Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [that] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What actually happened is that my Group said simply that our proposals for 11 to 16 year olds were built on our work for the primary stages , and that it would be absurd for us to bring out our second Report if its proposals were out of tune with the earlier attainment targets . |
| 2 | Opting out of schools , opting out of the N H S and trying to opt out of Europe , but what you forgot is that your leader signed a document that says you ca n't opt out of Europe . |
| 3 | The only thing that really happened was that my mum got a divorce in 1972 on the grounds that he had sexually assaulted me and there was mental cruelty to her . |
| 4 | ‘ The first thing I decided was that my hair had to come off . ’ |
| 5 | All it meant was that my career came to an end slightly ahead of schedule . ’ |
| 6 | In the present case the position when Mrs. Dennis died was that her husband had not yet been adjudicated bankrupt . |
| 7 | All she knew was that her father and his friends were never short of anything to drink . |
| 8 | All I knew was that my life was intolerable and that the only way not to be destroyed by it , or by ‘ them ’ as I called the adult , authoritative world , was to reject them and everything they stood for . |
| 9 | He did n't know when they 'd be back ; all he knew was that his boss had some kind of private deal going with the gang foreman of a motorway sub-contractor , and the boys always appeared without notice , worked at the speed of practised moonlighters , and probably got their money in a plain envelope passed under a pub table somewhere . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , Ven , ’ she cried , and the next she knew was that his arm about her had definitely tightened . |
| 11 | What people remembered was that their ancestors had composed the quarrel : pressures were brought to bear , intermediaries called in , a settlement agreed , compensation paid , women exchanged . |
| 12 | One major change since we last met is that her mother and father ( who also appeared in the film ) have split up . |
| 13 | Ascot was barely a week past and all the indications had been that her rehabilitation as a jockey would be a matter of weeks not days . |
| 14 | All she hoped was that her job was as secure as everyone had led her to believe . |
| 15 | What they missed was that his response was a perfectly normal product of constant exposure to Stalinist thinking . |