Example sentences of "[adj] it was [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what Mario liked to talk about most often — aside from the intricacies of the sport , its management and its personalities , all of whom fascinated him , and its machines , which absorbed much of his mind — was his past , his ‘ folks ’ , his kids , his life and how funny it was that he should have wound up where he was . |
| 2 | The feeling of fear had subsided somewhat and I remembered looking into the rubble-strewn backyards and thinking how sad it was that they were now in ruin , as last time I was at the station they were occupied . |
| 3 | ‘ People say how sad it was that he had no relationships . |
| 4 | But I was in a foul temper , and Rebecca had n't made it any easier by going on about missing papers , and how urgent it was that we had them back . ’ |
| 5 | The longer I stayed there the more likely it was that I 'd make some betraying movement and fix their attention in me . |
| 6 | It was impossible to convey to Minnie or anyone else how this new closeness lifted her misery in a way nothing else could have done and yet Wilson herself marked how curious it was that she should feel forgiven when there was nothing to forgive . |
| 7 | One person commented that when the local MP came to talk to his disability group he told them how good it was that they ‘ got on their own feet and did things ’ — which did n't go down too well with the wheelchair users . |
| 8 | And then , when he was about eighteen , reality of another kind intruded itself and he said aloud , ‘ I did n't do it for Alice , I did it for myself ’ , and thought how extraordinary it was that it had taken four years to discover that fact . |
| 9 | With the national debate over the proposals to privatize the electricity industry gathering steam we knew how important it was that it did n't fade away . |
| 10 | ‘ I was very impressed with the way he played , but then I realised how daunting it was that there were 20 or 30 guys on the Tour playing better than him , ’ he says . |
| 11 | As she stared into her mother 's horrified face it came to her how strange it was that she had never liked her mother , because her mother had never liked her . |
| 12 | In that little crucible of the theatre that story was demonstrated , that here were people of phenomenal talent , with an enormous amount to give , with the tremendous burning desire to express their feelings and their attitudes , and to the enhancement of other people 's lives , and how cruel it was that it was so few that got through . |
| 13 | It made her feel that he did n't mind everyone knowing she was his girlfriend , and he was really sweet to her in bed , told her she had lovely hair and said she must never , ever cut it , it was so beautiful , and then he began to talk about Therese , saying how cruel it was that he had carried the company all these years and now , just because she was the Direktor 's favourite — he snorted at this point and said he really did believe Therese must have been old Franz 's mistress years ago in Vienna — he was being treated like a pariah , no consideration , everyone being rude and unkind to him , Therese allowed to do just what she liked on the stage even though she 'd been no-one before she came to Hochhauser . |
| 14 | Shortly after his father died the new Earl said how regrettable it was that he had died alone . |
| 15 | Opening his own door , he thought how great , how truly fantastic it was that there should be something into which they need not yet rush . |
| 16 | The general opinion was yes , but certain it was that no-one had ever seen her . |
| 17 | They would n't understand how earth-shaking it was that I 'd been dreaming at last . |
| 18 | ‘ I said how disappointing it was that her annus mirabilis had turned out to be an annus horribilis . |