Example sentences of "[adj] that this [was/were] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Faces which earlier had seemed a little sombre were now wreathed in ecstatic smiles , and it was clear that this was what they had come to hear . |
2 | He made it clear that this was his target when he said yesterday : ‘ Put it this way , if there was a chance of winning the championship and I did n't think I might just do it , then I would n't be normal , would I ? |
3 | And it was a little strange that this was their first meeting ; her red Golf was a frequent sight on the headland , her cottage had frequently met Iris eyes from the top storey of the mill . |
4 | In true Burrows ' fashion she was looking forward to it and convinced that this was what God wanted her to do . |
5 | The English people were the first to experience an industrial revolution , and nobody was conscious that this was what was happening to them . |
6 | While the faded old creature who bore the main brunt of night duty would be too dozy to spot anything , Ramsbum was a different matter and Amiss was pretty sure that this was his night on duty . |
7 | It was more or less understood that this was something between Mafouz and Sheikh . |