and realized that there was something he could do after all . |
| 2 | To us , the black laver bread looked dreadful , poisonous , but we understood and respected that it was something Welsh , something special . |
| 3 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 4 | The ostrich dug his head in and believed that there was nobody out there who could notice — and if they did , what did it matter ? |
| 5 | Br. , 1991 , 27 , 821 ) , and believed that there was something important for us there . |
| 6 | Last time we went the , the came on and declared that it was your birthday and wished you a very happy birthday and you were standing up there , bouncing up and down . |
| 7 | Then he dozed in an armchair for a few hours , until he was too cold and stiff to bear it any longer , when he got up and made tea for everyone , and discovered that there was nothing to eat for breakfast . |
| 8 | I thought of the contents of the suitcase and decided that there was something in what he said . |
| 9 | ‘ They both have trades that are drastically needed and felt that it was something they could offer to help these children , ’ explained Mark 's girlfriend , Sarah Howe . |
| 10 | When other people arrived at the scene , and saw that there was no-one in the burnt-out cockpit , they assumed that the pilot had bailed out . |
| 11 | My conviction on this count was based on the fact that I had researched this area very well and knew that there was nothing on record . |
| 12 | Once , when they had gone on a nature walk , Eve had pointed to a small cottage and said that it was her house . |
| 13 | He came round at once , and said that it was nothing to worry about ; Susan was worn out , that was all , and must stay in bed for a few days . |
| 14 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |
| 15 | While Billy was at the bar ordering another round , Yanto told the girls about the motorbike and explained that it was their first outing on the machine . |
| 16 | ‘ The Khatun observed that you would miss your wife , and suggested that it was our duty to find you another . ’ |
| 17 | The DTA admitted that it received money from the South African government but argued that there was nothing wrong with obtaining money from abroad , just as SWAPO had done . |
| 18 | The bitter stench mingled with the odour of putrescent flesh and he almost retched again but found that there was nothing left to bring up . |