Example sentences of "was [adj] that [pron] was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet , as she kept repeating , she was convinced that there was something that no one was telling her . |
| 2 | It was only later that he found out that nearly everyone suffers from the same delusion in one form or another ; at the time he was convinced that it was his own personal idiosyncrasy . |
| 3 | He had been given a lesson from a great player and it was obvious that it was one he would never forget . ’ |
| 4 | I was sure that it was my father 's . |
| 5 | But Müller had never done business that way , and it was evident that she was her father 's daughter . |
| 6 | Being a single mum is not very easy and it was important that there was lots of people to contact to encourage you in difficult times . |
| 7 | It was unlikely that there was anything of importance in the desk , for none of the drawers was locked . |
| 8 | He shared his pupils ' impatience with the history side but he was far too polite ever to express this prejudice in my presence — and he was pleased that there was somebody else in the department who was prepared to cover that part of the teaching . |
| 9 | It was convenient that it was We Will Rock You , because here was this nursery rhyme and the version Queen did was very big and macho . |
| 10 | I was surprised that it was me and not the other way round . |