Example sentences of "[was/were] [that] [pron] did n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The terrifying thing was that they did n't speak . |
| 2 | ‘ The thing that surprised me most was that they did n't know how to make a quality tube at AISA and we showed them . ’ |
| 3 | The problem with many of the parents we interviewed of primary school children was that they did n't really know what their children were doing at school a lot of the time and , because they did n't know what they were doing , they sort of feared that it , they were n't doing anything or that what they were doing was not actual work , what they remembered as work . |
| 4 | Certainly when I was setting up my studio in the country , the nice thing was that we did n't do anything standard ; we did n't take anything for granted , whether it was mics , positions of drums or anything . |
| 5 | I denied it for a long time because I was so determined to make this marriage work , but the reality was that we did n't really care for each other any more , or at least somewhere among all the battles our love had been well and truly buried . |
| 6 | One of the difficulties was that we did n't have a clear and accurate measure of performance of the system . |
| 7 | The problem was that we did n't know why there had been such a dramatic improvement . |
| 8 | There would be no more In Love redemption , thought Jay , in fact all she knew was that she did n't know what Love was . |
| 9 | The reason for this was that she did n't like Mr. Gordon . |
| 10 | What Karen did n't realize , in her moment of cheap triumph , was that she did n't either . |
| 11 | Ruth had totally forgotten the outing and her immediate feeling was that she did n't want to go . |
| 12 | Of course , the effect of all this was that she did n't like my children very much , and she had some justification for this . |
| 13 | The only thing you had to watch out was that she did n't start to stagger and put one of them feet down on you a bit sharp , or fell on you as she were a-swaying about with her jink-back . |
| 14 | The truth was that she did n't want Sam to be in love : not seriously in love with an older man , and the boy in the bistro was n't really a boy at all , being at least twenty-two . |
| 15 | And the worst part was that she did n't know how long she was going to have to stay here . |
| 16 | ‘ Heather 's problem was that she did n't feel she belonged , Mr Barnett . |
| 17 | Not that it mattered , she thought ; the truth was that she did n't give a damn about herself . |
| 18 | And so it was that she did n't hear Andrew come in and enter the sitting-room , there to see his daughter dressed for going out in her wide-skirted jersey dress , her black hair hanging loose about her shoulders , and wearing , of all things , green-lobed earrings . |
| 19 | It was n't exactly like he had to have an appointment , but it was that he did n't fit into the structure . |
| 20 | Frankly , my impression was that he did n't really know . |
| 21 | All he would say in return was that he did n't think it was working out ! |
| 22 | I tried again , saying we were trying to decide how many of us could get to this wedding and we wanted to look smart , but the only response was that he did n't want to hear anything about weddings , thank you . |
| 23 | ‘ My first impression of Mellor was that he did n't need to put his hand in his pocket . |
| 24 | The first impression that Talbot had of Wotherspoon was that he did n't look a bit like a professor or an archaeologist but then , he had to admit , he had no idea what a professor or archaeologist was supposed to look like . |
| 25 | All I could think was that he did n't look like Robert Redford . |
| 26 | Besides , his whole thesis , the whole reason why he was there was that he did n't believe Alex Household capable of actually shooting anyone . |
| 27 | Besides , she could n't think of one ; all she could think was that he did n't look like a Leo . |
| 28 | Oh , there was still sex , but what astonished her in a distant way was that he did n't notice any difference . |
| 29 | The most frightening thing about Baron Eudo de Raimes , Isabel decided several hours later , was that he did n't look vicious , or even particularly dangerous . |
| 30 | ‘ Apparently all he said was that he did n't know how he 'd died , but it looked unpleasant . |