Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [that] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she could think of was that they 'd all been in on this — a kind of family Mafia , working behind the scenes to make sure that Lucenzo ended up with everything , his empire untouched . |
| 2 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
| 3 | All I was conscious of was that everything had miscarried , and in my isolation , I was powerless to do anything . |
| 4 | All he could think of was that he wanted to sneeze . |
| 5 | All I could think of was that I knew that a Lee Metford was the forerunner of the Lee Enfield .303 rifle and almost became standard issue to the British army before WW1 . |
| 6 | What he was sure of was that she 'd disappeared , and that was inconvenient to him . |
| 7 | Luke Calder was nothing but a ruthless manipulator who made people do what he wanted when he wanted it , yet all she could think of was that she wanted to feel again the hot urgency of his mouth ! |
| 8 | You know it seemed to be that we had a working rule that had functioned reasonably well over the years and all of a sudden he was tearing up various paragraphs that did n't suit him , and altering bits you know and changing them round just to suit the company , and all to our disadvantage . |
| 9 | Their crime seemed to be that they had sung the song ‘ Hernando 's Hideaway ’ too loudly . |
| 10 | Taking into account the fact that they made fewer comments about individual types of credit than men , women 's comments were more likely to be that they did not know how a type of credit worked than men 's ; and less likely to say that it was easy to understand and use . |
| 11 | So powerful did the Association feel itself to be that it declined to amalgamate into a nationally representative Shipping Federation which came into being in September 1890 , though it allowed its individual members to join if they wished and developed a working arrangement with it.Indeed the separatism of the Mersey shipowners lasted until 1967 when they eventually merged into a British Shipping Federation , though not under the title " Employers ' Labour Association " . |
| 12 | The only possible explanation of this radiation , which corresponds to a temperature of about 3K ( 3 C° above the absolute zero of cold ) , seemed to be that it represented the residual energy left over from the Big Bang . |
| 13 | The answer appears to be that it arrived courtesy of the Romans . |
| 14 | I wanted it to be that I had n't really been that big before I left — in other words , prove them wrong . |
| 15 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
| 16 | gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ? |
| 17 | His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account . |
| 18 | His main concern appeared to be that he did not want too many parents to be able to read it because they would find it attractive . |
| 19 | Ms Armstrong considers Mr Fallon to be sexist : the reason appears to be that he called her a woman . |
| 20 | The main criticism seems to be that he wanted to change things , forms of service and such like . |
| 21 | He used a lot of abstruse terms like " cricoid " but what it amounted to was that she had been strangled . |
| 22 | But of course he was right about the trouser bit because Nan had a gay disposition and a very pretty face ; what he would n't admit to was that she brought in a lot of custom at the week-end , especially when there was a boat in and some of the sailors would make their way up from the quayside and spend freely on chocolate or toffee for their girls . |
| 23 | I know nothing about his treatment of women ; erm all I know about is that he chose not to elect a woman to the cabinet . |
| 24 | Really the only thing I was disappointed about is that he did n't drink it again ! |
| 25 | What we as a family were unanimous about was that he adopted no pose of being the distinguished writer , and even gave the impression that he much preferred not to be treated as such . |