Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] that was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I , I did n't know whether that was something that you were looking for , something more local . |
| 2 | ‘ I — I presumed that that was what you intended — ’ |
| 3 | It seemed inconceivable that a man as fantastic as Damian Flint could find her attractive , and as she realised that that was what she truly thought of him she felt her hands move caressingly on his strong throat and her eyes move down unsteadily to study his mouth . |
| 4 | They laughed together , and as she locked up behind the girl Folly could n't help realising that that was something else she owed Luke , however indirectly . |
| 5 | And a joke doing the rounds in various parts of the Reich had a Berliner complaining about the severity of a raid which caused all the glass to fall out of window-frames as much as five hours later and his partner from Essen retorting that that was nothing at all : pictures of the Führer were still flying out of the window fourteen days after the last attack on Essen . |
| 6 | Even her mother 's " Pull yourself together " remarks began to drag her down as she recognised that that was something she could not do . |
| 7 | But Parliament had said that that was what judges had to do . |
| 8 | Yeah and that 's what I put call this number now , all credit cards accepted and that was it and then stop and oh and have you tried the new so and so , buy it now or phone so and so , all credit cards accepted . |
| 9 | So we agreed and that was it , and I just got down to having Sam . |
| 10 | No , I mean if that was my pencil case . |
| 11 | earlier but I do realize that that was his way . |
| 12 | Mr John Canford , who led the protest , said : ‘ We would n't mind if that was what really happened . |
| 13 | Not him his his mind was made up on going and that was it . |
| 14 | they bought it for Marg when she was ill and Phil taped you know a lot of his records and some of Marg he 'd got and that was it I suppose that 's what sort Bill plays now . |
| 15 | ‘ That particular group do , ’ said Rachel , and found herself wondering if that was what David had visited her family for — to discuss the possibility of Jennifer going to Conway House . |
| 16 | I nodded and that was it . |
| 17 | But her daughter had to be helped and that was what scared Kate . |
| 18 | I remember their leader turning to go and wondering whether that was his signal for an all-out attack . |
| 19 | It seemed to me that they assumed and air of could n't care less you know that that was their attitude after nationalization . |
| 20 | And I know that you know that that was our hope in moving into the area , that we 'd be able to engage local people as volunteers and you know really develop services erm in the area . |
| 21 | He ‘ produced his bell and rang it , stating that that was what he did at the time ’ , but the magistrate told him ‘ that he must not think that everyone had to scamper out of the way upon hearing the sound of his bell ’ . |
| 22 | class room , give the children an exercise to do and that was it , they did it , and no questions were asked and that 's how they want and the other guy was he just did it himself he , he was n't abusive but he , he was n't good with the kids and |
| 23 | Fool , he should have known that that was his one chance to strike , and make known his mettle , and assert his right once for all . |
| 24 | I think it 's really really well written and and I 'm very happy about it because I 've got it out of my system because when I first started that that was my aim . |
| 25 | Friends : we just decided and that was it . |
| 26 | they were n't coming and that was it . |
| 27 | it 's been settled and that was it ? |
| 28 | And then again , ignorance er , at what she should subsequently have done er , then took over because she did n't realise that by having had er made contact with an individual erm it was necessary for her to report the matter to the police and she just did n't realise that that was something that she should have done . |
| 29 | I 've always assumed that that was it , that erm , I do n't know . |
| 30 | She did n't add , ‘ And to know you 're still there waiting , ’ because , knowing Charlie as she did , she knew that that was what he would do , wait , hoping against hope . |