Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] that we " in BNC.

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1 It was here that we received confirmation that Argentinian troops had landed and had occupied Port Stanley .
2 It was here that we found the official report of the operation by 22 Squadron on September 17 , 1940 , the report with which I had opened this story .
3 At the head of Gunnerside Gill beyond the ruins of Blakethwaite Mine are the ruined dams of Blakethwaite , and it was here that we stopped for our lunch .
4 It was here that we sought to capture a record of the least-contacted tribal peoples while there was still time .
5 We reached Chelalo on the Arussi mountains in the afternoon of 5 October ; it was here that we expected to find nyala .
6 It was just that we were all so fond of her .
7 She burst into tears and said she had not meant to criticize me ; it was just that we did n't love her , nobody did , and she had only her ‘ things ’ to care for now .
8 ‘ With ‘ Spirit Of Eden ’ it was just that we had the freedom to move into this constructive freeform style of playing , which up till then we just could n't afford to do , ’ continues Mark .
9 It was just that we were strangers and awkward with each other , whereas Suzie was malleable .
10 It was just that we had so little in common .
11 He still has n't had it through , cos we were yes , yes , big improvement , it was just that we were arranging visiting and things like that and er whether there 's any need to do certain things , so er , but he 's still on a , he 's come off all his painkillers his morphine 's out completely , that 's fantastic is n't it ?
12 It was simply that we were shooting the picture down in Brighton on the front to a large extent and on the rubbish dump , I remember , which we turned into the fields of northern France , and we needed that terrible phrase from the First World War , cannon fodder .
13 He was mad about it — he absolutely loved it — it was then that we began to realise there was something in David . ’
14 These end-of-day meetings were very important , for it was then that we reviewed our progress , comparing our morning 's expectations with the fruits of our labours .
15 It was then that we made the surprising discovery that the Sultan , " the Great Mountain " , is officially married to Loro Kidul .
16 It was then that we took on the giants of the Premier Division , Clutton Town , in the FA Cup .
17 It was then that we spotted something white moving high up on the cliffs , under a colony of kittiwakes — our first fox .
18 So give us some indication of what sort of press release it was so that we know what we 're talking about in the
19 Although it felt like a miraculous coincidence for us at the time , it was more that we were all ready to grapple with this issue in our lives .
20 It was there that we met Ramses .
21 Now it was there that we became separated , I developed a very bad throat and could not fly , just before we were ready to leave for overseas as in his crew and the other crews that were there went on whereas I got held back and of course the way I feel about it is that that week that I got held back , saved my life .
22 It was seldom that we could get through this protecting screen to reach the observation aircraft . ’
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