Example sentences of "[noun] that [noun sg] was the " in BNC.

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1 The sermon that evening was the last straw .
2 News of the Prince 's arrival was brought to Nunton on Sunday , 27 April ; but one of Clanranald 's dinner guests that night was the Rev John MacAulay , a presbyterian minister and loyal supporter of King George .
3 His address that year was the Red House , Hallborough , Oxon .
4 Although the Government signalled in the autumn that growth was the priority , Mr Lamont may still be sufficiently Thatcherite on economic policy to make an attempt to curb the deficit and if taxes have to be raised , the first Budget after the general election is a good time to get it over with .
5 Playing in goal that day was the legendary Sam Bartram , after whom a road beside the ground has been named .
6 New Year 's day , 1945 , was no holiday for Sugar and the other crews at Waddington , for the target that night was the Gravenhorst-Mittelland canal , but on the return bad weather again forced Sugar to divert to Scotland , this time to Lossiemouth .
7 After all , had n't these past weeks taught Merrill that business was the only thing that really mattered to him ?
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