Example sentences of "was very [adj] that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … it was very odd that they got the money in the first place … however they had thought a great deal and had a viable project … and may be a certain amount of guilt . |
| 2 | Dad was very upset that she had n't confided in us . |
| 3 | Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time . |
| 4 | But it was very premature , and I 'm very I was very sorry that they 'd taken this step , but very , very pleased when I saw the result coming out , and I 'm do congratulate them on their common sense there that they were prepared to put the opting out aside and were looking seriously and sensibly into the tertiary college consultations . |
| 5 | And I would like to say at this point I was very disappointed that we did n't have any other conservatives with us in the afternoon . |
| 6 | I was very pleased that you 'd had a good go at that |
| 7 | It was very strange that she did n't mind too much what her parents thought , or even Georg , but Uncle Willi so loved his pre-production party , and this year was really excited about it , that she just could n't let him down . |
| 8 | ‘ It was very apparent that she had thoroughly enjoyed acting the lady ’ , noted Mrs Hardisty . |
| 9 | i think it was very important that he served a term in jail … |
| 10 | As a teacher it was very important that I recognised this was the new experience he needed . |
| 11 | When I looked at all this stuff , it came to me that it was very interesting that they thought of Beauty as beautiful and Cruelty as cruel . |
| 12 | When I looked at all this stuff , it came to me that it was very interesting that they thought of beauty as beautiful and cruelty as cruel . |
| 13 | A hairdresser believes he sees the ghost of a fellow-soldier ; spends some years in a mental hospital ; on his release is rejected by his wife who he believes is ‘ denying him his existence ’ ; begins to think that everyone else is denying him his existence , perhaps because he was once shot at by a German and they all think he is dead ; spends his Sundays looking into the river for the bullet which missed him ; after his death , his wife discovers she is pregnant ; she lets it be known that the hairdresser has spoken to her by night and told her ‘ he was very happy that she had recognized the child as his , because that way she had stopped denying him his existence ’ ; when eventually she moves away from Piacenza , the hairdresser stops speaking to her by night . |
| 14 | Afterwards I was very glad that we had n't , still being at an age to believe that there is something intrinsically precious in virginity , and I decided to carry mine intact to the altar . |
| 15 | There was only one crumb of comfort ; she was very glad that she had not said anything about it to Connor . |
| 16 | As soon as they began to walk along the shops Owen was very glad that she had come . |
| 17 | Where Maggie had found him she did n't know , but once she had dragged the equipment inside the shelter she was very glad that he had . |