Example sentences of "[that] [adj] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Caucasian peoples — Georgians , Armenians and Azerbaijanis are also very different in their history , religion , language and culture than the Slavic majority , and they have historically been no less conscious of those differences than the Baltic peoples ( there were mass riots in the Georgian capital Tbilisi in 1978 , for instance , when it appeared that Georgian was about to be dropped as one of the republic 's official languages ) . |
| 2 | But the spasm passed , like an opening fist ; and wondering what he had eaten , what Phillis had cooked , and wiping his brow he was glad that that was over . |
| 3 | This was hopeful , and the Guard Room Corporal confirmed that that was where I would find the Met Office . |
| 4 | Did n't you just know that that was where all this fancy multimedia stuff was leading … |
| 5 | But I knew that that was where God wanted me to be because it was such a miracle . |
| 6 | Over the course of time , it was clear that that was where its economic interests lay . |
| 7 | Her owner died , and she was living rough , so when she bounced into our kitchen and made it clear that that was where she wanted to stay in it was hard to turn her out , even though Fizzy finds a young and very playful cat rather a trial . |
| 8 | er Tom says that that was where that |
| 9 | So I thought that that was pretty good . |
| 10 | And that is a terrible terrible thing that we 've all got to face , but I think we have to realize that we have the potential , we have the ability of saving the lives of fifty million children , and the world 's leaders at the conference , at the summit over the weekend , actually turned their minds for an instant , away from all those economic and political problems and focused on this , and I think that that was tremendously important . |
| 11 | They replied formally that that was exactly their object . |
| 12 | Although even as she said it the thought rushed through her mind that that was exactly what she was doing now . |
| 13 | ‘ The same way you expect me to keep myself for your use now , ’ Maria snapped derisively , scalded by the shame of the knowledge that that was exactly what she was going to do , and tired of hearing about her supposed affair with Florian . |
| 14 | I 've always been intrigued by the Catholic church , by all the colours and the candles , but I know so little about it … when we studied existentialism in high school , I felt that that was exactly right , but now I just do n't know … |
| 15 | Not for one minute did his guard slip until she was forced to accept that that was exactly how he felt about her . |
| 16 | He gave another laugh , its bitterness apparent , telling her that that was exactly true , though why he should hold so firmly to such a cynical view she could n't imagine . |
| 17 | When he finished , he pointed to his throat , signifying that that was when they had pushed the fish-hook down him . |
| 18 | It was not surprising to learn that that was rather higher — 7 per cent . |
| 19 | No but I do n't know about your things cos that that was already done before |
| 20 | My mind was still not fully made up and I dare say that that was yet another exploratory move in my search for reactions . |
| 21 | She closed her eyes and told herself that that was simply succumbing to a whim , but why not ? |
| 22 | Right at the end , as McLeish 's teeth were starting to chatter , Davidson confirmed that Penelope Huntley would meet him at eight next morning and he hoped that that was n't too early , sorry , but the lass had been difficult to tie down to a time . |
| 23 | The Chairman said , quite rightly , that that was n't his responsibility , the old and honoured American tradition of passing the buck . |
| 24 | Secondly I think the sad thing is is that at one time the idea of the foyer bar was the fact that er mother 's and children go in for a coffee facility or tea facility now I 'm I 'm one of one of the problems about criticism is is perhaps they do n't know all the facts and one of the facts which I think astounded me was the actual local police stopped that and said that that was n't permissible for if you were selling alcohol then it did n't it was n't right that that children under age and young children were allowed in the same area and that was that was changed then we got a new a new police superintendent and he said it was permissible and then we got another super he went they do n't stay very long in Harlow and we got somebody else came along and he said no that is n't permissible so we got very schizophrenic about what you could do with the foyer bar one minute you could have and the idea of about telling people and there young mothers going shopping come here for coffee , cakes for the children etc stop that we 've now got a new superintendent in Harlow and I think with applied going back to him and saying well please advice us can we or ca n't we ? |
| 25 | I 'd hate to think that that was n't an aim of management . |
| 26 | so , so that that was , that was n't the case in your , that that was n't the case for you ? |
| 27 | Then she asked why I was laughing again , and I said that that was n't what had happened , and she looked angry , and I had a shower . |
| 28 | And that that was n't regular , I mean they were n't fighting ? |
| 29 | That seemed logical , but now he thought about it he was n't sure that that was n't the way to remember the way it was n't , not the way it was . |
| 30 | Erm I 'd like to assure you that that was n't in fact the case . |