Example sentences of "[vb infin] was that [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Rally was just super — more people than before — But what they did n't know was that they had a treat in store : The National Display Team came for the afternoon To show their special item — we were all over the moon ! |
| 2 | And what she did not know was that she had even more lessons to learn — and that some of them might not be pleasant . |
| 3 | All she did know was that she had n't seen the last of him by a long chalk ! |
| 4 | The only consolation that Britain 's partners could perceive was that she had not reneged on her Brussels Treaty obligations altogether : her commitment to station troops permanently on the Continent was still intact , but many people wondered for how long — ‘ perfidious Albion' ! |
| 5 | What Labour could hardly claim was that it had a magic formula for preserving peace with the unions , although the St Valentine 's Day ‘ concordat ’ with the unions was milked for what it was worth . |
| 6 | What our friends did not realise was that they had to travel through Blea Moor Tunnel . |
| 7 | What Peter did not realise was that he had aroused the directors ' suspicion . |
| 8 | What I did n't say was that I had n't been making love to her but to Alison , taking her from behind on the kitchen table , her rump high in the air and her toes squirming helplessly an inch or two off the floor . |
| 9 | And all he would say was that he had been delayed . |
| 10 | All he could say was that it had to be called a great and profound change , and that it had happened , ‘ I have a feeling of being at home when I am with her , as though she gives me my own hearth , a feeling that our lives are interwoven . ’ |