Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [that] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For most of the two centuries since that phenomenon began the conventional explanation has been that it was the new technology ( the spinning-jenny , the new weaving frames , and the steam engine ) which gave rise to the factory . |
| 2 | ‘ The thing that people do n't know is that there was a horrendous gap in between . |
| 3 | He noticed the one bagpiper like I did , and what I say is that we were meant to . |
| 4 | Whether they were missiles or bombs was not disclosed : what was disclosed was that they were hydrogen devices , each one in the monster megaton range , twelve to fifteen megatons . |
| 5 | What she did not know was that it was not so much that the work was difficult , but that there was so very much of it , and all tiring . |
| 6 | What I did n't know was that I was the entertainment afterwards ! |
| 7 | What he never doubted was that she was listening . |
| 8 | The only disadvantage of this method of study he found was that he was never able to master the Biblical languages of Greek and Hebrew . |
| 9 | What I had n't considered was that she was much bigger than me and that I was n't strong enough to keep both her and the bicycle upright : inevitably she lost her balance and fell heavily on the road with me and the bicycle on top of her . |
| 10 | What the evidence does show is that he was genuinely fond of his new wife and that she probably died of a heart attack . |
| 11 | THOMPSON : ‘ All I 've just said is that it was not a good enough explanation of what I got and I do n't think anybody has been told , not only to the media out there , myself who is the most important one . |
| 12 | What he should not have said is that he was pleased to join Blackburn 'cos they were going places , implying he did n't think Leeds were going to have any more success . |
| 13 | Perhaps the most surprising discovery that can be made is that there were ‘ unopened station ’ . |
| 14 | All he could feel was that he was out of his depth . |
| 15 | All you could feel was that it was something bony . |
| 16 | What I should have said was that there was no serious dispute among professionals of quality who had any discernment in such matters . |
| 17 | The first thing he noticed was that there was no dust . |
| 18 | so I was n't quite sure of the answer that you gave back with me walking back from the camera so I just wanted to qualify that so that , I mean all that I noticed was that there was nothing that , that , no information that you tried to get out of him . |
| 19 | The first thing to say about what happened is that it was Dennis 's idea from the start . |
| 20 | But the former Neath and Wales rugby union star , later dismissed for throwing a punch at Gary Tees , insisted last night : ‘ All I can remember is that it was in a tackle . |
| 21 | The story I 've got is that he was forced out because Ron Barron was threatening to prosecute him for fraud . ’ |
| 22 | What I suspect is that he was inspecting the binding and moved the candle to study it more closely to see if there was a gap between the cover and its backing : underneath the candle flame the writing must have appeared . ’ |
| 23 | The conclusion drawn was that it was the fact that the group was working as a team that was important . |
| 24 | What happened was that he was a giant of the church indeed , and he behaved as one . |
| 25 | What happened was that it was the son and I could n't get he was given and he 's never had it in his life . |
| 26 | Yeah , the reason that happened was that there was no-one servicing holidays erm and they came to us for an allocation and and we gave it to them . |
| 27 | ‘ Before , in the Kirov , what happened was that there were eight or ten singers working for one new production each year , and another 50 sitting in the rehearsals criticizing them . |
| 28 | All I can remember was that everything was uncomfortable , especially getting up and going to bed . |
| 29 | ‘ He lost it , and all I can remember was that it was about a star . ’ |
| 30 | Jones said : ‘ All I can remember was that it was in a tackle . |